Microsoft Lens Alternatives for Mac

Microsoft Lens is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is CamScanner, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft Lens and 14 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Microsoft Lens are Snagit, NormCap, Preview and TextSniper.

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Microsoft Lens alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools, but if you're looking for Document Scanners or Screen Casting Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Android, Open Source, Scan documents, Mac and Linux. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Microsoft Lens.
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  1. CamScanner icon

    CamScanner

     71 likes

    Your portable scanner. Use your camera to get high quality scans of paper documents, receipts, notes and more. Anytime, anywhere.

    125 CamScanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • Some users think CamScanner is a great Microsoft Lens alternative, some don't.

    • CamScanner is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Microsoft Lens.

    • CamScanner is Freemium and ProprietaryMicrosoft Lens is Free and Proprietary
  2. Snagit icon

    Snagit

     200 likes

    Advanced screen capture and recording tool enabling image or video captures directly from your screen. Includes editing features like callouts, transparency, and effects to enhance visuals. Organize and easily share creations through documents, presentations, or favorite applications.

    202 Snagit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Snagit

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  6. Preview icon

    Preview

     123 likes

    Native macOS app for viewing, annotating, and editing images and PDFs, featuring tools for cropping, rotating, resizing images, rearranging pages, full-screen viewing, markup, document merging, batch conversion, and export in multiple formats.

    169 Preview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  7. TextSniper icon

    TextSniper

     13 likes

    TextSniper is a super useful app to quickly capture unselectable text. Use it to capture and recognize text from presentations, trainings, screencasts,images, pictures, webpages, video tutorials, photos, PDFs etc. Literally from anywhere on your mac's screen.

    54 TextSniper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Readiris icon

    Readiris

     9 likes

    PDF and OCR publishing software (optical character recognition) for MAC & WINDOWS. Do you dream of an intelligent PDF and OCR solution to intuitively manage your documents? You've found it.

    67 Readiris alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  10. TextShot icon

    TextShot

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    TextShot is the ultimate tool for extracting text from images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. SikuliX icon

    SikuliX

     7 likes

    SikuliX automates anything you see on the screen of your desktop computer running Windows, Mac or some Linux/Unix. It uses image recognition.

    67 SikuliX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Captize icon

    Captize

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    Captize is a mobile app that scans and manages documents, using technology to digitize and edit documents, and includes organizational tools and privacy protection features.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  13. OrganizerMax icon

    OrganizerMax

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    OrganizermaX is an innovative all-new file management app for Mac OS. The App comes with an inbuilt File Organizer, Mail Attachment Downloader, Scanning tool for macOS, a complete overhaul of copy-paste functionality for Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  14. Vizion icon

    Vizion

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    Never get annoyed by unselectable text on websites, PDFs, images or system user interfaces again. Just select the region of your screen in the same manner as you would take a screenshot and find all recognized text in your clipboard ready to get pasted anywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  15. TextGrabber icon

    TextGrabber

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    With TextGrabber you can easily copy text anywhere on your screen.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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