NotePatch vs VideoSpace OCR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NotePatch
Transform handwritten notes, sketches, and screenshots into perfectly sized printable patches. Extract text from images, edit, and print in under a minute. Core features are free and work offline.
- Document scanning with edge detection
- Precise physical-width control
- Ink Saver mode
- Brush mask for sensitive content
- Batch editing
- On-device OCR for text extraction
- AI recognition for messy handwriting (Pro)
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NotePatch turns your handwritten notes, lecture sketches, and screenshots into perfectly sized printable patches you can stick directly into your textbooks, planners, or notebooks. Scan, edit, size, and print in under a minute. — SMART TEXT (NEW) — Extract text from any image — handwritten notes, printed pages, photos with embedded text, or mixed layouts with diagrams and formulas. • On-device OCR: instant, offline, free for everyone • AI recognition (Pro): high-precision extraction for messy handwriting, math formulas, tables, and mixed image-text layouts — KEY FEATURES — • Document scanner with edge detection and perspective correction • Precise physical-width control: Post-it to full page width • Ink Saver mode: print only the strokes, drop the background • Brush mask to hide sensitive content before printing • Batch editing: up to 5 patches at once with smart paper layout • Printer calibration for exact-size output • Save as PDF or share — PRIVACY — Core features work fully offline. No analytics, no tracking, no ads. AI recognition (Pro) sends the image to a secure cloud API for text extraction only — images are not stored or used for training. — NOTEPATCH PRO — • Free: 30 AI Smart recognitions included (one-time lifetime quota) • Pro Monthly: unlimited AI Smart, $3.99/month • Pro Annual: unlimited AI Smart, $24.99/year (save 48%) — includes 7-day free trial for new subscribers • Core features (scan, crop, mask, print) remain free forever Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://foxineo.github.io/legal/notepatch/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://foxineo.github.io/legal/notepatch/privacy.html
VideoSpace OCR
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VideoSpace OCR is the ultimate 100% offline productivity tool for developers, content creators, and AI professionals. Constantly hitting character limits in ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot? Convert any screenshot, image batch, or video clip into hyper-compressed text directly on your own hardware — without sending a single byte to the cloud, ensuring absolute privacy. Key Features: • Advanced Video Optimization: Powered by our proprietary recursive binary bisection algorithm, the app processes video by skipping static blocks. A 10-minute video is analyzed with the efficiency of a 10-second one! • Smart Token-Squeezer: Reduce your prompt size by up to 90% by declaring repeated phrases as reusable variables [vN]. Perfect for squeezing the most out of free AI tiers. • Multi-Format Export: Choose seamlessly between plain text, AI-optimized text, or positional HTML structures. • 100% Private & Offline: No intermediate servers. All computation runs strictly local on your device using advanced Dart Isolates. Designed specifically to speed up the transcription of source code, video tutorials, database logs, or the organization of structured lists for communities and strategy games. Try it free with integrated ads or get lifetime Premium access with a one-time payment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: VideoSpace OCR at 13.0 against NotePatch's 17.6. 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. NotePatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and VideoSpace OCR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | NotePatch | VideoSpace OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 慧敏 王 | Gustavo Adolfo Pacheco Cruz |
In-app purchases
NotePatch
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
VideoSpace OCR
- Lifetime Premium$4.99
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