CleanShot X
Screenshots and screen recordings, done right
The verdict
The Mac's built-in screenshot tool can't grab a whole scrolling page or blur a name before you share it. CleanShot X does both, copies text out of any capture, records your screen as a video or GIF, and its Studio Mode adds cursor-following zooms to recordings. It costs $35 once with 1 year of updates and has no free trial, so try Shottr, free for personal use, before you buy.
Get it if
You send screenshots or how-to clips for work and want them clean without opening an editor.
Skip it if
You take a screenshot once a month, and Shift-Command-5 handles that for free.
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What it helps you do
- Capture a whole scrolling page in 1 image
- Hide names and emails before you share
- Copy text out of any screenshot
- Turn a screen recording into a polished video
Plans and prices
Basic
$35$35 once, with 1 year of updates and 1 GB of Cloud storage; updates renew at $19 a year if you want them
Pro
$10$10 a month per user billed yearly, or $12 billed monthly, with unlimited Cloud storage, custom branding and team controls
Setapp
IncludedIncluded in a Setapp subscription, which has a 7-day free trial
What changed
Version 5.0.2
Added to The Useful Apps
Written up in The Useful Tech
Pick something else if
ShottrPick it if you take screenshots all day for docs or bug reports and want text grabbing and a pixel ruler built in.Free to start
Screen StudioPick this if you publish product demos or course videos and want them zoomed and smoothed without a video editor.From $9
CapPick it if you want Loom-style share links for free and like that the code is open source.Free to start
CleanShot X head to head
- CleanShot X vs Screen StudioPick this if you publish product demos or course videos and want them zoomed and smoothed without a video editor.
- CleanShot X vs CapPick it if you want Loom-style share links for free and like that the code is open source.
CleanShot X vs LoomPick it if your team already shares Loom videos, or you need to record from an iPhone or iPad too.
The details
- Runs on
- Mac
- Requires
- macOS 13 or later
- Version
- 5.0.2
- Menu bar app
- Lives in the menu bar
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