GUIDES

ScreenNote Guides

Find an article by what you want to do: track payments from screenshots, turn screenshot tasks into reminders, build a clippings library, or see first how it differs from what iPhone already does.

Use cases

Track Expenses From Payment Screenshots on iPhone

Screenshot a payment confirmation and ScreenNote turns it into a ledger entry with amount, merchant and category, plus monthly totals, duplicate warnings and upcoming charges. What it does and what it does not.

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A Screenshot Library for Writers and Researchers: Capture Now, Search It When You Write

How writers and researchers use ScreenNote: screenshot the good argument, let on-device OCR turn the picture into searchable, copyable text, find related shots automatically, and export quotes and weekly recaps as cards.

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How-to guides

How to Copy Verification Codes, Order Numbers, and Amounts Straight From a Screenshot

Pull verification codes, order numbers, and payment amounts out of a screenshot with one tap — no more squinting and retyping.

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Screenshots Piling Up Unread? How Highlights Turns Them Into Weekly and Yearly Recaps

Weekly recaps, a year in review, and standout quotes — how the Highlights tab makes the screenshots you've piled up worth revisiting.

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iPhone's Built-In Spotlight Search Can Find What's Inside Your Screenshots Too

No need to open the app first — swipe down on your home screen and ScreenNote's content can show up right in iPhone's system-wide search.

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What Is BYOK? Choosing Among 17 AI Providers

What bring-your-own-key actually means, and how to pick the right one from 17 supported providers plus a custom slot.

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Turn Screenshot To-Dos and Dates Into iPhone Reminders

ScreenNote pulls to-dos and dates out of chat, notification and poster screenshots and adds them to Apple Reminders or Calendar in one tap. Version 2.5.0 adds an optional timed reminder at 9 PM the night before or 9 AM that day.

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Comparisons

Too Many Screenshots? Comparing 3 Ways to Organize Them

Manually building albums, the system's built-in Screenshots album, or auto-sorting by why you took the shot — how to weigh the cost and limits of each.

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ScreenNote vs the iPhone Photos App and Live Text: Which One for Finding Old Screenshots

ScreenNote compared with the built-in Photos app and Live Text on iPhone: text extraction, search, recovery after deletion, requirements and cost. Each fact about the other side links to an Apple page with a verification date, and gaps are marked not verified.

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Explainers

Can You Use It Without AI? A Full Breakdown of ScreenNote's Local Features

No account, no upload — local OCR and full-text search were never built to depend on AI. Here's exactly what's still there without it.

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