SnipCopy vs Text Extractor OCR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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)
Text Extractor OCR
This app uses optical character recognition to extract text from images and documents, including handwritten content. It offers high accuracy and supports multiple languages, with features like sharing and cropping extracted text.
- Extract text from images and PDFs
- Supports handwritten text
- High accuracy (99%)
- Share extracted text
- Crop text from images
- Supports dark mode
- Multi-language support
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Text Extractor (OCR) will help to extract text of any language from document or an image. It supports handwritten images/documents as well. √ Extract text from image, PDF √ Ability to share the extracted the text √ 99% Accuracy level √ Easy to extract from a hardcopy document using camera √ Ability to extract from multi page document √ Easy to crop text content from an Image √ Supports Darkmode √ Support most of the languages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Text Extractor OCR at 50% against SnipCopy's 0%. Text Extractor OCR also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1). SnipCopy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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 Extractor OCR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. SnipCopy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Text Extractor OCR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of SnipCopy's written reviews are positive against 50% of Text Extractor OCR's.
SnipCopy ships an update weekly, Text Extractor OCR every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SnipCopy | Text Extractor OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Moore | Bhuvaneswari Sekar |
Customer experience
SnipCopy
Text Extractor OCR
In-app purchases
SnipCopy
No in-app purchases
Text Extractor OCR
- One Month Premium$0.991 Month
- One Year Premium$7.991 Year
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