How much does it cost?

A one-time payment from $5.99 for one Mac, with every feature and all future updates included. No subscription. If it isn’t for you, you can get a full refund within 14 days.

Can I try it before I buy?

There’s no trial. Instead, if Snatch isn’t a fit, email support within 14 days of purchase and you’ll get a full refund, no questions asked.

Where do I download it after buying?

Your license key arrives by email and is shown on the receipt page. Then download Snatch from this site, open it, and paste the key when asked. Snatch asks for it right after the welcome screen.

Where do I find my license key?

In the email you get right after purchase, and on the receipt page. Can’t find it? Check your spam folder, or email support with the address you paid with.

Can I use it on more than one Mac?

Yes. Licenses come in 1, 2 and 3 Mac sizes ($5.99, $9.99 and $13.99). To move a license to a new Mac, open Settings → License on the old one and choose Deactivate this Mac, then activate it on the new one.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Text recognition runs on your Mac through Apple's Vision framework, so Snatch works on a plane, behind a corporate firewall, or with Wi-Fi switched off.

Which languages does it read?

Whatever Apple's Vision framework supports on your Mac, which is around 30 languages on recent macOS, including English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian and Arabic. Leave it on auto-detect, or pick a language in Settings.

Why does it need Screen Recording permission?

macOS asks for it whenever an app reads pixels from the screen, screenshot tools included. Snatch only looks at the region you drag over, at the moment you let go. Nothing is recorded, saved as video, or uploaded.

Yes, through its URL scheme. Open snatch://capture to start a selection, snatch://clipboard to read the image on your clipboard, or snatch://settings and snatch://onboarding to jump to those screens. Anything that can open a URL can drive it: Raycast, Alfred, or an Open URL action in Shortcuts.

Screen to text

Snatch any text.
Paste it anywhere.

Snatch lives in your menu bar. Press ⌘⇧2, drag over anything on screen — a video, a PDF, a Zoom share, a screenshot — and the text is already in your clipboard.

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Q3 Review

Revenue grew 18% quarter over quarter, driven mostly by the new team plan. Churn held flat at 2.1% and support volume dropped after the onboarding rewrite shipped in August.

Copied 173 charactersRevenue grew 18% quarter over quarter, driven mostly by the new team plan. Churn held flat at 2.1% and support volume dropped after the onboarding rewrite shipped in August.

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Snatch textDrag over anything on screen⇧⌘2

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Revenue grew 18% quarter over quarter, driven mostly by the new team plan. Churn held flat at 2.1% and support volume dropped after the onboarding rewrite shipped in August.Preview · Just now · 173 chars

https://nerdynikhil.comZoom · 5 min ago

git commit -m "feat: add capture history"Terminal · 21 min ago · 41 chars

figma.com/design/4hX2/Snatch-MarketingFigma · 1 hr ago

2941 Rocket Drive, Minneapolis 55410, United StatesSafari · 2 hr ago · 51 chars

On-device · PrivateClear history

Made for moments
you’d rather not retype.

Video, calls, scans, screenshots, codes and stickers. If you can see it, Snatch can copy it.

Copied 69 charactersconst res = await fetch(url)

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3const res = await fetch(url)if (!res.ok) throw new Error(res.status)4return res.json()5}

Pause a coding tutorial, drag over the code, and paste it straight into your editor. No squinting, no typos.

Pixels in.
Plain text out.

No windows to manage and no files to save. Snatch waits in the menu bar until you need it, then gets out of the way.

⌘⇧2
01
Press ⌘⇧2
Or any shortcut you set. Your cursor turns into a crosshair, ready to select.
02
Drag over anything
A paused lecture, a slide in a screen share, a PDF that refuses to let you highlight.
Notes⌘V
Churn held flat at 2.1% and support volume dropped after the rewrite.
03
Paste
Vision reads the region on your Mac and puts clean text on the clipboard before you let go.

Everything you see,
now copyable.

Snatch began as a quicker way to pull text out of screenshots. Then it learned QR codes, links, clipboard images, and a handful of small habits that save you a trip to the keyboard.

