Comparison

Text Extractor OCR 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 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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

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 Extractor OCR4 screens
Cursive Writing Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Text Extractor OCR at 50% against Cursive Writing Reader's 0%. Text Extractor OCR also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Cursive Writing Reader'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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Text Extractor OCR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Cursive Writing Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Text Extractor OCR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cursive Writing Reader has 38 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Text Extractor OCR's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cursive Writing Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Extractor OCR ships an update every 17 months, Cursive Writing Reader daily. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Text Extractor OCR versus Cursive Writing Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText Extractor OCRCursive Writing Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.4 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings438 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB33 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBhuvaneswari SekarKoji Watanabe

Customer experience

Text Extractor OCR

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Cursive Writing Reader

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Text Extractor OCR

Subscriptions2
  • One Month Premium$0.991 Month
  • One Year Premium$7.991 Year
None

Cursive Writing Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Extractor OCR free?
Text Extractor OCR 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 Extractor OCR or Cursive Writing Reader?
Text Extractor OCR is rated higher. Text Extractor OCR averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Cursive Writing Reader averages 4.4 from 38 ratings.
Do Text Extractor OCR or Cursive Writing Reader have ads?
Text Extractor OCR shows ads; Cursive Writing Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, Text Extractor OCR or Cursive Writing Reader?
Text Extractor OCR ships an update every 17 months, and Cursive Writing Reader daily. Most recently, Text Extractor OCR was updated on June 6, 2026 and Cursive Writing Reader on August 20, 2026.

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