Easy Screen OCR vs Markup Hero

Easy Screen OCR is a macOS desktop app that captures a selected screen area and turns text in screenshots or other images into editable text. After screen-recording permission is enabled, a customizable hotkey takes the screenshot and copies the recognized text to the clipboard. The app lists more than 100 OCR languages, automatic language detection, and translation for recognized text. Its history stores earlier OCR results, screenshots, recognized text, and translations. OCR is described as running locally and offline, without uploads. The free plan is listed at free and includes full functionality, batch OCR for up to five images, and translation up to 1,000 characters. Pro adds larger batch jobs and extended translation capacity. Monthly, yearly, and lifetime plans are listed without prices. macOS 13.0 or later is required.

Markup Hero creates annotated markups from screenshots, uploaded or pasted images and PDFs, blank canvases, or captures made with its Chrome extension. It runs on Mac, Windows, and Chrome, with scrolling capture, annotation tools, OCR, and cloud sharing. Markups can be exported as JPG, PNG, or PDF. The free Hero plan includes all product features, up to 25 markups, and 24 hours of editing for each free-plan markup. An account is required after five markups; the stated reasons are linking files to users and providing customer support. Super Hero offers unlimited markups, editing, and saving. Premium Monthly is $5 a month, while Premium Annual is $3 a month billed annually; those listings include unlimited markups and permanent editing history. Super Hero Monthly is $5 a month, and Super Hero Annual is $3 a month billed annually. Team and lifetime plans are also listed, with no prices specified.