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24 alternatives to TextSniper

Capture any text from your Mac's screen

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

1
Text Capture▲96
Simple & convenient OCR tool for macOS
2024 · textcapture.app · its alternatives →
2
I wrote a free Mac app to OCR any text on screen▲321
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 →
3
OwlOCR 4.0▲261
Near instant text recognition for Mac!
2020 · owlocr.com · its alternatives →
4OT
Offline text extractor from screenshots in macOS▲125
I've always had an issue with the screenshot flow on my computers. They save to the desktop by default and I can't seem to find screenshots easily when I needed it. They create too much clutter too. So I set out to solve this problem. My major concern was with privacy so I made sure to make it work entirely offline. Here's the final product, let me know what you think. - https://visionshot.app/
2020 · its alternatives →
5
Snipit - Ultimate OCR app for Mac▲131
Effortless image to text conversion for Mac
2024 · getsnipit.com · its alternatives →
6
Screenie▲304
Drag screenshots right from your menubar
2016 · getscreenie.com · its alternatives →
7
TextCapture▲74
Capture text from images in seconds
2021 · its alternatives →
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Screenshot Hero - iPhone app to make all photos text searchable▲429
2020 · asadmemon.com · its alternatives →
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TextBuddy for macOS▲116
A Swiss Army knife for plain text.
2021 · retina.studio · its alternatives →
10
Hints▲492
Valuable info is quickly captured and self-organized
2022 · hints.so · its alternatives →
11
Initiater▲76
Extract text from images and digital documents in seconds
2021 · blue-tail.com · its alternatives →
12
Xnip▲135
Handy screenshot & annotation tool for macOS.🖥
2019 · xnipapp.com · its alternatives →
13
Shottr▲590
Screenshot tool for those who care about pixels
2022 · shottr.cc · its alternatives →
14
Screenie 2▲282
Search the text inside your screenshots
2020 · its alternatives →
15
Text Grab▲74
Copy any text you see on screen
2021 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
16
Shots▲159
Screenshot manager for macOS
2017 · mobilefirst.in · its alternatives →
17
ABBYY TextGrabber 6▲154
Capture text in real time 🚀 action & translate 🗣
2017 · support.abbyy.com · its alternatives →
18
OneShot▲296
Highlight screenshots of text and share them to Twitter.
2015 · oneshot.link · its alternatives →
19
LensOCR▲71
Extract Text & Image
2021 · lensocr.app · its alternatives →
20
Capso▲269
Free open-source screenshot & screen recorder for Mac
Apr 2026 · awesomemacapp.com · its alternatives →
21
OwlOCR 5▲99
Snappy and accurate text recognition for macOS
2022 · owlocr.com · its alternatives →
22
Cursor Pro▲136
Mouse highlighter & magnifier for macOS
2019 · 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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Screenshot PRO▲140
Easily search and organize your screenshots (iOS App)
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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