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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.
Designers, developers, and other Mac users who need fast, pixel-precise screenshots for documentation, bug reports, or sharing.
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.
Trigger a capture with a hotkey, mark it up in the built-in editor, then copy, save locally, or upload to S3-compatible storage.
Where Shottr stands out
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the Screenshot tools checklist (13 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
| Screenshot tools checklist | Shottr | CleanShot X | Greenshot | ksnip | Monosnap | Snagit |
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Every fact and feature listed for Shottr is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Starts at Free verified 2026-07-10
You can download and use Shottr for free. After 30 days it will start asking you to consider upgrading.
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Platforms macOS verified 2026-07-10
Is there a version for Windows? At this moment Shottr is available for Mac only.
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License Proprietary verified 2026-07-10
Closed-source, license-gated via FastSpring.
License required for commercial use.
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Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-07-10
You can download and use Shottr for free. After 30 days it will start asking you to consider upgrading.
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Status active verified 2026-07-10
Dec 17, 2025 v1.9.1 S3 Improvements, minor polishing and bug fixes
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Region / window / scrolling capture Yes verified 2026-07-10
Take a screenshot of a long web page or capture conversation in a chat. Any app, any window.
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Annotations Yes verified 2026-07-10
Add text, freehand drawings, highlights, spotlights and other visual effects to your drawings.
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OCR text extraction Yes verified 2026-07-10
Press a hotkey and select an area — Shottr will parse the text and copy it to the clipboard. OCR feature also reads QR codes.
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Instant share link Yes verified 2026-07-10
The screenshot uploads sends the image to Shottr.cc cloud and gets the public url copied to the clipboard.
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Cloud upload Yes verified 2026-07-10
You have two choices of the upload destination: your own S3 bucket, or Shottr Cloud.
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Pixel measure & color picker Yes verified 2026-07-10
Take a screenshot, zoom in, move your mouse over the pixel and press the TAB key to copy color under the cursor.
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Self-hosted upload target Yes verified 2026-07-10
Supports self-hostable S3-compatible services like Minio.
S3 Upload (any S3-compatible storage).
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One-time purchase option Yes verified 2026-07-10
This is a single-time purchase, not a subscription.
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Open source No verified 2026-07-10
No OSS license/repo; closed-source.
License required for commercial use.
https://shottr.cc/purchase.html
FAQ
Yes. Greenshot, ksnip and Monosnap have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Greenshot, ksnip and Flameshot — every license claim links its source.