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24 alternatives to WRD Camera

Search physical printed documents using your iPhone camera

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. WRD Camera launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   WRD Camera Pro▲64

   Capture text and find keywords in printed documents

   2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   SearchCam▲358

   CTRL+F for real world

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   OCR Text Detection Tool▲92

   Fast and efficient text recognition from any image and PDF

   2019 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Find It▲141

   Search physical documents using your phone's camera 🔎

   2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Mistral OCR▲592

   Introducing the world’s best document understanding API

   2025 · mistral.ai · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Manual 2.0▲383

   A manual camera for iOS now with RAW images in DNG format

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 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. 8
   CTRL-F▲283

   Search printed documents, with your camera!

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9SH
   Screenshot Hero - iPhone app to make all photos text searchable▲429

   2020 · asadmemon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Adobe Scan▲498

    Adobe's free scan app with text recognition superpowers

    2017 · adobe.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Unfade▲254

    Scan your old printed photos and bring them back to life

    2016 · unfade.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    LetterSnap OCR▲121

    Pictures to text, fast and exact.

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    docWind▲73

    An easy to use document scanner

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    OwlOCR 4.0▲261

    Near instant text recognition for Mac!

    2020 · owlocr.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    ScanR▲180

    API to detect text in images, built for developers

    2015 · scanr.xyz · its alternatives →

16. 16
    ocrX Image to Text▲125

    Scan and extract text from images on iPhone, iPad & Mac

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Image to Text▲110

    Transform images into text - swift, precise, secure

    2023 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    TextCapture▲74

    Capture text from images in seconds

    2021 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Metascan▲80

    3D Capture for iPhone and iPad

    2021 · metascan.ai · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Snapshelf▲112

    OCR scanner

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    OCR Wiz▲119

    Accurately extract text from images (including handwriting)

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Scanlt▲116

    Ads-free PDF & document scanner

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Word Camera▲78

    Use a neural network to translate photos to text

    2015 · rossgoodwin.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    PhotoCopyThis▲72

    Copy and share text from an image within a few clicks

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →