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All of it, in one list

No feature matrix, no plan tiers, no "available in Pro". Everything below ships in the same app on macOS 14 Sonoma and later.

Screenshots

12

Four capture modes, one overlay to pick between them, and the precision tools you need to hit the right pixels the first time.

  • Capture area

    Drag any region with live pixel dimensions. Hold Space to lock a square.

  • Capture window

    Grab one window with optional padding, a soft shadow, and your wallpaper — or a transparent background.

  • Capture fullscreen

    The entire display in one keystroke.

  • Scrolling capture

    Select a region, press Return, and scroll. Long pages, chat logs, and code get stitched into a single image.

  • All-in-One overlay

    One shortcut that offers every capture mode, including recording.

  • Crosshair

    Guides across the screen so a selection lines up with content.

  • Magnifier

    A loupe with a pixel grid and the colour under the cursor, for pixel-exact edges.

  • Freeze screen

    Press F and the screen holds still, so an open menu or hover state stays put while you select it.

  • Self-timer

    Delay the shot when you need both hands to set it up.

  • Retake last area

    Shoot the same region again without redrawing it.

  • Scale down Retina

    Halve Retina pixels on capture when a 1× file is all anyone needs.

  • Hide desktop icons

    Clear the desktop, and optionally the wallpaper, so a screenshot never leaks your file names.

Screen recording

13

Retina-native capture with HEVC or H.264, and every overlay you need to make a walkthrough followable.

  • Record MP4

    ⇧⌘R starts an H.264 or HEVC video.

  • Record GIF

    ⇧⌘G records straight to GIF, with no conversion step.

  • Quality presets

    Low, Medium, High, and Lossless — from small 1× files to native Retina pixels at maximum quality.

  • Codec control

    Leave it on Auto, or force H.264 or HEVC regardless of the preset.

  • 15, 30, or 60 FPS

    Pick the frame rate the content deserves. GIFs are capped lower so the file stays sendable.

  • System audio

    Record what your Mac is playing, in sync with the picture.

  • Microphone

    Narrate while you record. Mic capture requires macOS 15.

  • Show cursor

    Keep or hide the pointer in the file.

  • Click ripples

    Every click gets a visible pulse so it's obvious what you hit.

  • Keystroke display

    Show shortcuts on screen as you press them.

  • Camera bubble

    A webcam circle over the recording, positioned where you want it.

  • Recording bar

    Elapsed time, codec, pause, and stop — and the bar itself stays out of the recording.

  • Trim

    Cut a range and mute a section. Original-quality passthrough avoids re-encoding.

Annotate & edit

14

A real editor with the tools you actually reach for, committed straight to the pixels.

  • Pen

    Freehand drawing for circling the thing you mean.

  • Arrows

    Point at exactly one element.

  • Lines

    Straight strokes for underlining or dividing.

  • Rectangles

    Box out a region.

  • Ellipses

    Ring a control or an avatar.

  • Text

    Type a label directly onto the capture.

  • Highlight

    Translucent rounded rectangles that call out copy without hiding it.

  • Pixelate

    Turn a region into blocks — real pixels, not an overlay.

  • Blur

    Soften a region when blocks look too harsh.

  • Resizable redactions

    Handles on every redaction, so a near miss is a drag away.

  • Spotlight

    Dim everything except the area that matters.

  • Outline Steps

    Numbered badges that count up as you place them.

  • Crop

    A rule-of-thirds overlay with corner handles.

  • Resize

    Exact pixel dimensions when a spec calls for them.

Background studio

5

Turn a raw screenshot into something that belongs in a changelog, a launch post, or a slide.

  • 11 presets

    Gradients and solids that don't fight the content.

  • Custom image

    Use your own artwork or brand backdrop.

  • Padding

    Breathing room around the capture.

  • Aspect ratio

    Frame for the platform you're posting to.

  • Shadow

    Lift the screenshot off the background.

Quick Access overlay

8

The corner panel that appears after every capture, so nothing needs to be found in Finder first.

  • Copy

    Straight to the clipboard.

  • Save

    To your capture folder, with the format you chose.

  • Annotate

    Open the editor without leaving the flow.

  • Drag and drop

    Pull the capture into any app that accepts a file.

  • Pin

    Float it above other windows from the overlay.

  • Share

    Upload and copy a link, with live progress and cancel.

  • Swipe away

    Dismiss it with a gesture, then restore it from History.

  • Hide overlays

    ⇧⌘U clears every overlay at once for a clean screen.

Sharing & storage

14

Links from storage you control, with the option of no cloud at all.

  • S3-compatible upload

    Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, DigitalOcean Spaces, MinIO, and anything else speaking the S3 API.

  • Custom upload endpoint

    Point Snappyshot at your own server and tell it which JSON key holds the returned link.

  • Keychain-stored secret

    Your access key secret lives in the login keychain.

  • Signed or public links

    Serve a plain URL, or a signed one that expires.

  • Link expiry

    Decide how long a signed link keeps working.

  • Custom domain

    Serve links from your own domain or CDN.

  • Folder prefix

    Keep every upload under one key prefix.

  • Path-style URLs

    A toggle, because R2, B2, and MinIO want it on and S3 wants it off.

  • Unguessable keys

    Every object key carries a random token, so a link can't be edited into someone else's capture.

  • Test connection

    Uploads and deletes a small file, so a wrong region surfaces in Settings instead of mid-share.

  • Upload every capture

    Optional automatic upload, for when you always want a link.

  • Shared Links manager

    Everything you've shared, ready to re-copy, open, or delete from the bucket.

  • Local share server

    No bucket? Links point at your Mac on the local network, with an expiry and an optional password.

  • Share folder

    Drop captures into a watched folder for Dropbox or iCloud to sync.

History & pinning

9

Nothing you captured is ever more than a shortcut away.

  • Capture history

    Browse everything you've taken, in the menu bar or a full window.

  • Type filter

    Narrow to images, videos, or GIFs.

  • Tags

    Label captures so you can find them later.

  • Retention

    Keep history for anywhere from 7 to 90 days.

  • Shared markers

    History and the menu bar mark captures that already have a link.

  • Pin above windows

    Keep a reference shot on top while you work from it.

  • Pin opacity

    Fade a pin so it doesn't dominate.

  • Arrow-key nudge

    Move a pin a pixel at a time.

  • Lock and click-through

    Freeze a pin in place and let clicks pass to the app underneath.

Text recognition

3

Get text off the screen and into your clipboard without retyping it.

  • Copy text from any image

    Select a region and the text lands on your clipboard.

  • QR codes

    Decode a code to its payload instantly.

  • On device

    Recognition runs on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded to read it.

macOS integration

6

The details that make it feel like part of the system.

  • Menu bar app

    Lives in the menu bar with recent captures one click away.

  • Global shortcuts

    Every action has a hotkey, and every hotkey can be remapped.

  • Launch at login

    One toggle and it's always ready.

  • Multi-display aware

    Capture and overlays follow the screen you're working on.

  • Native frameworks

    SwiftUI and ScreenCaptureKit, targeting macOS 14 and later.

  • No account

    No sign-in, no license server, nothing phoning home.

Your next screenshot could be a lot better.

Build it once, keep it in the menu bar, and stop thinking about where your captures went.

macOS 14 Sonoma or later · No account · No subscription