Text Extractor OCR vs Text Recognizer OCR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Text Recognizer OCR
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Text Recognizer OCR includes features to extract phone numbers, email addresses, addresses, events, and more. Additionally, it offers a playback feature, enabling you to listen to the extracted text with play and pause controls. The application also provides a history feature, allowing you to view previously processed items.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Text Recognizer OCR at none against Text Extractor OCR's 2. Text Recognizer OCR also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 17 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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 Extractor OCR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Text Recognizer OCR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Text Extractor OCR ships an update every 17 months, Text Recognizer OCR every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Extractor OCR | Text Recognizer OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bhuvaneswari Sekar | Nandha Kumar Ravi |
In-app purchases
Text Extractor OCR
- One Month Premium$0.991 Month
- One Year Premium$7.991 Year
Text Recognizer OCR
No in-app purchases
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