PeekAI vs Image to Text
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PeekAI
Instantly get AI-powered explanations for on-screen text from your computer directly on your mobile device. Seamlessly capture text without interrupting your workflow, perfect for coding or understanding complex documents.
- Capture on-screen text from PC/Mac
- Instant AI explanations
- Cross-device real-time connection
- Secure text transmission
- In-app credit system
- iPad support
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PeekAI works with its companion Mac and Windows apps to give you instant answers from on-screen text. With a single tap on your iPhone or iPad, you can capture text from your Mac or Windows PC, send it to your device, and receive fast, AI-powered explanations or solutions—without interrupting your workflow. How it works: • Install PeekAI on both your mobile device and Mac/Windows app. • Tap Capture in the mobile app. • The desktop app recognizes and streams text securely to your device. • AI processes the text and returns helpful answers instantly. Key Features: • Capture any text from your Mac or Windows PC with one tap. • Real-time cross-device connection. • Log-in support for syncing your usage. • Credit-based processing available for users without an API token or in restricted regions. • New users receive free starter credits. • Optional in-app credits for extended usage. • iPad version included. • Your API token (if provided) is stored securely on-device. • No screenshots or images are saved—only processed text is transmitted. Why PeekAI? • Quickly get explanations for coding problems, error messages, or documents. • Stay in your workflow—no switching apps or copy-pasting. • Private, efficient AI assistance directly on your mobile device. PeekAI requires the mobile app and either the Mac or Windows app to function. Download the companion apps: • Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/peekai-viewer/id6752370272 • Windows: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/9P849H9J6HMF
Image to Text
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Copy all the text from a screenshot or photo without dragging to select it. Read many images at once, keep tables as rows and columns in CSV, and join lines broken by a book or handout into one paragraph. Photo selection: up to 100 images with Pro, up to your remaining daily reads for free, and up to 20 through sharing. TEXT YOU CAN USE RIGHT AWAY - Turn screenshots and photos into text straight from the share sheet - Read many images at once, combined or one result per image - Tables stay as rows and columns for CSV. Join broken lines into one paragraph - Shaky lines are highlighted. On supported iPhones, on-device AI suggests fixes you review before applying - Scan Live: just point the camera DOCUMENTS AND PDFS - Hold your iPhone over a document for automatic capture, with skew correction, saved as a searchable PDF - Read PDFs: text PDFs are extracted as is, scanned PDFs are read page by page (up to 50 pages at a time) YOUR LIBRARY - Add titles and sort results into groups - Full-text search, ignoring differences in width, case and line breaks - Find results from iPhone Search (Off, Title, or Title and Text) - Export the whole Library as text, a searchable PDF or a ZIP Processed and saved on device - Images and text are processed and stored on your device, without sending them to external servers. - Lock with Face ID. No account, ads or tracking. Free and OCR Copy Pro: - Free: read text 5 times a day. One photo with text, one page captured with the document camera, one copy from Scan Live, or one shared image counts as one read. Pages beyond your remaining reads for the day are not read. Each page of a scanned PDF counts as one read. Text PDFs, copying, the Library and exports never count, and the count starts over at midnight - If you used OCR Copy before version 1.5, reading stays unlimited - OCR Copy Pro removes the daily limit in the app, the share sheet and Shortcuts, and lets you create unlimited groups (3 on the free plan). Yearly (with a 1-week free trial) or monthly The annual plan’s free trial is available only to eligible users. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Please use other people’s books and writing only as copyright law allows where you live. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://zec-inc.jp/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Image to Text at every 2 days against PeekAI's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. PeekAI sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Image to Text sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PeekAI ships an update every 2 months, Image to Text every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PeekAI | Image to Text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HsuanCheng Lai | ZEC Inc. |
In-app purchases
PeekAI
- 50 Credits$4.99
Image to Text
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year









