DotPeek
Utilities
Only for Mac
$12.99
Mac
Find an image by its appearance or the words inside it. Remove duplicates, translate text, and cut out objects. No account or cloud processing.
A quiet image explorer for your Mac.
Find an image by its appearance or by the words inside it. Remove duplicates, translate text where it sits, and cut out objects. No account, no cloud processing — everything happens on your Mac.
SEARCH THE WORDS IN YOUR IMAGES
Press ⌘F to filter a folder by exact text or by meaning. You can also search by appearance, including similar faces. Results are ordered by relevance and stay in the toolbar until you clear them.
TRANSLATE SCREENSHOTS AND COMICS
Translations appear where the original text was — one plate per speech bubble, and vertical plates that follow each column in manga. Hover over a translation to hear it read aloud, correct the wording, or dismiss it.
FIND THE IMAGE YOU HAVE IN MIND
Choose an image, and DotPeek finds others with a similar appearance, similar text, or both.
KEEP THE BEST COPY
Review groups of duplicates, choose which files to keep, and move the rest to the Trash. Nothing is erased permanently, and every deletion is confirmed first.
TAKE WHAT YOU NEED FROM AN IMAGE
Copy text as a Markdown table, CSV, or a layout-preserving grid — or lift an object out as a transparent PNG.
MORE TO EXPLORE
• List view — sort by name, format, dimensions, file size, or date, and hover over a row to preview
• Batch rename & delete — select multiple thumbnails or rows to rename them together or move them to the Trash
• Lens — drag over part of an image to magnify it, translate or hear its text, or copy the text
• Languages — use DotPeek in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese
• Clipboard gallery — browse your 20 most recently copied images in a private gallery that clears when you quit
• Slideshow — view images full screen with auto-advance, shuffle, and a speed you choose
• WebP export — save lossless or lossy WebP with translations baked in, typically 25–35% smaller than PNG
• Read aloud — hear recognized text or its translation in a system voice or an optional neural voice
• Keyboard-first — ⌘O to open a folder, ⌘F to search, arrow keys to move, ⎋ to go back
YOUR IMAGES STAY ON YOUR MAC
DotPeek works locally, with no uploads, accounts, tracking, or analytics.
• Images and recognized text are never uploaded
• Clipboard images are cleared when you quit
• Optional language and voice assets download only when you request them
Analysis results are cached in a local database inside the app's container so rescans and searches are faster. You can see the cache size and clear it any time in Settings ▸ Storage.
REQUIREMENTS
macOS 15 or later. Recognition, translation, and text-similarity features may download macOS language assets on first use; once installed, they work offline. The optional neural read-aloud voice is a separate download and requires an Apple silicon Mac — Intel Macs use the built-in system voices, and every other feature works the same.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
Search your images
Press ⌘F to search a folder by the words inside your images — exact text or by meaning — or by appearance, including similar faces. Results are ordered by relevance and stay in the toolbar until you clear them. Folders are now analyzed automatically when opened (switch it off in Settings ▸ Storage).
Translations you can talk back to
Hover any translation plate for a small bar: hear it read aloud, correct the wording, or dismiss that plate alone. Edits carry through to Copy image and Export as WebP, which now bake the translations into the picture.
Manga and comics
DotPeek now reads vertical Japanese and Chinese, so a manga page translates the way it's laid out: furigana ignored, and each translation reading down the column it replaces. Extract's layout grid keeps vertical columns vertical too. On macOS 15 the system can't tell where vertical lines sit, so the page is still translated but reads in a panel beside the image; on macOS 26 it's drawn in place, over the original.
Cleaner overlays
Rebuilt plate placement: correct coordinate space, rotation that follows the source line, smarter grouping per speech bubble, and a filter that drops noise instead of translating it.
Extract from the Lens
Drag over part of an image to copy its text straight to the clipboard.
Batch rename and delete
Select multiple thumbnails or rows (⌘A for all) to rename them together or move them to the Trash.
Four languages
DotPeek now speaks English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese — following macOS or your choice in Settings.
Fixes
Settings no longer opens on its own or refuses to close. The filmstrip resets to the start when you switch folders and recenters on a Similar-thumbnail jump. Double-clicking a list row selects it before opening the hero view. Clipboard capture and the "no matches" state render correctly.
The developer, HUMAN STAR, K.K., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- HUMAN STAR, K.K.
- Size
- 3.8 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © HumanStar K.K.

