Your Mac comes with a native screenshot tool. Simply press Command-Shift-4 and it turns your cursor into a crosshair, which you can drag to select a portion of your screen to capture it. And while it’s useful for beginners, there is also no denying that lacks many useful features such as – photo editor, Email sharing, cloud upload, etc. This is where third-party screenshot apps come in. Imagine accessing your screenshots from any browser, leave aside a clipboard manager that sits a click away. These apps offer features like screen recording, smart annotations, even GIF support and almost all of them are free.
Let’s have a look.
Read: How to Convert a Screenshot to a Jpeg on a Mac
Best Screenshot Apps For macOS
1. Lightshot
Oct 15, 2018 Skitch. Skitch is How-To Geek’s go-to favorite screenshot app for macOS, and with good reason: it has pretty much everything we need. Skitch lets you take screenshots from a selected area (with or without a timer), of the full screen, of a window, or of specific menus. Jun 03, 2016 Change the Folder Where Your Mac Saves Screenshots. RELATED: How to Change Where Screenshots Are Saved in OS X. Screenshots you take with the keyboard shortcuts will be saved straight to your Mac’s desktop with the filename “Screen Shot date at time.png”. However, you can change where your Mac saves these screenshots, if you like.
Lightshot is one the most popular screenshot app for Windows, which is also on macOS.
It’s light, easy to use and absolutely free. Lightshot is a heavily loaded package and yet sits quietly on your menu bar. Press the default shortcut sequence ‘shift + cmd + 9‘ for a screenshot. The shortcut can be easily changed to anything you prefer from the app preferences.
One caveat though is privacy. All the screenshot uploaded to the cloud is public. So, when you upload the screenshot to the cloud and share the link with someone, they can change a few digits in the URL to access other screenshots. For example, https://prnt.sc/lk8ap7 is a valid screenshot and if you change the last digit i.e. https://prnt.sc/lk8ap7 or https://prnt.sc/lk8ap9, they also lead to screenshots by other users.
Pros:
- Annotations
- Copy to clipboard
- Cloud and Social Media direct upload
- Google image search
Cons:
- No Email sharing
- Uploaded screenshots are public
Download Lightshot Screenshot (free)
2. Monosnap
Monosnap might be one of the most complex apps on the list given the purpose its made for. It not only lets you take a screenshot but also has the ability to record your screen while the webcam footage sits as picture-in-picture mode in the same frame. The app settings let you customize actions before & after screenshot, sharing options, hotkeys, image format and what not.
Pros:
- Smart Annotations
- Cloud and Email upload
- FTP & WebDAV sharing
- Screen recording
- Record gif
- Blur tool
- Add multiple screenshots
Cons:
- Complicated interface and settings
Download Monosnap (free)
3. Snappy
Snappy mainly focuses on creating an easily accessible clipboard of all the screenshots that you take. You can drag and drop an image on any medium by clicking on the menu bar icon of the app. Alternatively, you can take a silent snap that doesn’t show the screenshot preview but simply copies the URL on the clipboard.
Pro tip: Right click on a snap for editing options. Double click to close a snap, there are no buttons.
Pros:
- Multiple snap clipboard
- Snap Library
- Annotations
- Cloud, Imgur and Email sharing support
- Direct URL copy
- Webpage preview snap via URL
- Customizable hotkeys
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Cons:
- None
Download Snappy (free)
4. Apowersoft Screenshot
Apowersoft Screenshot also packages a color picker tool and a cross-hair tool to know the size of a frame on your screen. The screenshot feature also holds a number of editing options which pop-up on your screen after you select the frame of your shot.
Pros:
- Annotations with the blur tool
- Single entry clipboard
- Cloud and Social media sharing
- Color Picker
Cons:
- No Email sharing support
Download Apowersoft Screenshot (free)
5. Super Screenshot Lite
Don’t go by the name unless you are a 24*7 Trello user. Apart from a specific integration with your Trello account, the app offers only some basic tools. In fact, when you click the screenshot button on the menu bar the whole screen gets snapped and then you have to crop your area out if you need to.
Pros:
- Trello integration
- Annotations
Cons:
- No Cloud and Email Sharing
- No Social Media uploads
- No Clipboard or URL manager
Download Super Screenshot Lite (free)
6. Nimbus Capture
Nimbus Capture comes with some special mark-up tools like number stamps for easy step-by-step guide screenshots. The app also has screen recording options which can focus on the desired section of your screen. Creating a Nimbus account lets you manage your uploaded screenshots.
