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.
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
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.
- Scan cursive from camera or gallery
- Convert handwritten characters to text
- OCR handwriting recognition
- In-app handwriting recognition
- Copy and paste converted text
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Text Extractor OCR | Cursive Writing Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.4 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bhuvaneswari Sekar | Koji Watanabe |
Customer experience
Text Extractor OCR
Cursive Writing Reader
In-app purchases
Text Extractor OCR
- One Month Premium$0.991 Month
- One Year Premium$7.991 Year
Cursive Writing Reader
No in-app purchases
Questions
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