Screenshot OCR
SnipVault vs TextSniper for Mac
TextSniper is the single-purpose Mac OCR utility: press a hotkey, drag a rectangle, and the text is on your clipboard. It is cheap and fast, but keeps no searchable history and does nothing else.
Verified 2026-09-04.
TextSniper pricing
$7.99 once
$7.99 for one Mac, $9.99 for three, unlimited licence via the Mac App Store. 7-day money-back guarantee. Also on Setapp and frequently on AppSumo.
sourceSnipVault pricing
$29.99/yr or $79 once
Also $2.49/month. 7-day free trial, no card.
Platforms
TextSniper: Mac (macOS 10.15+)
SnipVault: macOS 13+, Apple Silicon and Intel
Feature by feature
What you get with each
| Feature | SnipVault | TextSniper |
|---|---|---|
Screenshot OCR (region → text) | ✓ | ✓ |
OCR captures kept searchable (text + image) TextSniper shows recent captures only; nothing is searchable. | ✓ | — |
QR / barcode decode | ✓ | ✓ |
Text-to-speech | — | ✓ |
Intel and Apple Silicon Macs | ✓ | ✓ |
Clipboard history | ✓ | — |
Unlimited history | ✓ | — |
Full-text search | ✓ | — |
Pinboards / collections + tags | ✓ | — |
Snippets with :keyword expansion | ✓ | — |
OTP / card-number auto-expiry | ✓ | — |
Works fully offline, on-device | ✓ | ✓ |
Sync between Macs SnipVault: iCloud sync in the iCloud-entitled build; secrets stay device-local. | Partial | — |
One-time purchase available | ✓ | ✓ |
Free tier / open source TextSniper has no trial without a card; SnipVault's 7-day trial needs no card. | — | — |
| Price | $29.99/yr or $79 once | $7.99 once |
Strengths
Where TextSniper is strong, and where SnipVault is
TextSniper does well
- •Fastest possible capture-to-clipboard loop
- •Very cheap one-time price
- •QR and barcode reading plus text-to-speech
- •Works on Intel Macs where Live Text does not
SnipVault does well
- •Every OCR capture is kept with its screenshot and is full-text searchable forever
- •Clipboard history and snippets in the same app
- •Pinboards and tags to file captures
- •Secret auto-expiry when you snip a one-time code or card number
What users say
Common complaints about TextSniper
Quoted from public reviews and forums. Follow the links for full context.
“No advanced editing or history features.”
“Rotated text sometimes causes line swaps… There's no facility to provide feedback about recognition within the app.”
“Disappointed I can't get the trial without entering a credit card number.”
FAQ
Is SnipVault's OCR as accurate as TextSniper's?+
Both use Apple's on-device Vision framework, so recognition quality is the same. SnipVault keeps the result, the screenshot, the source app, and the time, and lets you search all of it.
Does SnipVault use the same shortcut as TextSniper?+
Yes, ⇧⌘2 by default, and it is remappable.
How much does TextSniper cost?+
TextSniper is $7.99 once. $7.99 for one Mac, $9.99 for three, unlimited licence via the Mac App Store. 7-day money-back guarantee. Also on Setapp and frequently on AppSumo. SnipVault: $2.49/month, $29.99/year, or $79 once.
What platforms does TextSniper run on?+
TextSniper: Mac (macOS 10.15+). SnipVault: macOS 13 or later, Intel and Apple Silicon, three Macs per licence.
Point ⇧⌘2 at SnipVault for a week and see whether TextSniper gets opened again.