Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste Alternatives

Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste is described as 'Simplify your workflow with Textly – the ultimate tool for capturing text, copying it, and pasting it wherever you need. Whether you’re working on a project, taking notes, or organizing information, Textly makes text management seamless and efficient' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are eight alternatives to Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste for Mac and Windows. The best Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste alternative is Text Lens. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Trex or TextShot. Other great apps like Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste are TextSniper, Kaizen OCR, Textify - Image to Text PDF and TextGrabber.

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Simplify your workflow with Textly – the ultimate tool for capturing text, copying it, and pasting it wherever you need....

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Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste alternatives page was last updated Jun 14, 2025
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  1. Text Lens icon

    Text Lens

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    Extract text from anywhere on your screen (OCR). Perfect for capturing text from videos, PDFs, presentations, or any app where copying isn't possible.

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    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • NO flagNorway

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  OCR
    6.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    7.  Extract text from image
    8.  Drag and Drop

    Text Lens VS Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste

     

    • Text Lens is the most popular Mac alternative to Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste.

    • Text Lens is the most popular commercial alternative to Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste.

    • Text Lens is Paid and ProprietaryTextly: Capture, Copy & Paste is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Text Lens is LightweightTextly: Capture, Copy & Paste is not according to our users
  2. TextSniper icon

    TextSniper

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    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.

    52 TextSniper alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    TextSniper screenshot 1

    TextSniper Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Screenshot to text

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  4. Trex icon

    Trex

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    TRex captures any text right into your Clipboard with magic of OCR.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Trex screenshot 1

    Trex Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Screenshot OCR
    3.  Homebrew

    Trex VS Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste

     

    • Trex is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste.

    • Trex is Free and Open SourceTextly: Capture, Copy & Paste is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. TextShot icon

    TextShot

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    TextShot is the ultimate tool for extracting text from images.

    51 TextShot alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • EE flagEstonia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    TextShot screenshot 1

    TextShot Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Extract text from image
    3.  Multiple languages

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  6. Kaizen OCR icon

    Kaizen OCR

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    Kaizen OCR is a free, lightweight desktop app for Windows that lets you extract text from images, screenshots in seconds.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Kaizen OCR integrates directly into your Windows right-click context menu. Simply right-click any image file and select "KaizenOCR" to extract text instantly — no need to open the app manually.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  OCR
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Extract text from image
    7.  PDF OCR
    8.  Screenshot OCR

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    • Kaizen OCR is the most popular Windows alternative to Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste.

    • Kaizen OCR is Free and ProprietaryTextly: Capture, Copy & Paste is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Kaizen OCR is Lightweight and Privacy focusedTextly: Capture, Copy & Paste is not according to our users
  7. Textify - Image to Text PDF icon

    Textify - Image to Text PDF

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    Text recognition finally made easy, super efficient and confidential (no server, your data stays on your device). Textify analyzes images, recognizes text, and creates PDF files with the text integrated such that the files are searchable. Or you can simply export to a .txt file.

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • BE flagBelgium
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Textify - Image to Text PDF screenshot 1

    Textify - Image to Text PDF Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  PDF OCR

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  9. TextGrabber icon

    TextGrabber

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

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    TextGrabber screenshot 1

    TextGrabber Features

    1.  Extract text from image

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    Grab2Text

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    Copy text from images or any digital documents (including handwritten text).

    27 Grab2Text alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Grab2Text Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No registration required
    4.  OCR
    5.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    6.  Extract text from image

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