Text Capture vs SnipCopy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Capture
Easily extract text from your camera in real-time. This app allows you to edit, copy, share, or listen to captured text. It functions entirely offline, ensuring your data remains private.
- Real-time text capture from camera
- Offline functionality
- Edit captured text
- Copy text to clipboard
- Share text to other apps
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Translate text
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Text Capture allows you to capture text from your device's camera. Just point the camera, see the text in real time and capture it by pressing the Capture button! Text Capture works 100% offline protecting your privacy and the content of your scans as your scanned data never leaves your device. After capturing text you can: - Edit - Copy to clipboard - Share on other Apps - Hear it out loud - Translate Text * Text Capture works on any latin alphabet text * Text to speech and Translation works for text written on the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkis.
SnipCopy
Extract text from your camera or photos using advanced OCR technology. Get accurate results from printed documents and screenshots with optimal scanning tips provided.
- Extract text from camera
- Extract text from photos
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
- Supports iPhone and iPad
- Tips for optimal scanning
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SnipCopy allows you to extract text from your camera or pictures on your iPhone / iPad. SnipCopy uses state of the art Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to get you the best results. For optimal scanning, please ensure the following: - Take pictures in good lighting with minimal shadows - High contrast images yield the best results - Pictures of computer screens do not scan well (this is best used with screenshots or pictures of printed documents - like receipts and contracts)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Text Capture at 42% against SnipCopy's 0%. Text Capture also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 14) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). SnipCopy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.5). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Text Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SnipCopy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Text Capture holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Capture has 2.7K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Text Capture's written reviews are positive against 0% of SnipCopy's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Capture | SnipCopy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.7K ratings) — better | 4.1 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA. | Michael Moore |
Customer experience
Text Capture
SnipCopy
Bugs and requests
Text Capture
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to restore previous purchases
- Fails to recognize certain languages/scripts
- Inconsistent text capture quality
Requested features
3 requests- Add ability to rotate/crop captured images
- Improve accuracy for handwritten/non-standard text
- Integrate with note-taking/productivity apps
SnipCopy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Text Capture
- Premium$3.99
SnipCopy
No in-app purchases
Questions
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