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Text Grab vs TextSniper: catalog facts
Text Grab	TextSniper
Free Free on GitHub under the MIT licence. The Microsoft Store listing is a paid way to support…	Paid Licences cost $7.99 for one Mac, $9.99 for three and $11.99 unlimited.
Windows	macOS
All OCR runs on the device, with no internet connection and nothing uploaded Several capture modes plus post-grab cleanup and spreadsheet-style editing	Text is copied to the clipboard with one shortcut Works on videos, images, PDFs and screen shares
Windows 10 or later only, because it uses the Windows OCR API Higher-accuracy AI recognition needs Windows 11 on a Copilot+ PC and the Store install	macOS only Closed source
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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