How does Shottr compare with other Screenshot Tool apps?
4 apps · 9 factors
Scored for the goal: Annotate screenshots for bug reports and documentation
Quick answer
From the sourced cells below · nobody pays for a position
Buy once, no subscription
Xnapper
$29.99 one-time
Free to use
Shottr
Free on the official website
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100%1 unknown |  100%fit | 100%4 unknown |  100%Annotation tools unknown | |
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| Screenshot | ||||
| Annotation toolsHas Arrows, Text★ | ArrowsRectanglesOvals+18 | CropResizeRotate+16 | ArrowsShapesRectangles+5 | Arrows/lines · text · callouts |
| Scrolling captureYes★ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| Capture modes | Full screenAreaWindow+5 | Capture AreaCapture WindowSelf-Timer+2 | ! | |
| Cloud upload / share linksYes | ✓ | ✓ | ! | ✓ |
| Features | ||||
| Editable annotationsYes★ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| Copy annotated capturesYes★ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Combine screenshotsYes★ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| Purchase | ||||
| Current price | $12 once +1 | $35 once +6 | $29.99 once +6 | $39.00 +2 |
| Product | ||||
| What it does | Free macOS screenshot app | Specializes in screenshots | Xnapper takes beautiful screenshots… | Screen capture and recording… |
Head to head
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Arrows, geometric shapes, rectangles, ovals, lines, text labels, crop/select, freehand drawing, highlighter, spotlight, ruler/measurement, step counter, magnifier, backdrop/background, image overlay, Add Capture/append, blur, pixelation, erase/remove objects, image resize and rasterize image. Includes bent arrows and hand-drawn styles. Crop, blur, erase and measurement operate on the original screenshot until overlays/appended captures are rasterized; rasterization cannot be undone. Friends Club
Crop, resize, rotate, flip, pixelate, arrows (4 styles, including curved), blur (secure/smooth), solid redaction, spotlight, counters, pencil, highlighter, filled rectangle, rectangle, line, ellipse, text (7 styles), color picker/palette, combine images, expand canvas, Background Tool and editable CleanShot projects. Included in Basic and Pro.
Yes — stitches scrolling pages, documents or chats into one image, automatically down/up or with optional manual scrolling. Maximum 400,000 px; older release notes specify a 20,000 px default. Requires Screen Recording and Accessibility permissions. Automatic results may break in Terminal/iTerm2, VS Code, Apple News/Music, Catalyst apps and Finder Columns view; manual mode can help. Scroll modifiers can interfere; animations, sticky elements and scrollbars can cause stitching artifacts. Verylong
Yes — capture long pages, chats, documents, code or other scrollable content as one image. Supports vertical and horizontal scrolling plus auto-scroll; officially described as working in every app. Included in Basic and Pro. No numeric capture-length limit or app exclusions are documented.
Full screen, area, repeat previous area, window, scrolling, reverse scrolling/up, manual scrolling, delayed 3s, custom delay in seconds, Add Capture/append, and optional freezing area capture. Manual scrolling requires separate enabling. Freezing area is experimental and disables Space-to-window-picker switching; it is also listed among Friends Club experimental settings. Commercial use requires a license.
Capture Area, Capture Window, Capture Fullscreen, Self-Timer, Scrolling Capture, Previous Area and All-In-One. Aids: crosshair, magnifier and freeze screen; All-In-One remembers the last selection and supports size/aspect-ratio controls. Included in Basic and Pro.
Yes — upload to Shottr Cloud or your own S3-compatible bucket and copy a shareable link. Shottr Cloud requires a free token: immediate with a license, or by email request without one (potentially several weeks); no separate cloud subscription. Cloud uploads are public and storage is not guaranteed, including beyond one year. S3 requires your own provider account, with provider storage/transfer charges or free allowances; use public URLs or presigned links lasting up to 7 days.
Yes — upload screenshots and recordings to CleanShot Cloud in one click for shareable links. Basic includes 1 GB storage with no extra subscription; a Pro subscription adds unlimited storage, custom domain/branding, advanced sharing/security and team features. Monthly soft fair-use limits: Basic 300 uploads/5 GB bandwidth; Pro 3,000 uploads/100 GB.
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Yes — save and reopen .cleanshot projects to adjust annotations, redactions, and styling. Capture History retains up to 1 month; saved-project expiration is not stated. Included in Basic and Pro.
Yes — after annotating, click Copy or press Cmd+Shift+C to copy image data for pasting into chats, documents, and emails. The editor hides after copying and can be reopened. No feature-specific paid requirement or copy limit is documented; commercial use requires a license.
Yes — copy the annotated image directly from Annotate to the clipboard for pasting into other apps. Hold Option while clicking Copy to keep the image open. Included in Basic and Pro; no separate clipboard-copy limit is documented.
Yes — Add Capture combines screenshots on an expandable canvas, including side-by-side arrangements. Rasterize first to select/crop appended raster content, use the ruler, blur or erase; this permanently flattens images and annotations. Image-count caps, layout presets and feature tier limits are unspecified; commercial use requires a license.
Yes — drag additional screenshots into Annotate and position them freely in one image. No image-count cap is documented. Included in Basic and Pro.
Website: Free indefinitely, with upgrade reminders after 30 days; Basic $12 one-time; Friends Club $30 one-time with experimental features and better support. Paid licenses cover one user on up to five Macs; multiple licenses can be purchased. Commercial use requires a license. Prices use '$' without an explicit ISO currency label; update entitlement is unstated. Mac App Store (US): unknown.
Website: Basic USD 35/59/139/269 once for 1/2/5/10 Macs; perpetual use, 12 months of updates, optional renewal USD 19/year. Pro USD 120/user/year; monthly billing offered, price officially unverified (independent source reports USD 12/user/month). More than 10 seats: contact sales. Student discount 30%; PixelSnap 2 discount 20%. Setapp: Mac USD 14.99/month (1 Mac), Mac + iOS USD 18.99/month (1 Mac), Power User USD 22.99/month (4 Macs); annual totals unverified. Mac App Store (US): matching app/
Shottr is a free macOS screenshot app with scrolling screenshots, OCR, annotation and measurement instruments.
Specializes in screenshots, but has good screen recording.
Cost over time
Plays from month 1 to year 10 when you scroll here. Each bar is split by year; a one-time purchase stays one block.
Every subscription now costs more than Xnapper, the cheapest one-time purchase.
Releases
Each dot is a release. The hatched bar runs from the last release to today; its color says whether that gap is normal for the app.
Score
A reference score weighted by the priorities set for this research. Nobody pays for placement.
Reference score
Priority-weighted · 75% evidence · 1 must-have · 4 important
| App | Score | Payment | Price | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17pts | One-time · Subscription | $35 · $19/yr | 9 / 9 |
| 14pts | Free · One-time | Free · $12 | 8 / 9 |
| 9pts | Subscription | $39.00 · $48.00 | 7 / 9 |
| 8pts | Free · One-time | Free · $29.99 | 5 / 9 |
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- Report ID
- TMA-0FENSP1
- Sources
- 45
- Verified cells
- 31/36 (86%)
- Last checked
- Oct 18, 2026
- Reading saved
- ≈ 3 h
Scoring
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