Core System OCR, the local translation model, provider setup and connection testing, and BYOK translation are all free and do not require an account. ClariRec Pro is a one-time in-app purchase that unlocks actual BYOK remote OCR execution and Pro formula recognition. Any model API usage is billed by the provider you configure.

Two things: (1) setting a configured remote OCR provider as your default OCR engine, or rerunning the current result with one, and (2) formula recognition (screenshot to LaTeX). Provider configuration and connection testing remain free before and after purchase.

No. If your device already had a remote OCR provider configured or enabled before this Pro boundary took effect, ClariRec preserves free access to BYOK remote OCR execution on that device going forward. This eligibility check runs against your local settings history only; no data is transmitted for it.

No. It's a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase processed through Apple's StoreKit, tied to your Apple ID.

Sign in with the same Apple ID and use the Restore Purchase option in Settings. StoreKit verifies your entitlement with Apple and unlocks Pro locally — no ClariRec account is involved.

⌥S starts screenshot OCR (select a region), ⌥V recognizes the image currently on your clipboard, and ⌥T translates text currently on the clipboard in a Mini HUD. All three are fully customizable in Settings → Shortcuts. You can also translate selected text from other apps via macOS Services → Translate with ClariRec.

Popup shows a floating result window with the source image and editable text. HUD shows a compact pill notification that auto-dismisses after about 1.5 seconds. Silent copies the result to your clipboard and sends a system notification, with no window shown.

Yes, as .txt or Markdown (.md). When a regular table layout is detected in the result, export uses a Markdown table automatically. On macOS 26 with native document recognition, list structures can also be copied as Markdown lists.

Seven: English, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Japanese, Spanish, and Russian. ClariRec follows your macOS system language automatically.

macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later, as a Universal Binary for Apple Silicon and Intel. macOS system translation requires macOS 15+. Native document recognition and Apple Intelligence translation require macOS 26+, and Apple Intelligence also depends on system availability.

Yes. The recognized text area in the result window is directly editable. Fix a typo and press ⌘⏎ to retranslate. If OCR finds no text, you can type or paste into the empty result window to translate directly.

Yes. App Intents cover clipboard OCR, image-file OCR, and text translation for the Shortcuts app, and the same three actions are also available through the clarirec:// URL scheme for external apps and scripts.

Custom Vision API, Qwen, Mistral AI, Azure Document Intelligence, Baidu OCR, and Google Cloud Vision. All are optional (BYOK); configuration and connection testing are free, but actually running recognition through one of them requires Pro or legacy access.

The on-device local translation model, macOS system translation, and Apple Intelligence translation need no API key and are free. BYOK cloud translation — DeepL, Mercury-2, OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, GLM, Grok, OpenRouter, Custom API, Qwen, or Mistral AI — needs your own key but is also free to use; translation is not part of the Pro boundary.

An optional on-device model (Tencent HY-MT2-1.8B, GGUF quantized, about 1.1GB) you download once from Settings → Translation. The download supports pause/resume and is verified with a SHA-256 checksum. Once downloaded, translation runs fully offline, and you can delete the model at any time.

On supported macOS 26 systems, ClariRec can use the system Apple Intelligence model for translation. No model download inside ClariRec and no API key are required. Availability depends on the device, region, language, and whether Apple Intelligence is enabled and ready on the system.

A translation-only BYOK provider from Inception Labs. It only needs an API key — no endpoint or model name to configure, unlike the general-purpose Custom API provider. OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, GLM, Grok, and OpenRouter work the same way: built-in endpoint and default model, API key only.

Formula recognition currently supports only two BYOK vision-language-model providers: Custom Vision API and Qwen. Mistral AI remains available for OCR and translation, just not formula recognition.

Confirm the key is active, the endpoint is correct, your account has quota, and the service is available in your region. For Azure and Baidu specifically, make sure the second field holds the Endpoint or Secret Key ClariRec asks for. See the API key guide for provider-by-provider setup notes.

No. The app has no analytics or telemetry SDKs, no account system, and ClariRec does not operate servers that receive your screenshots, OCR results, or translations.

Only when: you use a configured BYOK OCR, translation, or formula recognition provider (content goes directly to the endpoint you configured); you download the optional local translation model; macOS system translation needs to fetch a language pack; or you run a provider connection test. Apple Intelligence translation and the local model (once downloaded) stay on-device.

In macOS Keychain, encrypted with AES-256 and protected by your login password. Keys are never transmitted to ClariRec — only to the provider endpoint you configured, when you use that provider.

Remove individual API keys under Settings → Providers → [Provider] → Remove. Delete the downloaded local translation model under Settings → Translation. Recognition results are never persisted to disk unless you explicitly export them, and they clear from memory when you close the result window.