Comparison

Text Capture vs Cursive Writing Reader

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

Cursive Writing Reader

This app uses your device's camera to scan and convert handwritten cursive English into digital text. It can also recognize handwriting directly within the app, allowing you to easily copy and paste the converted content.

Highlights
  • Scan cursive from camera or gallery
  • Convert handwritten characters to text
  • OCR handwriting recognition
  • In-app handwriting recognition
  • Copy and paste converted text
Features
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A cursive scanner app that reads cursive English with a camera and converts it to text It recognizes alphabets and roman letters with OCR and converts handwritten characters to text It also allows handwriting within the app [Features] 1. Scan and convert handwritten cursive from camera or gallery 2. Recognize and convert handwritten characters within the app with OCR 3. Copy and paste the converted text Have you ever experienced these situations? • You don't know whose signature is written in cursive • You received a letter from a friend written in cursive, but you don't know what it says • You are worried if your signature will be recognized • You borrowed a notebook, but you can't understand it because it's too neat • You want to easily understand your pen pal's writing • A new foreign subordinate gave you a memo written in cursive • AET or English teachers can only write in cursive, and you are at a loss • You want to decipher old documents • You found a treasure map, but you don't know what it says • You are forced to deal with cursive only Notes: • You need to connect to the internet

Screenshots

Text Capture3 screens
Cursive Writing Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

Text Capture and Cursive Writing Reader both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 42% of Text Capture's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cursive Writing Reader's. Text Capture also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 38). Cursive Writing Reader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Text Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cursive Writing Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Text Capture against 4.4 for Cursive Writing Reader. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Capture has 2.7K ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of Text Capture's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cursive Writing Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Capture ships an update weekly, Cursive Writing Reader daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Text Capture versus Cursive Writing Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText CaptureCursive Writing Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.7K ratings) — better4.4 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews41.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2.7K — better38
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.511.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB33 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperArthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA.Koji Watanabe

Customer experience

Text Capture

All ratings2,730 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews244 reviews
Positive41.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative54.1%

Cursive Writing Reader

All ratings38 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative13.2%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Cursive Writing Reader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Capture

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99
None

Cursive Writing Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Capture free?
Text Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cursive Writing Reader free?
Cursive Writing Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Text Capture or Cursive Writing Reader?
Text Capture is rated higher. Text Capture averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while Cursive Writing Reader averages 4.4 from 38 ratings.
Do Text Capture or Cursive Writing Reader have ads?
Neither Text Capture nor Cursive Writing Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Capture or Cursive Writing Reader?
Text Capture ships an update weekly, and Cursive Writing Reader daily. Most recently, Text Capture was updated on October 12, 2026 and Cursive Writing Reader on October 5, 2026.

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