# LiveScan: Grab Text in Images — OCR from Camera and Photos > OCR utility to extract text from images and camera for various actions. (iPhone/iPad app by Gentlemen Coders.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/livescan-grab-text-in-images/id1532663695 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Gentlemen Coders](https://appshunter.io/developer/1157116443) - Category: Utilities, Productivity - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.08/5 from 13 App Store ratings · 21 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 14.0 · 15 MB - Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, Chinese - Released: 2021-02-16 - Data updated: 2026-07-26 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/livescan-grab-text-in-images/id1532663695/reviews.md ## What is LiveScan? LiveScan makes it quick and easy to capture text from your camera, photo library, or apps, like Twitter and Facebook. It's like Apple's new LiveText feature, but runs on all iOS 14 and 15 devices. LiveScan has support for multiple languages, plug-ins, translation and one-tap access to popular internet services. With LiveScan, you can instantly: * Visit links in presentations on video conferences * Take a picture of restaurant sign and get Yelp reviews. * Look up addresses on business cards in Apple Maps or Google Maps. * Find definitions to new words with the Dictionary function. * Use the built-in access to Google Translate. * Call phone numbers. * Quickly look up a product on Amazon or eBay. * Have the text spoken to you aloud! LiveScan can detect words in eight different languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). Using the LiveScan extension, you can send images to LiveScan from other apps, like Files.app and Twitter. You can even extend the app with custom JSON or JavaScript plugins! You can try LiveScan for free as long as you want. All features are available, but the trial is limited to 50 characters per detection. Subscriptions and Purchases support Family Sharing! Purchases or subscriptions includes LiveScan for iOS. LiveScan can be bought either as a single, lifetime purchase, or as a subscription. Subscriptions are monthly or yearly. Purchases or subscriptions includes LiveScan for macOS. LiveScan respects your privacy, and does not transmit your camera captures anywhere. LiveScan requires iOS 14 and later. Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/8228479 Terms of Service: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/8228479 ## Key features - Extract text from camera and photos - Translate text using Google Translate - Look up definitions and product information - Visit links and call phone numbers directly - Supports multiple languages - Customizable with plugins ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | LiveScan Monthly Subscription | $0.99 | per month | | Yearly Subscription | $5.99 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | LiveScan Lifetime Access | $9.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (10 of 21) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/livescan-grab-text-in-images/id1532663695/reviews.md ### 3/5 — Makes a few errors *2023-05-01* This app seems to struggle somewhat with uppercase English text. When extracting text from a TIFF I noticed it tends to misread D or Q as "O", and VV as "W" or even "WV". Very occasionally gives "L" in place of I. If accuracy is important for your project be sure to give it a good proofreading before proceeding. Still, it's frequently able to find text where Adobe Acrobat would fall flat on its face, so 3 stars for that. ### 1/5 — so you basically couldn't program a way to close the installation window? *2022-09-18* 1- it's not free 2- you made it impossible to close the installation window without restarting the machine. worst app I've ever downloaded **Developer response:** You are incorrect. 1- it is free to use for as long as you want, but it limits the length of the detection. 2- I did program a way to close the installer window. Just press Command-Q like any other app. You can also just start the free trial in the last screen, which does not require any sign up (and again, is free, no subscription to sign up for, etc.). ### 5/5 — Flawless and SO EASY *2021-11-23* My hat off to the delelpor. This is so easy to use and saved me WAY more in the first use than what it cost. Now I can get a good nights sleep instead of dreaming about stupid numbers and letters! ### 5/5 — Absolutely amazing *2021-07-29* "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke ### 5/5 — ★ ★★★★ Are you excited about Apple Live Text coming in iOS 15 this fall? Have it now! *2021-06-08, version 1.0.4* Are you excited about Apple Live Text coming in iOS 15 this fall? Have it now! And from a developer that actually listens to its customers. What a great feature to have on an iPhone or iPad.