Alternatives to TextSniper
A macOS OCR utility that extracts text from any selected area of the screen. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
TextSniper
A macOS OCR utility that extracts text from any selected area of the screen.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as TextSniper.
NormCap
A screen capture tool that runs OCR on what you select, so you get the text rather than a picture of it.
NormCap is free and open source under GPL-3.0, runs on Linux, macOS and Windows with Tesseract OCR, though its macOS app is unsigned.
Shottr
Fast Mac screenshot tool with scrolling capture, OCR, and annotation.
Shottr is a freemium macOS screenshot tool that includes OCR text extraction alongside scrolling capture and annotation.
Also worth comparing
These listings name TextSniper as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Text Grab
Grabs text out of any image, video frame or uncopyable part of a Windows app using on-device OCR, and puts it on the clipboard.
TextSniper moves OCR screen capture to macOS as a paid, closed-source app with a low one-time price, instead of free open-source Windows software.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
ScreenTranslator
A tray tool that captures part of the screen, reads the text with OCR and translates it.
ShareX
A Windows capture tool that screenshots, records, annotates and uploads, all driven by hotkeys.
HyperSnap
A Windows screen capture tool with scrolling capture, image annotation, OCR text copying and MP4 recording.
Xnapper
A macOS screenshot app that frames captures with backgrounds and hides sensitive information automatically.
CleanShot X
Premium Mac screenshot and screen recording app with built-in annotation.
