Smartphone scanning printed text from a page

On-device OCROfflineNo ads

PhotoTextFinder

Text in photos,
found instantly. Not in someone else's cloud.

Point, extract, search a library of what you already scanned. Built-in camera text is fine for a sign. A bill, a contract, a whiteboard — you want a library that never left the phone.

OCR
Searchable library
No upload

iPhone or Android — pick your store. Detect my phone →

Launch news: App Store launch, October 2, 2026 · Google Play launch, October 7, 2026

See how it works

01 — The problem

Re-typing a contract is how numbers get invented.

Cloud OCR is fast because it is not your phone doing the work. Fine — if you wanted the photo on someone else's disk.

PhotoTextFinder runs on the device: extract, copy, search later. Recents you can find again. No account.

Retyping a whole document from a photo, by hand

02 — The job

One job. Get the words off the picture.

A library of text. Not a search engine of your documents.

On-device OCR

The photo is not uploaded to read it.

Recents

What you already scanned.

Search

Find the line again.

Copy

Off the image, onto the clipboard.

Works offline

A basement archive has no wifi.

No ads.

Not on a bill.

03 — The app

See it in action

Real screens. OCR on the device. The photo stays here.

PhotoTextFinder home — Search the library. Recents on the same screen.

Recents — What you already pulled text from.

Image with extracted text — Text sitting on the image, ready to copy.

04 — Proof

On deviceThe image is not uploaded to read it

NoneOCR account

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05 — Privacy

The photo stays on the phone

A contract is not a training set.

No cloud OCR — Nothing to a vision API we run.
No tracking — No ad ID on a receipt.
Fully offline — Works without internet once your subscription is active.
You own the data — Delete it on the device.

PhotoTextFinder is a personal OCR tool. Check the text before you trust a number.

06 — Price

One price. Full app. No ads.

Subscription only. No free tier. No trial. Cancel in your store account.

Scan pass

$0.99/mo

$9.99/yr

Included: OCR · library · search · copy · offline · no ads

07 — FAQ

Questions search engines actually ask

Do you upload the photo?

No. OCR runs on the device.

Is this a search engine?

No. It searches what you already scanned.

Does it work offline?

Yes.

Are there ads?

No.

What does it cost?

$0.99 per month or $9.99 per year. Subscription only. No free trial.

iPhone or Android?

Both. Use the App Store button or the Google Play button on this page.

Handwriting?

Printed text is the point. Handwriting varies.

Scan it. Keep it. Don't upload it.

PhotoTextFinder is the OCR that does not need a cloud.

iPhone or Android — pick your store. Detect my phone →

Sending this to a friend? One QR. iPhone opens the App Store, Android opens Google Play.