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TextSniper vs NormCap: catalog facts
TextSniper	NormCap
Paid Licences cost $7.99 for one Mac, $9.99 for three and $11.99 unlimited.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Text is copied to the clipboard with one shortcut Works on videos, images, PDFs and screen shares	Captures text rather than an image, straight to the clipboard Tesseract recognition with support for many languages
macOS only Closed source	The macOS application is unsigned and must be allowed manually on first start The Linux AppImage is deprecated in favour of Flathub
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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