On-device OCR
QR & barcodes
20+ languages
Language auto-detect
Clipboard images
PNG, JPEG & PDF files
Auto-open QR links
Searchable history
Global shortcut
URL scheme
Raycast & Alfred friendly
Accurate or fast mode
Keep line breaks
Launch at login
Privacy first

Reads more than text

Snatch notices when what you grabbed is a link or a QR code, and it reads images you already copied. Most of the time you won't think about it, and that's the point.

QR codes and barcodes
Drag over a code on a slide or a poster photo and get the payload. QR links can open on their own if you turn that on.
Clipboard images and files
Copied a screenshot? Snatch reads images straight from your clipboard, or any PNG, JPEG or PDF you open.
Links, detected
When what you grab is a URL, Snatch files it under Links so it is one click away in your history.

Decoded

cafe.menu/t12

Preview4 min agoQR Code

Link

developer.apple.com/documentation/vision

Safari7 min agoLink

Revenue grew 18% quarter over quarter, driven mostly by the new team plan.

Zoom2 min ago · 75 charsText

On your clipboardPNG · JPEG · PDF

Ship it Friday.

Zoom share

Screenshot 2026-10-01 at 09.41.12.png

Text you can pasteText

Ship it Friday. Freeze the branch Thursday at noon. QA runs overnight and we cut the release first thing.

Copied 105 characters

Private by design

What's on your screen is yours. Snatch reads it, hands you the text, and forgets the pixels.

Apple Vision, on your Mac
Recognition runs locally with Apple’s Vision framework.
No account
Nothing to sign up for, nothing to sign in to.
Offline by default
Captures never leave your machine. Recognition works with Wi-Fi off.
History stays local
Your capture history lives on your Mac. Clear it whenever you like.

Capture data sent · last 30 days Offline

0 bytes sent

A first run that
respects your time.

Five short screens. Paste your key, grant one permission with a plain reason, pick a shortcut, and you’re back to work.

Meet Snatch.
Text from anywhere.
Get started →
Step 1
Welcome
One screen that says what Snatch does. No tour, no feature carousel.
Activate
your license.
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From your receipt email
Activate
Step 2
Activate your license
Paste the key from your receipt email and every feature unlocks on that Mac.
One permission.
Zero surprises.
Screen RecordingOnly while you draw a selectionRequired
Open System Settings
Step 3
Screen Recording
The one permission it needs, with a plain reason, live status, and a button straight to System Settings.
Your shortcut.
Your muscle memory.
Snatch text⌘⇧2
Launch at login
Open QR links
Step 4
Pick your shortcut
Keep ⌘⇧2 or record your own, and set launch at login and QR auto-open while you’re there.
Try your first
snatch.
Good tools get out of the way.
John Appleseed
Copied 30 characters
Step 5
Try your first snatch
A sample paragraph to practice on, so the first real capture just works.

One price.
Yours for good.

Pay once and Snatch is yours, updates included. Not for you? Email us within 14 days for a full refund.

Snatch for macOS

$5.99

one-time · for one Mac

One-time payment, no subscription
Lifetime updates
All features unlocked
14-day money-back guarantee
License key by email, instantly
Works offline, on-device

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Questions,
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A one-time payment from $5.99 for one Mac, with every feature and all future updates included. No subscription. If it isn’t for you, you can get a full refund within 14 days.

Stop retyping.
Start snatching.

Fully on-device and yours for a one-time $5.99. Installing it takes less time than retyping one paragraph.

Buy Snatch · $5.99 Questions? Email us

14-day money-back guarantee · macOS Sonoma 14 or later

Snatch any text.Paste it anywhere.

Made for momentsyou’d rather not retype.

Pixels in.Plain text out.

Press ⌘⇧2

Drag over anything

Paste

Everything you see,now copyable.

Reads more than text

QR codes and barcodes

Clipboard images and files

Links, detected

Private by design

Apple Vision, on your Mac

No account

Offline by default

History stays local

A first run thatrespects your time.

Welcome

Activate your license

Screen Recording

Pick your shortcut

Try your first snatch

One price.Yours for good.

Questions,answered.