… and extra points for originality. As with many things in life, reward the innovators, not the imitators. ### 5/5 — Highly recommend *2021-05-27, version 1.0.4* Great app, makes taking notes easier! ### 5/5 — Surprisingly useful *2021-05-04* I’m surprised at how often I’m using this app. Text images on Twitter, excerpts from books I’m reading, for my notes. Lovely, useful, and cross-platform to boot. ### 5/5 — Who knew? *2021-05-04* One of those does-one-thing-well apps. Very very well in this case. I'm surprised at how often I pull it up to scan a text image or something I'm citing from a book I'm reading. Nice to have it on all my platforms (so thanks also to Apple for making that easier than it has been in the past). ### 5/5 — Awesome App, no faff - Thanks Gentleman Coders *2021-04-07, version 1.0.3* Accounting student here. Spent the last hour trying to find an app that will let me convert my handwritten notes to text in a simple, quick, no faff way Tried Msoft Lens and the Adobe scanning app which are both brilliant at producing beautiful scans but are expensive and only export to pdf and you need the Microsoft app or a one drive subscription before you can finally grab your bit of OCR’d text, basically a bunch of faff... This app is unbelievably simple and quick to use Was surprised at how well it picked up my handwritten notes, not perfectly but almost deffo down to my rushed handwriting Tested it on my textbook at it picked up literally everything and had it available on my clipboard for me to drop into my notes app, no faff Will keep using it for the rest of the week on the free subscription and will probs be purchasing the full version. Only £5.99 which seems pretty good value compared to the others options out there ### 5/5 — Great App *2021-04-01, version 1.0.3* Easy to use, helps me a lot when dealing with paperwork as sometimes the documents I get from clients are a bit unclear or difficult to take the information from. ## Frequently asked questions about LiveScan ### What is LiveScan's free trial limitation? You can try LiveScan for free with no time limit. However, the free trial is restricted to 50 characters per text detection. ### What are the subscription options for LiveScan? LiveScan offers a monthly subscription for $0.99 with a 7-day free trial, and a yearly subscription for $5.99, also with a 7-day free trial. ### Can I use LiveScan on my Mac? Yes, purchases or subscriptions include LiveScan for macOS, in addition to iOS. ### What languages does LiveScan support for text detection? LiveScan can detect words in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). ### How does LiveScan handle user privacy? LiveScan respects your privacy and does not transmit your camera captures anywhere. A privacy policy is available. ### What devices is LiveScan compatible with? LiveScan requires iOS 14 and later and is supported on iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Mac. ### How often is LiveScan updated? The latest version is 1.1.2, last updated on September 23, 2021. Update frequency information is not explicitly provided. ### What is the age rating for LiveScan? LiveScan has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.1.2 — 2021-09-23 Fixed an issue with sorting results from text detection. ### 1.1.1 — 2021-09-15 Localization Fixes. ### 1.1 — 2021-09-08 Added support for QR Codes. ### 1.0.4 — 2021-05-03 NEW: You can try LiveScan for free as long as you want. All features are available, but the trial is limited to 50 characters per detection. Fixed issues when sending images from Twitter; rearranged some preferences. Added option to keep the selection box visible Improved the touch targets for the selection box to make it easier to move and resize. Tap once with three-fingers (not a triple-tap) to select all. Add Copy action to VoiceOver. Miscellaneous additional refinements. --------------- Version 1.0.2 * In app preferences, add a button to manage the subscription, and a button to control whether line breaks are inserted. * Improve accessibility when using VoiceOver. Through VoiceOver, the app announces the number of text items detected, and provides a way to select all detected text or speak all detected text. * Fix two crashes. ### 1.0.3 — 2021-03-12 NEW: You can try LiveScan for free as long as you want. All features are available, but the trial is limited to 50 characters per detection. Added option to keep the selection box visible Improved the touch targets for the selection box to make it easier to move and resize. Tap once with three-fingers (not a triple-tap) to select all. Add Copy action to VoiceOver. Miscellaneous additional refinements. --------------- Version 1.0.2 * In app preferences, add a button to manage the subscription, and a button to control whether line breaks are inserted. * Improve accessibility when using VoiceOver. Through VoiceOver, the app announces the number of text items detected, and provides a way to select all detected text or speak all detected text. * Fix two crashes. ## Apps similar to LiveScan | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Text Scanner AI - OCR Scan](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-scanner-ai-ocr-scan/id1619656753) | 4.7 (582) | Free | Utilities | | [OCR Scanner - Scan PDF & Image](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ocr-scanner-scan-pdf-and-image/id1457704919) | 4.6 (107) | Free | Utilities | | [Image to Text - Scan & Convert](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/image-to-text-scan-and-convert/id1598700044) | 4.5 (60) | Free | Utilities | | [FP Scanner-photo scan](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fp-scanner-photo-scan/id1558779233) | 4.4 (154) | Free | Utilities | | [Image to Text Scanner OCR Scan](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/image-to-text-scanner-ocr-scan/id6451406772) | 4.4 (137) | Free | Utilities | | [ChatPhoto: Ai Image To Text](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chatphoto-ai-image-to-text/id6473955806) | 3.9 (7) | Free | Utilities | ## More apps by Gentlemen Coders - [RAW Power](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/raw-power/id1250601531) - [Nitro Photo](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nitro-photo/id1591292532) All apps by Gentlemen Coders: https://appshunter.io/developer/1157116443 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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