Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to TextGrab: OCR Snipping Tool
Copy any text on your Mac—instantly
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Get any text on your screen into your clipboard. Contribute to schappim/macOCR development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Effortless image to text conversion for Mac
2024 · getsnipit.com · its alternatives →
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Paste 4.0▲650The most convenient way to copy and paste on iPhone and iPad
2023 · pasteapp.io · its alternatives →
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Smarter copy-paste for macOS. New version!
Mar 2026 · cuatro.studio · its alternatives →
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Copy and paste text from youtube videos
Jun 2026 · screenshottext.com · its alternatives →
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Scan and extract text from images on iPhone, iPad & Mac
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Copaste▲83Copy paste text globally on your Mac without switching apps.
2021 · meteor-macaw-c12.notion.site · its alternatives →
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Capture, translate, and understand any text on your Mac
Aug 2026 · appunbound.com · its alternatives →
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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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Make anything selectable
May 2026 · selectable.so · its alternatives →
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Copied▲162Instant Text Access, Easy Copy-Paste, and Organized Snippets
2024 · copiedpro.com · its alternatives →
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PasteKit▲129Instantly capture any media and paste into your projects
2024 · kloytools.com · its alternatives →
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Tidy▲98Spotlight returns nothing for words you know are in a scanned document. It is not a bug: a scan has no text layer, so there is nothing to index. How to check, and three ways to make those documents searchable on a Mac.
Jul 2026 · tidymacapp.com · its alternatives →
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Snapdown▲137Turn anything on your Mac screen into clean Markdown
Aug 2026 · snapdown.com.au · its alternatives →
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A mac menu bar app for translating
2019 · bubble-translate.ru · its alternatives →
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Initiater▲76Extract text from images and digital documents in seconds
2021 · blue-tail.com · its alternatives →
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TransLite▲98Hello ! David from Spain here :) I built TransLite because I was tired of breaking my flow every time I needed to translate something before sending it. The usual workflow was: copy → open a browser tab → paste → translate → copy again → paste back. I've created a small macOS menubar app that lets you translate the current clipboard instantly using a keyboard shortcut, in any app. It works locally and supports using your own OpenAI / Claude API key. It’s intentionally simple — no accounts, no tracking, no subscriptions. Happy to answer any questions. Best regards, David
Feb 2026 · translite.app · its alternatives →
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Transform any text the way you want, now for MacOS
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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