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24 alternatives to Text Fairy by Renard W

OCR Text Scanner, images text scanner

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Text Fairy by Renard W launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Adobe Scan▲498
Adobe's free scan app with text recognition superpowers
2017 · adobe.com · its alternatives →
2
Copyfish – Extract text from images, videos or PDF▲292
Download Copyfish for Firefox. Do you need to extract text from images, videos or PDF? If yes, then the Copyfish free OCR software is for you. Until now, your only option was to retype the text. Copyfish is so much faster and more fun. It can do desktop screenshots and OCR, too.
2017 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →
3
ocrX Image to Text▲125
Scan and extract text from images on iPhone, iPad & Mac
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
4
TextSnatcher▲64
How to copy text from images, answer is TextSnatcher
2022 · textsnatcher.rf.gd · its alternatives →
5
Snipit - Ultimate OCR app for Mac▲131
Effortless image to text conversion for Mac
2024 · getsnipit.com · its alternatives →
6
Text Grab▲74
Copy any text you see on screen
2021 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
7
Open Scanner, an open-source document scanning app for iPhone▲264
Fast, reliable, and free document scanner app for iPhone - pencilresearch/OpenScanner
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
8
Text Capture▲96
Simple & convenient OCR tool for macOS
2024 · textcapture.app · its alternatives →
9
OCR Wiz▲119
Accurately extract text from images (including handwriting)
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
Magic Copy▲169
Magically share text & links across your devices ✨
2018 · magiccopy.app · its alternatives →
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OCR Scanner - 132 Translator▲3
Turn images and documents into editable text instantly
Aug 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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OCR Magic▲2
Quickly scan and convert text
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
13
Braille Scanner▲84
Scan braille and convert it to text
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
docWind▲73
An easy to use document scanner
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
15
ScanText: Simple OCR▲7
Easily convert any article to text!
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I launched a super cheap and simple to use OCR tool for macOS▲24
1. Click capture text 2. Select an area on screen with text 3. Paste the text anywhere Are there other solutions out there? Yes, the best one that I've found is Text Sniper, it $8 so I decided to learn SwiftUI and release Text Capture for $0.99. This one uses MacOS builtin Vision API under the hood so it should also improve with new macOS releases. Would love to hear your feedback!
2024 · textcapture.app · its alternatives →
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Smart Text Recognizer - OCR App▲7
Scan & extract text from images instantly
2020 · aculix.com · its alternatives →
18
Tiny Pdf Scanner▲2
Totally free Scanner app with OCR
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Text Scan▲2
Scan text from images for free
2020 · its alternatives →
20
OCR Scanner - Image to Text▲4
Photo, PDF & Text to Audio
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste▲4
Instant OCR, Clipboard History
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
Magnifying glass▲3
Best app to magnify using Android
2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
23
FP Scanner-PDF&Image to Text▲3
All for free, No-ads, Unlimited use of OCR
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
24
Talkie OCR – iOS app that scan books and read text aloud▲20
Download Talkie OCR - Image to Speech by MRAD CHAMS EDDINE on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Talkie OCR -…
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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