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Rescribe vs PDFify: catalog facts
Rescribe	PDFify
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Paid Free to try without sign-up; full use is paid.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS
Tuned for historical printed books Outputs searchable PDF and plain text	OCR in over 100 languages with Apple Vision or Tesseract PDF/A output for archiving
macOS users may need to authorize the app in security settings Extra languages and scripts are a separate download	macOS only Full use requires payment after the trial
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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