Snaplight
Snap a photo, highlight lines in it, save and share.
Snaplight launched on April 4, 2015 with 75 votes, #692 of 3,600 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.
What it does
Download Snaplight - Photo Highlighter by Tanner Christensen on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Snaplight -…
I’ve been using this since the first version. A lot. My only pet peeve is the one grey/white. People have various vision issues. It would be more useful if the mask color could be varied lighter or darker depending on situation. Even black to redact. Even more useful is adding colors both to highlight visible text, say in yellow, and to the mask for contrast purposes. I find no other app that picks out text in a photo as easily. Now it’s a matter of what you do with it after selected. I’ve been using this since the first version. A lot. My only pet peeve is the one grey/white. People have various vision issues. It would be more useful if the mask color could be varied lighter or darker…from apps.apple.com
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