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Easy Screen OCR vs TextSnatcher

Both stand on ocr software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Easy Screen OCR

Free plan Mac

Choose Easy Screen OCR if you use a compatible Mac and want quick OCR from screen selections, with translation and offline processing. The free plan covers smaller batches and translations up to 1,000 characters. Look elsewhere if you need a non-macOS platform or a system earlier than macOS 13.0.

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TextSnatcher

Free plan Linux

TextSnatcher is a focused Linux OCR utility for turning selected image text into pasteable text. Its open license and Flatpak manifest help distribution, while its scope excludes searchable-PDF and Word-export workflows.

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The facts

	Easy Screen OCR	TextSnatcher
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Mac	Linux
Lowest paid plan	Yearly Plan: $19.99 a year	Free or on request
Plans published	4	1
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	easyscreenocr.com	github.com
On ocr software	#28 of 40	#32 of 40

Easy Screen OCR: what it does well

Extracted text is copied to the clipboard after a hotkey capture.
Supports more than 100 OCR languages and automatic language detection.
OCR runs locally and offline, with no uploads.
History retains past results, screenshots, recognized text, and translations.
Free plan includes batch OCR for up to five images.

What to know first

Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
Batch OCR above five images requires Pro.
Free translation is limited to 1,000 characters.
The developer's no-data-collection statement has not been verified by Apple.

TextSnatcher: what it does well

OCR from selected image areas
Multiple language support
Uses Tesseract OCR 4.x
Flatpak manifest included
GPL-3.0 licensed

What to know first

Linux-only focus
No searchable PDF support
No Word export
Source builds require several dependencies

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