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 NormCap, Snagit, 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, Mac, Open Source, Android + Open Source, iPhone, Android and Scan documents. 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

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

    153 CamScanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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    NormCap

     26 likes

    OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Snagit icon

    Snagit

     202 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.

    257 Snagit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  6. Preview icon

    Preview

     124 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.

    191 Preview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • 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.

    72 TextSniper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  9. Readiris icon

    Readiris

     8 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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
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  10. TextShot icon

    TextShot

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    TextShot is the ultimate tool for extracting text from images.

    64 TextShot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • European Union flagEU
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  11. SikuliX icon

    SikuliX

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

    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
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • NO flagNorway
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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.

    37 OrganizerMax alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    Personalised File Management dashboard
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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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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