Txt2Img.click vs OnlineOCR.net
Both extract text from images for free. They differ on where your file goes, what comes out, and how much you can run.
Compiled by Tu Luu ·
Disclosure: I build Txt2Img.click, one of the two tools here. Every figure below is taken from OnlineOCR.net's own pages, not from my summary of them, and the rows OnlineOCR.net wins are marked as such.
Side by side
| Feature | Txt2Img.click | OnlineOCR.net |
|---|---|---|
| Where processing happens | In your browser (Tesseract.js / WebAssembly) | Uploaded to their server |
| Recognition languages | 100+ | 46 |
| Files per hour | No limit | 5 (free guest) |
| File size limit | Bounded by your device memory, not by us | 15 MB |
| Account required | No | No for guest mode |
| PDF input | No — screenshot the page first | Yes |
| Output formats | Plain text | TXT, DOCX, XLSX, RTF, PDF |
| Works offline after load | Yes | No |
| Price | Free, ad-supported | Free tier, paid plans for more |
- Where processing happens: Only matters if the document is sensitive. For a public screenshot it is irrelevant.
- Recognition languages: i2OCR publishes the widest list, including Indic scripts.
- PDF input: A real gap here. If you have multi-page PDFs, the other two are the better tool.
- Output formats: If you need a formatted document rather than raw text, this site is the wrong choice.
Figures checked against each tool's own published pages on . Free tiers change without notice — if a number here disagrees with the vendor's page, the vendor is right. Competitor links are nofollow.
Choose OnlineOCR.net when…
- You have PDFs. This is the clearest split: OnlineOCR takes them directly, Txt2Img.click does not take them at all.
- You need a Word, Excel or RTF file out rather than raw text. OnlineOCR exports DOCX, XLSX and RTF; Txt2Img.click gives you plain text and nothing else.
- You are OCRing a very large scan on a slow phone. Their server does the work; on Txt2Img.click your own device does, and a weak device will be slower.
- You want the whole job done in one place — upload, convert, download a formatted document — without stitching tools together.
Choose Txt2Img.click when…
- The document is sensitive. Contracts, payslips, IDs, medical letters. Nothing is transmitted, and you can confirm that in the Network tab in under a minute.
- You have more than five files to run in an hour. OnlineOCR caps free guest conversions at five per hour; there is no cap here because there is no server to protect.
- Your file is over 15 MB, which is OnlineOCR’s free-tier ceiling.
- You are working offline, or on a connection too poor to upload. Once the page has loaded, extraction keeps working with the network disconnected.
The honest summary
These tools are not really competing for the same job. OnlineOCR is a document converter — PDFs in, formatted files out — and it is better at that than Txt2Img.click will ever be, because Txt2Img.click does not attempt it. Txt2Img.click is for pulling text out of a screenshot or photo without the file leaving your machine. Pick on whether you need document conversion or local processing; if you need both, you need two tools.