Screenshots and recording

The all-in screenshot and recording app: annotate, hide the desktop, scroll capture, and a tidy history.

Paid

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A fast, light screenshot tool with OCR, measurements and annotation, made by one person and priced that way.

Free download from the official site

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Takes a screenshot and instantly turns it into a tidy, padded product shot with a background and shadow.

Paid, one-time, with a free download

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An open-source screen recorder that exports to GIF, MP4 and a handful of other formats, with plugins.

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Desktop recordings with automatic zoom and smooth motion, aimed at polished product videos.

Paid subscription

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A small recorder that lives in the menu bar and turns a screen grab into a GIF or a short video.

Paid, also on Setapp and the Mac App Store

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An open-source alternative to the hosted recording tools, for short product and explain clips.

Free, with paid plans

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Screenshot, annotate and upload, with a free tier and paid cloud storage.

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Upload screenshots and files to your own S3, SFTP or similar, from a menu-bar app.

Paid, also on Setapp

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Drag a box over anything on screen and copy the text, including text in videos and images.

Paid, one-time, on the Mac App Store

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A menu-bar OCR tool: capture text from the screen and send it to the clipboard, a translator or a QR decoder.

Free on GitHub, or $7.99 once on the Mac App Store

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Optical character recognition for screenshots, PDFs and images, with a plain Mac-native window.

Paid, also on the Mac App Store

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Draw on the screen, put a highlight under the pointer, and annotate while you share or record.

Paid, also on Setapp and the Mac App Store

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Capture screenshots and short videos and share a link. Formerly CloudApp.

Free to sign up, paid plans available

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