Comparison

Texty Copy vs Text Extractor

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

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Texty Copy

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Snap. Tap. Structured. Point your camera at text. Tap the words you want. They're on your clipboard. That's the whole app (apart from the rest of it). Not just plain text — Texty Copy captures structured fields for books, business cards, addresses, quotes, receipts, or any mode you build yourself. No sign-ups. No tutorials. No "upgrade to unlock." You open it, it works. Quick mode Quick mode freezes and copies in one shot — no tapping, no choosing. Sometimes it nails exactly what you wanted. Sometimes you get the barcode. Nailing the Snap → Tap → Copy combo never gets old. Free selection Don't want everything? Tap individual OCR blocks to pick exactly the text you need. Got a wall of blocks? Drag a dashed rectangle across them and grab them all at once. Long-press to select every block on screen. Cherry-pick, bulk-select, or mix the two — the whole frozen frame is yours. Five built-in modes for real life: Text — Grab anything. Paragraphs, labels, serial numbers, that Wi-Fi password on the back of the router. Book — Point at a book. Title and author drop into separate fields, ready to paste into your reading list. Card — Business cards become name, title, company, phone, email, and website. Each field, one tap to copy. Quote — Capture a passage and its source. No more "I think it was from that one book." Address — Street, city, state, zip. Sorted and formatted without you squinting at an envelope. POWER MODE — Make your own Create custom scan modes with exactly the fields you need. Newspaper? Recipe? Invoice? Pick from built-in fields, add smart detectors for dates, prices, phone numbers and links, or write your own regex patterns. Your scanner, your rules. You can even add fields to the built-in modes — want Currency on your Card scanner? Just add it. Smart detectors Five ready-made extractors that find things automatically: • Date — natural-language dates and times • Currency — prices in any format ($1,234.56, €99, 1234 USD) • Phone — phone numbers • Link — URLs and web addresses • Address — full postal addresses in one line • Actually there are more than five Add any of them to any mode with one tap. Custom wraps Add your own prefix and suffix to any copied text. Wrap in quotes, brackets, markdown — whatever your workflow needs. Learn by doing A built-in Learn tab walks you through every feature with hands-on demos you can tap and long-press — the lessons react like the real app. Three tiers: GO for the basics, GO HARDER for the power-user moves, and GO TO FULL POWER for custom modes, fields, and regex. Skim what you need, skip the rest. Private by design All text recognition and extraction happens on-device using Apple Vision. Custom fields, regex patterns, detector matching — everything runs locally. Nothing leaves your phone. No servers. No accounts. No analytics. No data to leak because there's no data to collect. One price. No surprises. Pay once. Use it forever. No subscriptions, no feature gates, no "premium tier." Every feature, every mode, every update — included.

About

Text Extractor

Instantly extract text from images using your camera or photos. Convert signs, receipts, and documents into editable text for copying, translating, or sharing. Features smart detection for actionable data like phone numbers and addresses.

Highlights
  • Extract text from camera or photos
  • On-device OCR recognition
  • Multiple text selection modes
  • Translate recognized text
  • Copy text to clipboard
  • Share text to other apps
  • Smart Detect for actionable data
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Grab text from anything you can point a camera at — a sign, a receipt, a whiteboard, a book, a screen, a label — and turn it into something you can actually use. WordLift is a fast, focused OCR text picker that puts the text exactly where you want it: in your clipboard, in a translation, in a message, or one tap away from a phone call. Point. Capture. Pick. Done. — THE FAST WAY TO LIFT TEXT — • Capture with the built-in camera, or import any photo from your library. • On-device recognition reads English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Cyrillic, and more — Vision picks the right script automatically. • Two selection modes that feel native: drag a rectangle around what you want, or swipe a highlighter across the lines. Switch with one tap. • Pinch to zoom into small print. Tap-to-focus on the live preview. • Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and Reduce Motion fully supported. — WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR SELECTION — • Translate. One tap opens Apple's built-in translation sheet — works for every language Translate supports. • Copy. Sends text straight to the clipboard with a confirmation toast. • Share. The standard share sheet — AirDrop it, drop it into Messages, Notes, Mail, or any app that takes text. • Edit. Fine-tune what was recognized before you use it. Useful for messy handwriting or low-light captures. — SMART DETECT (PRO) — Smart Detect scans the photo for actionable data and turns it into one-tap actions: • Phone numbers → Call. • Email addresses → Compose mail. • Street addresses → Open in Apple Maps. • Links → Open in Safari. • Dates and times → Add to Calendar. It's the fastest way to get a business card, a flyer, a screenshot, or a poster into your phone without typing a single character. — PRIVACY, BY DEFAULT — • 100% on-device. Your photos and recognized text never leave your iPhone. • No account. No sign-up. No email required. • No tracking. No analytics SDKs. No ads. • No subscription. Pro is a one-time, lifetime purchase. — BUILT FOR REAL USE — WordLift is what you reach for when copy/paste should already be working but isn't: • Wi-Fi passwords on the back of a router. • A serial number, IBAN, or tracking code on a label. • A quote from a paperback you can't be bothered to type. • Notes scribbled on a whiteboard after a meeting. • A foreign menu — capture, select, translate. • A receipt total you need to forward. • A poster's date and address — straight into Calendar and Maps. — DESIGNED FOR iOS — • Pure SwiftUI, native gestures, native share sheet, native translation. • Dark, focused interface that gets out of the way of your photo. • Haptics that confirm — never interrupt. • Accessibility-first: every control is labeled, hinted, and reachable; the entire flow works under VoiceOver. — PRO: A ONE-TIME UPGRADE — Unlock Pro features for a single, lifetime purchase — no subscription, no recurring charge, no tiers, life time upgrades. Translation, copy, share, and edit are free for everyone, forever. If you ever switch devices or reinstall, Restore Purchases brings Pro back instantly with your Apple ID. — SUPPORT — Questions, feedback, or a script that isn't being recognized as well as you'd like? Tap the question mark in the top-right and the tutorial walks you through every feature in under a minute. We read every email. Capture the world. Keep the text.

Screenshots

Texty Copy4 screens
Text Extractor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Texty Copy at none against Text Extractor's 1. Texty Copy also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Text Extractor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Texty Copy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Texty Copy ships an update every 2 days, Text Extractor weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Texty Copy versus Text Extractor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTexty CopyText Extractor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael RobinsonYUNFEI XU

In-app purchases

None

Texty Copy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Extractor

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$1.99

Questions

Is Texty Copy free?
Texty Copy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text Extractor free?
Text Extractor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Texty Copy or Text Extractor have ads?
Neither Texty Copy nor Text Extractor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Texty Copy or Text Extractor?
Texty Copy ships an update every 2 days, and Text Extractor weekly. Most recently, Texty Copy was updated on October 31, 2026 and Text Extractor on November 5, 2026.

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