Comparison

Text Capture vs PDF Extractor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

PDF Extractor

Easily extract text and high-resolution images from PDF files. Compress extracted content into zip files for convenient sharing. Supports copying text to the clipboard and extracting unlimited rich text.

Highlights
  • Extract high-resolution images
  • Extract unlimited images
  • Compress content to zip files
  • Copy text to clipboard
  • Extract unlimited rich text
  • Select specific text ranges
Features
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Extract text, images, and editable documents from PDFs on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. PDF Extractor helps you reuse the content inside your PDFs. Extract plain text, save embedded images, or convert PDF pages into Word, Markdown, HTML, and RTF. Preview your results before exporting, with PDF processing performed locally on your device. EXTRACT TEXT FROM PDF • Extract plain text from PDF documents • Copy extracted text to the clipboard for use in other apps • Export text as a TXT file • Choose a specific page range to extract CONVERT PDF TO EDITABLE DOCUMENTS • Export Word (.docx), Markdown, HTML, and RTF • Reflow text and images into editable content • Recognize text in scanned pages using on-device OCR • Preview formatted documents and view HTML or Markdown source before exporting EXTRACT IMAGES FROM PDF • Extract supported embedded images from PDF documents • Select individual images or multiple images • Preview images before exporting • Save extracted pictures to Photos or export them as files PREVIEW, EXPORT, AND SHARE • Preview extracted content before saving or sharing • Package multiple extracted images into a ZIP file • Share exported files with other apps • Use resizable preview windows on Mac TRY BEFORE YOU UPGRADE • Preview and export up to 3,000 characters of plain text • Convert and export the first 3 PDF pages • Export up to 20 supported embedded images • Unlock full-document conversion, unlimited supported image extraction, page-range selection, and clipboard copying with a one-time purchase. No subscription. Whether you need text from a report, images for a presentation, or an editable version of a PDF, PDF Extractor helps you prepare the content for your next task.

Screenshots

Text Capture3 screens
PDF Extractor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDF Extractor at 100% against Text Capture's 42%. Text Capture's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 23 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Text Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PDF Extractor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Text Capture holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Capture has 2.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Text Capture's written reviews are positive against 100% of PDF Extractor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Capture ships an update weekly, PDF Extractor every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Text Capture versus PDF Extractor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText CapturePDF Extractor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.7K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews42.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.7K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 23 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA.培强 郝

Customer experience

Text Capture

All ratings2,730 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews245 reviews
Positive42.0%
Neutral4.1%
Negative53.9%

PDF Extractor

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

PDF Extractor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Capture

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99
1 purchases

PDF Extractor

One-time1
  • Get Full Access$2.99

Questions

Is Text Capture free?
Text Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Extractor free?
PDF Extractor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text Capture or PDF Extractor?
Text Capture is rated higher. Text Capture averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while PDF Extractor averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Text Capture or PDF Extractor have ads?
Neither Text Capture nor PDF Extractor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Capture or PDF Extractor?
Text Capture ships an update weekly, and PDF Extractor every 23 months. Most recently, Text Capture was updated on October 23, 2026 and PDF Extractor on October 24, 2026.

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