TextSniper 4+

Extract text & Scan QR codes

Valerijs Boguckis

    • 4.7 • 300 Ratings
    • $9.99

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Description

Capture text from any app, game, PDF, image, or video with a simple click and drag.
Scan QR codes without grabbing a phone. Convert any text to speech.
Enjoy all these for a smoother workflows and greater efficiency! No internet required and no data collected.


Editors' Choice Award from the Mac App Store.


Featured in the "Copy the Uncopyable", "Indispensable Affordable Apps", and "Snap Screenshots Like a Pro" editorials of the Mac App Store.

Reviewed by Macworld, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, MacStories, Wired, and many others.

Macworld: "[...] TextSniper's text extraction rivals or exceeds that of some trillion-dollar companies. Its accuracy [...] ranks it higher than Adobe Acrobat and Google Docs."

9to5Mac: "TextSniper is a new Mac app I wish I'd had years ago. [...] The combination of speed and accuracy [...] makes it a no-brainer for any Mac user."

MacStories: "[...] you need TextSniper, the premier Mac utility for copying the uncopyable. The app is fast, accurate [...] and works with multiple languages."

iMore: "This text-grabbing tool is the Mac app you didn't know you needed. [...] TextSniper makes the whole process really easy and intuitive."

Pocket-lint: "[...] a simple yet powerful utility that allows you to extract text from anywhere in macOS. [...] TextSniper is great when pulling text from images, PDFs, videos, and even macOS."

MacHow2: "If you just want to quickly grab some text [...] TextSniper is a great little OCR app. [...] The closest thing to having a screenshot tool just for grabbing text from anything."

The Next Web: "Thankfully, I came across TextSniper — a Mac app that lets you extract text from non-selectable sources such as YouTube videos, PDFs, photos, or presentations."




Use Cases:
• Convert image to text regardless of file format (JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, etc.)
• Extract text from non-searchable PDFs without processing the entire document.
• Copy text from images, PDFs, photos, Zoom meetings, and video content.
• Grab uncopyable text from ebooks, web articles, and mobile apps.
• Quickly extract emails, links, and phone numbers from any application.
• Capture text or convert to speech in video games and streaming apps.
• Scan QR codes and barcodes directly from Mac.
• Generate alt text from screenshots for social media.
• Extract text from locked PDFs and read-only applications.


Features:
• On-device OCR technology – no internet connection required.
• Instant text recognition from any app, game, or screen content.
• All text is saved to the Mac clipboard and can be pasted anywhere.
• High accuracy even with tiny text on low-quality images.
• Vertical text recognition (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages).
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts for different extraction options.
• Text-to-speech support for recognized content.
• Use your iPhone or iPad camera to capture and transfer text instantly.
• Fully compatible with macOS Tahoe and optimized for Apple Silicon (M1-M4 chips).


Support over 25 languages:
• macOS Catalina: English only.
• macOS Big Sur & Monterey: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional).
• macOS Ventura: All of the above, plus Japanese, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian.
• macOS Sonoma: All of the above, plus Thai, Vietnamese.
• macOS Sequoia: All of the above, plus Arabic, Najdi Arabic.
• macOS Tahoe: All of the above, plus Turkish, Indonesian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Malay, Polish, Romanian, Swedish.

What’s New

Version 1.12.1

• App icon fix.
• Other minor fixes and performance improvements.

If you enjoy using TextSniper, please consider writing a review and sharing your experience. Follow @TextSniperApp on X and contact us at support@textsniper.app if you have any questions, feedback, or ideas.

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
300 Ratings

300 Ratings

Editors’ Choice

We’ve all come across text we wanted to copy but couldn’t—in a photo, screenshot, PDF, video, online presentation, or app. With TextSniper, if you can see text on the screen, you can copy it to the Clipboard using a simple screenshot-style tool.

deyeg ,

I use it every day.

I have used TextSniper for more than three years, and I’ve recommended it multiple times to friends who use Macs. It works beautifully. The only trouble I ever seem to have is when I'm copying a column of numbers (like from a table, to add to a spreadsheet), sometimes I lose rows that only contain the number 1. The program works incredibly well at getting lengthy URLs from images in which they are not clickable. I typically use it multiple times every day for a variety of purposes. While the automatic OCR of Preview is sometimes useful, TextSniper is much easier to use and more likely to get what I need out of an image.

Music is religion ,

Incredible App & Support!

I had purchased this app from the App store a while back after reading about it, it was an Editors Choice App and one I was interested in at the time for work, on my Mac. I had never used or needed the app until recently; had a tough time figuring out how to get it to start/work. I submitted a inquiry for support and the Dev, (himself), replied promptly and educated me for which I am very grateful and appreciative! Especially on the quick reply, which then I was able to use the App as needed and it was super easy, fast and exactly what it says it does! Sincerely great and easy to use App! Thank you Valerijs!

App Privacy

The developer, Valerijs Boguckis, 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.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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