OnDevice OCR Pro app icon OnDevice OCR Pro

Make your documents searchable. Privately, on your Mac.

Run OCR on entire folders of PDFs and images at once. Everything stays on your device.

Download on the Mac App Store

Requires macOS 14.6 or later.

OnDevice OCR Pro showing a finished batch of five documents next to a searchable PDF with highlighted search results
  • 100% offline
  • No subscription
  • Made in Germany

Features

Everything you need to digitize your documents.

Enterprise-grade text recognition, powered by Apple’s latest Vision technology.

  • Batch Processing

    Process hundreds of documents in a single run.

  • Folder Monitoring

    Set up a hot folder and OCR new files automatically in the background.

  • Multilingual

    Recognizes text in 13 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish and more.

  • Automatic Correction

    Pages are rotated to the correct orientation for you.

  • Image Enhancement

    Improves the readability of your documents along the way.

  • Intelligent Filter

    Recognizes digital PDFs like invoices and skips them if you want.

  • Text Extraction

    Save only a document’s text, useful for books and other long documents.

  • AI-Ready

    You can let AI agents such as Claude Cowork, Codex and OpenClaw run OCR workflows for you.

Made for lawyers & doctors · archiving invoices & receipts · students & researchers.

Privacy by design

Your documents never leave your Mac.

Designed for GDPR-conscious workflows. OnDevice OCR Pro processes documents locally on your Mac. The app does not upload your files, OCR text, filenames, or usage analytics to our servers. No account. No tracking. No cloud OCR.

A safe choice for sensitive legal, medical and financial documents. Built and maintained in Germany.

Download and try it for free.

Download on the Mac App Store

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does OCR happen locally?

Yes. All text recognition runs on your Mac using Apple’s Vision framework. Your documents are never uploaded.

Does it work offline?

Yes. OnDevice OCR Pro works fully offline — no internet connection is needed and nothing is ever sent to a server.

Which file types are supported?

PDF files and the most common image formats — JPEG, PNG, TIFF and HEIC/HEIF. You can drop in single files or whole folders.

Does it create searchable PDFs?

Yes. It adds an invisible, searchable text layer to your PDFs while keeping the original page exactly as it looks.

Does it work with PDFs that are already searchable?

Yes. Digital PDFs like invoices are detected and skipped by default, so they aren’t processed twice — or you can force OCR if you prefer.

Which languages can it recognize?

OnDevice OCR Pro recognizes text in 13 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Is OnDevice OCR Pro free?

You can download and try it for free — results carry a watermark during the trial. A one-time Lifetime purchase removes it.

Is there a subscription?

No. OnDevice OCR Pro is a one-time purchase. No account, no recurring fees.

Can I automate it?

Yes. It works with Apple Shortcuts and AI agent workflows (for example Claude Cowork, Codex or OpenClaw), even when the app is closed.

Does it run on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs?

Yes. OnDevice OCR Pro is a universal app and runs natively on both Apple Silicon (M1 and later) and Intel Macs.

Which macOS version is required?

macOS 14.6 (Sonoma) or later.

Make your documents searchable — today.

Download on the Mac App Store

Requires macOS 14.6 or later.