ScreenSnap Pro is a screenshot tool for Mac and Windows. Capture any region, window or screen, mark it up with 17 annotation tools, blur what’s private and share it in seconds. Pay $34 once, own it forever.
How it works
Three steps and a few seconds, and the other person sees exactly what you mean.
Press Cmd+Shift+1 on a Mac or Ctrl+Shift+1 on Windows and drag across the area you need. Pick a window or the whole screen from the menu bar or tray, or add a delay of up to 10 seconds.
Click Edit on the Quick Preview thumbnail, or capture with Cmd+Shift+2 or Ctrl+Shift+2 to go straight to the editor. Single keys pick the tools: 1 for an arrow, 9 for text, 0 for numbered steps, 6 to blur.
Drag the thumbnail into Slack, Jira or an email, or just paste: a quick capture is already saved as a PNG and on your clipboard. Want a link instead? Turn on Cloud Upload, click the link button and paste the short link.
Capture
ScreenSnap Pro is a screen capture tool that stays out of your way. Two shortcuts work out of the box, most other modes are one click away in the menu bar or tray, and any mode can get a hotkey you choose.
Drag over any part of the screen. Cmd+Shift+1 or Ctrl+Shift+1.
The same selection, opened straight in the editor. Cmd+Shift+2 or Ctrl+Shift+2.
Pick a window from thumbnails. On a Mac it comes out clean, without the shadow or the windows in front of it.
The whole display under your pointer, on any monitor you have connected.
Select the area, then ScreenSnap Pro waits 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 or 10 seconds while you open a menu or show a tooltip.
The same area, window or screen again, on a shortcut you assign. Made for before and after shots.
Select any area and copy its text, no screenshot file needed.
Paste a URL and get the full page as one image, without scrolling.
On Windows the Print Screen key works too: in Windows Settings, turn off “Use the Print Screen button to open screen capture”, then assign Print Screen in ScreenSnap Pro under Settings > Shortcuts. More in the capture guide and shortcuts guide.
Quick Preview
Capture Area, Capture Window and Capture Screen save each shot to a ScreenSnap Pro folder on your Desktop (PNG by default), copy it to your clipboard and show it in Quick Preview. Drag the thumbnail into any app or folder, or open it in the editor first.
Website Capture
Paste a public URL and ScreenSnap Pro saves the full page, or just the first screen, as one image. Pick a desktop, tablet or phone size, and cookie banners stay out of the shot. No scrolling, no stitching.
Works with public pages. For a page behind a login, open it in your browser and use Capture Area or Capture Window. Website Capture guide
Annotate
Arrows, numbered steps, callouts, blur and a spotlight, each on a single key. Then frame it on a background, ready for a doc or a deck.
Annotate · 17 tools
Mark up a screenshot in seconds: shapes and text snap to the center of the canvas, style presets keep every capture consistent, and the color picker copies any HEX value. Blur or pixelate emails, tokens and customer data before the image leaves your screen.
Annotation tools guideBlur and SpotlightTry the free browser version
Editor · 500+ wallpapers
Crop, or cut a strip out of the middle of a tall capture. Then put it on one of 500+ wallpapers, a gradient, a solid color, your own image or a transparent canvas, and set the padding, rounded corners and shadow.
Share
Paste a short link instead of an attachment, copy the words out of any capture, and keep a reference pinned above your work.
Share links
Turn on Cloud Upload and every Quick Preview gets a link button: click it and a short share link lands on your clipboard. Anyone with the link can open it, and it is not listed anywhere. Auto Upload skips the click. Cloud is optional, your files stay on your computer, and you can delete any upload.
Recognize Text · OCR
Select an error dialog, a slide or a paused video and the text is ready to paste. Recognition runs on your computer, so nothing is uploaded.
Keep a capture above every other window while you code or fill in a form. Pin several and resize them.
Private copies of recent captures on your computer, kept from 1 day up to 1 month, or turned off.
Save in the format you need. From the editor, Copy puts the image on your clipboard without a file.
Who it's for
Built for people who mark up screenshots every day and need the other person to get it the first time.
Number the repro steps with the Counter, blur tokens and emails, then drag the shot into Jira or Linear. When a still image is not enough, record the repro with system audio.
Callouts and numbered steps explain each screen. Presets give every image the same look, and Website Capture gives clean, device-sized shots for a help center.
Copy the text of an error dialog with OCR, pin the spec beside your editor, and use one screen capture app, on one license, on your Mac and your Windows test machine.
Point at the exact pixel with arrows, highlights and Spotlight, blur client data, then send a short link instead of a 20 MB attachment.
