---
name: "Picview"
subtitle: "A fast, minimal image viewer to replace Preview — with built-in OCR"
date: 2026-07-09
shortlist: true
link: "https://picview.chitaner.com"
linkText: "picview.chitaner.com"
source: "r/macapps"
topics: [macos-apps]
tags: [image-viewer, ocr, utility, native]
description: "A fast, minimal alternative to macOS Preview built purely for browsing images: arrow-key navigation, wheel zoom, pinnable floating reference windows, and OCR across 30+ formats including RAW."
---

Picview strips image viewing down to the parts you actually use — arrow keys to move, the scroll wheel to zoom, and a floating always-on-top window to pin a reference shot beside your work — so it opens and moves faster than Preview's do-everything interface. It reads 30-plus formats including camera RAW and can OCR text straight out of any image. Free to try, with a $12.99 lifetime unlock for the Pro features.