7 Best Screenshot Software

1. Monosnap

• Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome.
• Price: free / $2.5 per month.

A fairly powerful and multifunctional program with a lot of settings, with which you can take screenshots and record screen video. Monosnap makes it easy to assign keyboard shortcuts to any action. The built-in editor allows you to add text and notes to the picture, as well as, if necessary, cover up the desired areas.

The finished screenshot can be uploaded to the proprietary cloud and shared a link to it or sent to Google Drive, Evernote and other services. In the settings, it is easy to set the quality, save location, name template and many other parameters.

Monosnap is available for free. A subscription unlocks advanced features like unlimited storage and support for more services.

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2. lightshot

• Platforms: Windows, macOS, Chrome, Firefox.
• Price: is free.

One of the most popular and free screenshot tools that exemplifies the balance between simplicity and functionality. LightShot has everything you need and nothing you don't. The program weighs less than 3 megabytes, is absolutely not demanding on resources and works very quickly.

Take quick screenshots of the selected area, edit and add marks in the built-in editor, and then in one click upload to a proprietary service and instantly share links to files with colleagues.

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3. Greenshot

• Platforms: Windows, macOS.
• Price: free / $1.99.

A good open source program that can take screenshots of the entire screen, the selected window or area, as well as repeat the last action. All this works through the menu in the application icon or through a keyboard shortcut.

In one click, the image can be copied to the clipboard, saved or uploaded to Imgur. If necessary, the screenshot can be easily opened in the built-in or external editor. Among the available features: various arrows, shapes, text, blur and more. Even OCR text recognition is available in the beta version.

Greenshot is free for Windows. On macOS, you will have to pay $1.99 for an app in the App Store.

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4. shottr

• Platforms: macOS.
• Price: is free.

A relatively new screenshot for macOS, which is characterized by high performance, convenience and an abundance of interesting features. shottr can take screenshots of the entire screen, a selected area or window, and also saves "long" screenshots by automatically scrolling. In addition to these modes, there is a timer function and re-capture of the previous area.

In the built-in editor, you can add arrows, text, and shapes to the image. If necessary, it is easy to hide personal information with a pixelization tool or by removing it with background restoration. There are a lot of nice and useful little things like displaying the size, the exact color code under the cursor and the ruler.

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5. cleanshot

• Platforms: macOS.
• Price: 29 dollars.

The ultimate screen capture tool that is equally good for both screenshots and videos. CleanShot has all the features you could want from a program like this: take any kind of snapshot, including scroll mode, timer, auto-hide desktop icons, text recognising and much more.

The editor provides all the necessary annotation tools. There are arrows and shapes, manual drawing with automatic outline alignment, markers for highlighting, 7 text templates, and number icons to indicate sequence.

You can customize the behavior of the program after taking a screenshot, set the option to hide the background. For convenience, immediately after shooting, a floating window appears: the picture can be quickly copied to the clipboard, edited or saved to disk.

Video capture is carried out in various formats, including GIF. There are quality settings, microphone recording and automatic hiding of desktop icons. You can add click mapping, keyboard shortcuts, and a webcam image to your video. And the editor allows cut roller, change resolutions and quality settings, adjusting to the required size.

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6. ShareX

• Platforms: Windows.
• Price: is free.

Another advanced screenshot and video capture program, but free and already for Windows. ShareX offers various shooting modes, including scrolling and recording web content.

The built-in editor allows you to crop the image, add notes, text and emoji. There is OCR recognition, uploading images to Imgur, Dropbox and other services. You can change keyboard shortcuts, assign automatic actions after creating and uploading screenshots to services. In addition, automation scripts, a video converter, and more are available.

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7. Screenshot

• Platforms: Windows, macOS, Chrome.
• Price: free / 85 rubles per month.

A simple and intuitive tool that will help you quickly take a screenshot of a window, a specific area or the whole screen, and then copy the image to the clipboard, save to disk or to a proprietary cloud to share with colleagues. And even without shortcuts, but by simply pressing both mouse buttons.

A panel with editing tools opens right next to the screenshot. There are arrows, frames and text. You can change the color, and the thickness of the lines is adjusted with the mouse wheel. In addition, screen recording is supported.

All of the above is available for free. When subscribing, the restriction on the storage period of files, the duration and quality of video recording is removed, and access to direct links is also opened.

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