macOS 13+ · Native Swift · No Subscription

Screenshots with somewhere to go.

Annotate, pull text, route to whatever tool comes next. Plugins handle the destinations.

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From $24.99 — one-time purchase.

Features

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

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Precision capture

Region, window or scrolling. L-bracket cursor shows exactly where the bounds are.

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Quick annotations

Arrows, rectangles, text and blur, on a frosted-glass toolbar. Auto-numbered step circles in one click.

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Auto-redact

One click finds and blurs emails, API keys, credit cards, IPs and phone numbers. On-device via Apple Vision.

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Beautify

Gradient background, rounded corners, shadow. Eight presets, sliders for the rest.

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Pin & history

Pin a capture as a floating always-on-top window. Last 20 captures live in the menu bar.

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Scrolling capture

Auto-scrolls long pages and stitches the result into a single tall image.

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Plugins

Send to Imgur, Slack, Notion, Linear, S3, R2 and 20 more. Or write your own JSON manifest.

Browse 26 plugins →
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Extract text (OCR)

On-device OCR via Apple Vision. Capture, copy, paste. Nothing leaves your Mac.

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Screen recording

Region recording to MP4 at 30fps. Floating stop button. Saves to Downloads.

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Privacy first

100% local. No accounts, no cloud uploads, no telemetry. Your screenshots stay on your Mac.

Step numbers, arrows, blur — in seconds

Tutorials, bug reports, support replies. Click to drop auto-incrementing step circles. Drag arrows where they need to go. Blur anything sensitive before you share.

  • Auto-numbered step circles (1, 2, 3…)
  • Arrows, rectangles, text labels, freehand
  • Blur tool with one-click auto-redact for emails, keys, IPs
  • Frosted-glass toolbar that stays out of the way

Pull text out of anything you can see

Capture a region, hit Extract Text, paste anywhere. Apple Vision handles the OCR on-device. No accounts, no API keys, no upload.

  • On-device OCR — works offline, nothing leaves your Mac
  • Reads code, terminals, dashboards, scanned PDFs
  • Selectable, copyable, ready to paste

One click from raw capture to ready-to-ship

Background gradient, rounded corners, drop shadow. Eight presets that match common decks and docs, or dial it in yourself.

  • Presets: Sunset, Ocean, Forest, Lavender, Midnight, and more
  • Padding, corner radius, shadow — sliders with live preview
  • Apply & Copy, or Apply & Save, in one step

Plugins handle the destinations

The action menu is the screenshot's exit ramp. Imgur, Slack, Notion, Linear, Jira, S3, R2 — 26 plugins ship-ready. Or write a JSON manifest and drop it in.

  • 26 plugins across image hosting, cloud, tasks, chat, issue tracking
  • URL actions, shell commands, base64-JSON bodies
  • Drag to reorder, toggle on/off, install from file or URL
Browse the plugin library →
DropSnip action menu listing Copy, Annotate, Extract Text, Beautify, Pin, Imgur Upload, and more

Comparison

How DropSnip stacks up

Feature DropSnip ($24.99) CleanShot X ($29) Shottr (Free) macOS Built-in
Region Capture ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Window Capture ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Scrolling Capture ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
Annotations ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗
Step Numbers ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
Auto-Redact ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗
Beautiful Backgrounds ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗
Pin Screenshots ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
Plugin System ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
Extract Text (OCR) ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗
Screen Recording ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗
No Subscription ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
100% Local / No Cloud ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓

Pricing

One price, no subscription, ads or data sold.

DropSnip

$24.99

One-time purchase.

  • All capture modes (region, window, scrolling)
  • Full annotation toolkit
  • Auto-redact sensitive info
  • Beautiful backgrounds & presets
  • Pin & screenshot history
  • Extract Text (on-device OCR)
  • Screen recording to MP4
  • Plugin system & bundled plugins
Buy DropSnip

Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later