Compare
Built-in tools and free screenshot utilities are great for quick grabs. Here is how the main screenshot tools compare when you annotate and share every day.
| Feature | ScreenSnap Pro | Snipping Tool | macOS Screenshot | Lightshot | Greenshot | ShareX | Snagit | CleanShot X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Mac + Windows | Windows 11 | Mac | Windows + Mac | Windows (old Mac app) | Windows | Mac + Windows | Mac |
| Price | $34 once | Free, built in | Free, built in | Free | Free, open source (Windows) | Free, open source | $39/yr subscription | $35 once + $19/yr for updates |
| Region, window, full screen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Region, full screen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scrolling capture in apps | No | No | No | No | Legacy, IE only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Full page from a URL | Yes, desktop to phone sizes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Annotation | 17 tools | Basic | Basic | Basic | Basic + counter | Extensive | Extensive | Extensive |
| Blur or pixelate | Yes | Text redaction | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Backgrounds | 500+ wallpapers | No | No | No | No | Image beautifier | No | Yes |
| OCR text copy | Yes, on device | Yes | Live Text in Preview | No | Yes, Windows OCR plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Screen recording | System audio, mic, webcam | System audio, mic | Mic, system audio (macOS 27+) | No | No | Yes | Yes, with webcam | Yes, with webcam |
| GIF | Yes | Yes, up to 30 s | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Share link | Unlisted short link | No | No | Public link | Via plugins | Many destinations | Yes | Yes |
Competitor details checked on their websites in October 2026. Prices in USD.
The basics
A screenshot tool, also called a screen capture tool, is software that captures an image of what’s on your screen: the full screen, one window or a selected region. Most tools also let you annotate the capture with arrows, text and blur, then save, copy or share it. Many add screen recording, OCR text extraction and full-page web capture.
Snipping Tool on Windows and the Screenshot app on macOS. Free and always there, with basic markup.
A screenshot program you install, such as ScreenSnap Pro, ShareX, Snagit or CleanShot X. Global shortcuts, a real editor, recording and sharing.
Capture what is inside a browser tab, often as a full page. They can't see the rest of your desktop.
Render a whole web page from its address, top to bottom, with no scrolling. ScreenSnap Pro includes it.
In Chrome, open DevTools, press Ctrl+Shift+P and run “Capture full size screenshot”. All Windows shortcuts
Add Ctrl to Cmd+Shift+3 or Cmd+Shift+4 to copy to the clipboard instead of saving a file. All Mac shortcuts
Get ScreenSnap Pro
One license for your Mac and your PC, with every feature and every future update included. See what you get on the pricing page.
FAQ
On Windows, press Win+Shift+S to snip a region, a window or the full screen, or Win+PrtSc to save the whole screen. On a Mac, press Cmd+Shift+3 for the full screen, Cmd+Shift+4 for a region or Cmd+Shift+5 for every option. With ScreenSnap Pro, press Cmd+Shift+1 or Ctrl+Shift+1 and drag over the area.
It depends on your system and how much you edit. For quick grabs, the built-in Snipping Tool or macOS Screenshot is enough, and ShareX is the strongest free option on Windows. If you annotate screenshots every day on a Mac, a PC or both, ScreenSnap Pro adds 17 annotation tools, 500+ backgrounds, full-page Website Capture and unlisted share links for $34 once.
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Windows 11 includes Snipping Tool (press Win+Shift+S) and every Mac includes the Screenshot app (press Cmd+Shift+5). To get ScreenSnap Pro, buy a license for $34, download the Mac or Windows installer and enter your license key. One license activates on two computers, in any mix of Mac and Windows.
Yes, inside DevTools. Press F12 (Cmd+Option+I on a Mac), open the command menu with Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P, type “screenshot” and choose Capture full size screenshot, Capture area screenshot or Capture screenshot. For anything outside the browser, or to mark the capture up, use a desktop screenshot tool.
Yes. Snipping Tool on Windows and the Screenshot app on macOS are free and built in, and ShareX, Lightshot and Greenshot for Windows are free downloads. ScreenSnap Pro is not free: it costs $34 once, with no subscription and a 30-day money-back guarantee instead of a trial. For a one-off edit, our free browser tools can annotate or blur an image.
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On Windows 11, the new Snipping Tool app replaced both the classic Snipping Tool and Snip & Sketch. It adds screen recording, text extraction and basic shapes. People who need richer markup, backgrounds or share links usually move to a third-party app such as ShareX (free, Windows only), Snagit or ScreenSnap Pro. Snagit and ScreenSnap Pro also run on a Mac, so you can use the same app on both.
For marking up screenshots, usually yes. Greenshot is a free, open-source Windows app with shapes, text, a step counter and obfuscation, and it can send captures straight to other apps. The Snipping Tool is built into Windows 11 and adds screen recording, but its markup is basic and it runs on Windows only. Greenshot's separate Mac App Store app has far fewer features and has not been updated since 2020.
Capture it, then drag the Quick Preview thumbnail straight into Slack, Jira, an email or any other app. Screenshots from Capture Area, Window or Screen are also copied to your clipboard by default, so you can paste them right away. For a large image or someone outside your team, upload it and paste the short share link instead of attaching the file.
Yes. ScreenSnap Pro runs on macOS 15 Sequoia or later, on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, and on 64-bit Windows 10 and 11. One license includes two seats, so you can use it on a Mac and a PC, two Macs or two PCs. Capture, annotation, backgrounds, OCR, recording and share links work on both.
No. ScreenSnap Pro is a one-time $34 purchase with lifetime updates and no monthly or yearly fee. There is no free trial. Instead, every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee: if it does not fit your workflow, email support within 30 days for a full refund.
Not of app windows. For web pages, Website Capture turns any public URL into one full-page screenshot at desktop, tablet or phone size, without cookie banners. To shorten a tall screenshot you already have, Crop & Cut removes a strip from the middle. If you need scrolling capture inside apps, Snagit, ShareX and CleanShot X offer it.
