Public beta for macOS
Grabster is a native macOS menu-bar app for language learners. Freeze any video with ⌥Space, hover a subtitle you don't know, release — it's saved with context and turned into a flashcard for spaced-repetition review.
HOW IT FEELS
“Spanish subtitles, one word you don’t know: hold ⌥Space to freeze the frame, hover advertí, release. It is saved and glossed before the scene moves on.”
Designed for pure focus & flow
Hold ⌥ Space to freeze the frame and take a closer look at the subtitles.
Hover over a word in the subtitles. Grabster reads the text directly from your screen.
Release the shortcut to save your flashcard with the full sentence and keep watching.
IN ACTION
One gesture · every app on your Mac
Subtitles, auto-captions, or words burned into the video itself.
Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV and the rest, windowed or full screen.
Preview, Books and scanned pages. Grabster reads pixels, not the text layer.
Speech bubbles and hand-lettered fonts, in Korean and other scripts.
Real messages in the language you’re learning become your example sentences.
Dialogue boxes, quests and item names, in windowed or full-screen games.
Grabster is a beta-phase product, no ads, and zero telemetry tracking. If it helps you enjoy international cinema and master languages, consider giving our little crab a treat!
SELECT CONTRIBUTION
One-time tip
Secured via Stripe · Direct support for independent software
“Made for people reading in a language they are still learning.”
NO TELEMETRY · ZERO TRACKING PIXELS
macOS 14 or later · Apple Silicon and Intel
Grabster