# Alternatives to Shottr Fast Mac screenshots with OCR and measure. Shottr ranks #1 of 8 in Screenshot tools, with an Alt Score of 90. It is proprietary, freemium from Free and available on macOS. 9 of 9 checklist rows are verified against a public source. Source: https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/shottr/ Category: Screenshot tools ## Where Shottr stands out - **Pixel measure & color picker** — 2 of 7 apps with a verified answer have this - **One-time purchase option** — 3 of 8 apps with a verified answer have this - **Self-hosted upload target** — 3 of 8 apps with a verified answer have this - **Region / window / scrolling capture** — 4 of 8 apps with a verified answer have this ## Overview - **Who it's for**: Designers, developers, and other Mac users who need fast, pixel-precise screenshots for documentation, bug reports, or sharing. - **What you get**: A lightweight native macOS app for area, window, and full-screen capture, plus scrolling screenshots for long pages or chats. Includes an annotation editor with text, arrows, shapes, highlights, blur/pixelation, and backgrounds (shadows, rounded corners). Also has built-in OCR and QR code reading, a color picker, and pixel measurement tools. - **How it works**: Trigger a capture with a hotkey, mark it up in the built-in editor, then copy, save locally, or upload to S3-compatible storage. ## Profile - **License**: Proprietary (verified 2026-07-10) - **Pricing model**: Freemium (verified 2026-07-10) - **Starts at**: Free (verified 2026-07-10) - **Platforms**: macOS - **Status**: active (verified 2026-07-10) ## Ranked alternatives | # | App | Alt Score | Licence | Platforms | |---|-----|-----------|---------|-----------| | 1 | [CleanShot X](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/cleanshot-x.md) | 75 | Proprietary | macOS | | 2 | [Greenshot](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/greenshot.md) | 70 | GPL-3.0 | Windows, macOS | | 3 | [ksnip](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/ksnip.md) | 70 | GPL-3.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux | | 4 | [Monosnap](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/monosnap.md) | 70 | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Browser extension | | 5 | [Snagit](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/snagit.md) | 65 | Proprietary | Windows, macOS | | 6 | [Flameshot](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/flameshot.md) | 50 | GPL-3.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux | | 7 | [Lightshot](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/lightshot.md) | 45 | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Browser extension | Alt Score = Verified coverage (90%) + Visibility (10%). See https://altcatalog.com/how-alt-score-works/ ## Feature comparison Legend: Yes / No / Partial / ? (not verified). | Screenshot tools checklist | Shottr | CleanShot X | Greenshot | ksnip | Monosnap | Snagit | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Pricing model | Freemium | One-time | Free | Free | Freemium | Subscription | | Starts at | Free | $29 | Free | Free | $2.5 USD/mo | €39.57/year | | License | Proprietary | Proprietary | GPL-3.0 | GPL-3.0 | Proprietary | Proprietary | | Platforms | macOS | macOS | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Browser extension | Windows, macOS | | Region / window / scrolling capture | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes | | Annotations | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | OCR text extraction | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes | | Instant share link | Yes | Yes | ? | Partial | Yes | Yes | | Cloud upload | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | | Pixel measure & color picker | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes | Partial | | Self-hosted upload target | Yes | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | No | | One-time purchase option | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | | Open source | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ## Sources Sources for Shottr. Each alternative is sourced on its own page. - **Starts at**: Free — (verified 2026-07-10) - Quote: “You can download and use Shottr for free. After 30 days it will start asking you to consider upgrading.” - **Platforms**: macOS — (verified 2026-07-10) - Quote: “Is there a version for Windows? At this moment Shottr is available for Mac only.” - **License**: Proprietary — (verified 2026-07-10) - Note: Closed-source, license-gated via FastSpring. - Quote: “License required for commercial use.” - **Pricing model**: Freemium — (verified 2026-07-10) - Quote: “You can download and use Shottr for free. After 30 days it will start asking you to consider upgrading.” - **Status**: active — (verified 2026-07-10) - Quote: “Dec 17, 2025 v1.9.1 S3 Improvements, minor polishing and bug fixes” - **Region / window / scrolling capture**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-10) - Quote: “Take a screenshot of a long web page or capture conversation in a chat. Any app, any window.” - **Annotations**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-10) - Quote: “Add text, freehand drawings, highlights, spotlights and other visual effects to your drawings.” - **OCR text extraction**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-10) - Quote: “Press a hotkey and select an area — Shottr will parse the text and copy it to the clipboard. OCR feature also reads QR codes.” - **Instant share link**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-10) - Quote: “The screenshot uploads sends the image to Shottr.cc cloud and gets the public url copied to the clipboard.” - **Cloud upload**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-10) - Quote: “You have two choices of the upload destination: your own S3 bucket, or Shottr Cloud.” - **Pixel measure & color picker**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-10) - Quote: “Take a screenshot, zoom in, move your mouse over the pixel and press the TAB key to copy color under the cursor.” - **Self-hosted upload target**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-10) - Note: Supports self-hostable S3-compatible services like Minio. - Quote: “S3 Upload (any S3-compatible storage).” - **One-time purchase option**: Yes — (verified 2026-07-10) - Quote: “This is a single-time purchase, not a subscription.” - **Open source**: No — (verified 2026-07-10) - Note: No OSS license/repo; closed-source. - Quote: “License required for commercial use.” --- Ranked by verified data, never by who paid. https://altcatalog.com/trust/