Text Capture vs Copy Text On Screen
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.
Copy Text On Screen
Extract text from any image or screen capture with powerful OCR technology. Translate recognized text into over 100 languages instantly. All processing is done locally on your device for maximum privacy and security.
- Extract text from images and screenshots
- Multilingual translation up to 100+ languages
- Supports Shortcuts for quick access
- Simultaneous scanning of up to 9 images
- Local on-device processing for privacy
- OCR support for multiple languages
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Copy Text On Screen: Unlock Text from Images Effortlessly Powerful OCR Technology at Your Fingertips: - Copy Text On Screen is the ultimate OCR tool designed exclusively for your iPhone. This powerful app allows you to effortlessly extract text from any image or screen capture, bypassing limitations of non-selectable and non-editable text. Whether it's a photo, a document, or an unselectable quote on a website, our app makes text extraction simple and efficient. Support for Shortcuts - Integrate with Shortcuts to add widgets on your home screen or in the Control Center for quicker text extraction. Effortless Multilingual Translation: - Go beyond mere text scanning. Translate recognized text into over 100 languages instantly. Our app seamlessly integrates with Google and DeepL translation services, facilitating global communication like never before. It’s perfect for travelers, students, and professionals handling international documents. Privacy First Commitment: - We prioritize your privacy. Copy Text On Screen ensures all processing is done locally on your device. No data is sent to servers, ensuring your information stays private and secure. More Features: - Simultaneously scan and recognize text from up to 9 images. - Easily extract text from any application by sharing a screenshot directly to our app. - Supports optical character recognition in multiple languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Traditional and Simplified Chinese. - Running iOS 16: All the above languages plus Japanese, Korean, Ukrainian, and Russian. - Running iOS 17: All the above languages plus Thai and Vietnamese. - Running iOS 18: All the above languages plus Arabic. - Running iOS 14: Only English language supported. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase and auto-renewal at the same price unless disabled in iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your subscription can be managed in your iTunes Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. • Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/bb2014abc512439f8172d18af84b5c95 • Terms of Use: https://www.notion.so/3463ddd4a2c5478b96ac5f6290ee6d5f
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Copy Text On Screen at 5.0 against Text Capture's 4.5. Text Capture's advantage is ratings volume (2.7K vs 4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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 and Copy Text On Screen sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Copy Text On Screen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Capture has 2.7K ratings behind it against 4, 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 50% of Copy Text On Screen's.
Text Capture ships an update weekly, Copy Text On Screen every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Capture | Copy Text On Screen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.7K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA. | 满 李 |
Customer experience
Text Capture
Copy Text On Screen
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
Copy Text On Screen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Text Capture
- Premium$3.99
Copy Text On Screen
- Upgrade to Pro - Annual3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Upgrade to Pro - Lifetime$19.99
Questions
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