Comparison

Screenshot AI vs Detective

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Screenshot AI

Organize your camera roll by swiping through screenshots, deleting unwanted ones, and transforming keepers into searchable notes. Extract text, identify key information like phone numbers and dates, and group related images for consolidated summaries. All processing happens on-device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Swipe to delete or keep screenshots
  • AI-generated titles, summaries, and tags
  • Extractable and searchable text from images
  • Identify and interact with phone numbers, emails, links
  • Group related screenshots with a single summary
  • On-device AI processing for privacy
  • Export notes as Markdown or PDF
Read full description

Your camera roll is full of screenshots: recipes, tickets, addresses, receipts, tips you meant to come back to. Screenshot AI clears out the ones you don't need and turns the rest into notes you can actually find. SWIPE AWAY THE CLUTTER • Go through your screenshots one card at a time: swipe left to delete, right to keep • Check everything you marked before anything is deleted • See how much storage you got back when you finish AI TURNS SCREENSHOTS INTO NOTES • Every note gets a title, a short summary, key points and tags • The text in each screenshot is cleaned up so you can copy it • Phone numbers, emails, links and dates are picked out: tap to call, write or open • Group a few related screenshots and get one summary for all of them FIND ANY SCREENSHOT BY ITS WORDS • Search the text inside your screenshots, plus titles, summaries and tags • Find notes from Spotlight, or ask Siri through App Shortcuts • Notes from screenshots you delete stay in the Archive for 30 days • Export a note as Markdown or PDF, or back up all your notes to a file PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • With Apple Intelligence, text recognition and AI notes run on your iPhone • No account, no sign-up • On iPhones without Apple Intelligence you can add your own OpenAI API key. Only then is the text from your screenshots sent to OpenAI to write the note FREE AND PRO • The swipe cleaner is free • You get 30 AI notes free every month • Pro unlocks unlimited AI notes. Choose monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase AI notes need iOS 26 with Apple Intelligence turned on (iPhone 15 Pro or later), or your own OpenAI API key. AI-written titles and summaries can be wrong; the original text is always kept. Terms of Use: https://trilliwon.com/apps/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://trilliwon.com/apps/privacy-policy

About

Detective

Features
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Have you ever struggled with recording files that become harder to sort as they pile up? Now you can record and categorize with category buttons. Easily manage everything from daily conversations, lectures, and meetings to songs you sing alone and quick ideas. Key Features: Group- and category-based recording, classification, and organization Text transcription for recording files Quick recording with Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets iCloud-based file management and sync with the Mac version Playback, skip, rename, trim, and share Silence auto-stop with configurable threshold time Terms of Service: https://www.studioyona.co.kr/en/apps/detective-recorder/legal/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.studioyona.co.kr/en/apps/detective-recorder/legal/privacy/ Contact: studioyona.official@gmail.com

Screenshots

Screenshot AI4 screens
Detective4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Screenshot AI at Free against Detective's $2.99. Detective's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Screenshot AI is free to download; Detective costs $2.99 up front. Screenshot AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Detective asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Screenshot AI versus Detective: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreenshot AIDetective
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTRILLIWON, Co.Studio YONA

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Screenshot AI

Subscriptions2
  • ScreenshotAI Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • ScreenshotAI Pro Annual3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • ScreenshotAI Pro Lifetime$19.99
None

Detective

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Screenshot AI free?
Screenshot AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Detective free?
Detective costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Screenshot AI or Detective have ads?
Neither Screenshot AI nor Detective shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Screenshot AI or Detective?
Screenshot AI ships an update every 3 days, and Detective every 3 days. Most recently, Screenshot AI was updated on October 31, 2026 and Detective on October 31, 2026.

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