Pros:
- Annotations with the blur tool
- Number stamp mark-up
- Screen Recording
- Copy URL
- Nimbus cloud upload
Cons:
- No Email and social media sharing support
- No Personal cloud sharing
Download Nimbus Capture (free)
7. Xnip
Xnip offers a shadow effect around your screenshot just like the native screenshot feature on macOS, plus it works in selection mode as well. Just press ‘option’ key on your keyboard to toggle the feature while you are finishing your selection.
Pros:
- Smart annotations & selection tools
- Number stamps with captioned comments
- Single shot clipboard
Cons:
- No Cloud and Email support
- No Social media support
Download Xnip (free, $2 yearly for pro version)
8. Jumpshare
Jumpshare has something that no app on the list offers, GIF support. You can take a screenshot, a screen recording, and a GIF as well. The app requires you to log in via Google account and also supports workspace mode wherein you can add people to a shared portal. The plus version of the app offers more space and file size support but it’ll work without it.
Pros:
- Annotations and blur tool
- Screen recording
- GIF support
- Cloud support
- Workplace mode
- Easy URL copy
Cons:
- Expensive pro version
Download Jumpshare (free, $99 for plus version)
9. Snagit
Snagit is a commercial level software that provides almost all basic tools of photo editing and annotating apart from being a screenshot tool. Setting up the app could be a hideous process when compared to other apps on the list but the extra ton of features will make up for it. The app comes for a heavy price considering there are no upgrades but does give you a 15-day trial so you can test it before you spend.
Pros:
- Smart annotations with stamps and dialogue boxes.
- Photo editing tools
- Direct file sharing with all available sources
- Customizable interface
Cons:
- Expensive
Download Snagit (15 days free trial, $57)
10. Standardized Screenshots
Standardized Screenshots is not your regular screenshot app, rather a chrome extension. It takes a snapshot of the current window, adds a macOS-ish title bar and adds a shadow.
Using it is easy, just click the extension to snap a screenshot. It generates a preview which you can click to download the actual screenshot with frame and drop shadow included. There is, however, one small caveat that it doesn’t capture screenshots of some websites due to Chrome’s restrictions. Other than that, it works flawlessly. It really saves time when you have to capture screenshots every day for TechWiser.
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Install Standardized Screenshots
Best Screenshot Apps For macOS
MacBook’s native screenshot feature is better than any of those on Windows. The quality it provides is very clean and the default shadow effects bring out the snap quite well. If you already didn’t know, you can also snap the touch bar on the MacBook Pro natively, just press Cmd+Shift+6. But if screenshots are something you use every day one of the apps on the list must fit your requirement. Like, Snappy for a better clipboard manager, Monosnap for better annotations and sharing options or maybe Jumpshare for GIF support. Take your pick and let me know the experience in the comments below.
Capture screenshot of your Windows PC is one of the best way to creating tutorials on PC or apps. There are lots of free screen capture apps for windows are available in the market. But today we thought of picking out some of the best screenshot captures application for your Windows PC. Below is the list of the 5 free screen captures software for Windows computer.
With these free app you can take the screenshot of your PC easily. The main advantage of using these screen capture apps are that you can select exactly the area of your screen that you can capture.
Mac Users Read this:-15 Free Screen Capture Apps for MAC
Table of Contents
- 1 5 Best Windows Screen Capture Software
5 Best Windows Screen Capture Software
1. Snipping Tool
Screen Shot Free Mac App Annotator
One of the best and easy to use app to take the screen shot of web pages, Desktop screen or anything on your windows PC. The app is free to use and included in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista. With this tool you can capture a whole window, a rectangular section of the computer screen, or draw a freehand outline with your mouse or tablet pen.
2. Jing
Another free Windows application to capture the screenshots, the app is totally free with lots of good features. With this app you can add the image on your blog or share it directly through IM, email and more. Apart from the screen capture, it also also lets you record your screen, and create videos. One of the best and must have screen capture tool for adding basic visual elements to all of your online conversations.
3. Shotty
Shotty is another free lightweight and handy app for windows users. Work fine with Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista PC. The app allows you to capture you screen in Low Quality or High Quality. You can capture the full screen or specific region of windows and also it allows you to edit your captures. With its screen editing tool you can edit pictures easily, highlight them or add text on the screen capture. Shotty also lets you directly upload images to image hosting websites.
4. LightScreen
Allows you to capture full screen, active window, and rectangular area using either hot keys or program. It supports screenshot delay, cursor and multi-monitor.
5. Cropper
Screenshot Free Mac App Annotator Software
One of the fat and easy to use screen capture tool for windows users. Capture full screen, active window, or rectangular area with either a hotkey or notification icon.
Free Mac Air
All these screen capture software for windows are completely free, and extremely easy to use. We tested all these apps on our Window 7 and Window 8 PC and all of them works fine.