CleanShot

Name: CleanShot
Rating: 4.89 (55 reviews)

A superior way to capture your Mac's screen

4.9•55 reviews•

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A superior way to capture your Mac's screen

4.9•55 reviews•

1.3K followers

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Discover a superior way to capture your Mac's screen with built-in annotation and amazing Quick Access Overlay.

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CleanShot Launches

CleanShot 5.0 with Studio ModeMac-native app for screenshots, recordings and collaboration

Launched on September 2nd, 2026

CleanShot XCreate beautiful social media posts that stand out

Launched on December 9th, 2022

CleanShot Cloud ProEasiest way to share your screen captures on macOS ⚡️

Launched on May 20th, 2021

CleanShot XCapture your Mac’s screen like a PRO ⚡️

Launched on April 28th, 2020

CleanShot 2.0Discover a superior way to capture your Mac's screen 🚀

Launched on October 16th, 2018

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1yr ago

CleanShot 4.8 - New Color Picker, Horizontal Scrolling Capture, Editable Window Screenshots

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4.9

Based on 55 reviews

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Reviewers largely see CleanShot as a fast, polished Mac screenshot and recording tool that fits naturally into daily work. They repeatedly praise annotation, pinning, quick sharing, OCR, scrolling capture, GIF export, and styling touches like padding, shadows, rounded corners, hidden desktop icons, and consistent window sizing, which save time for design, Slack, presentations, and async updates. A few also value history and cloud access across devices. The main criticism is workflow rigidity, especially prominent cloud prompts and limited control over screenshot dismissal and reuse.

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Pros

built-in annotation (13)

easy to use (13)

video recording (9)

screenshot editing (8)

fast performance (7)

one-time purchase (4)

scrolling capture (4)

cloud upload (3)

GIF export (3)

custom domain feature (2)

Cons

forced cloud usage (2)

inflexible workflow (2)

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•11 reviews

What's great

easy to use (13)fast performance (7)video recording (9)one-time purchase (4)scrolling capture (4)built-in annotation (13)GIF export (3)screenshot editing (8)custom domain feature (2)

This app is worth every penny just for how much time it saves on styling. It’s important to me that screenshots look polished: CleanShot automatically adds a nice background (padding) and shadow, hides desktop icons, and standardizes the window size. What I used to do manually in Figma now happens automatically. The result is ready to be sent to Slack or pasted into a presentation immediately - it always looks professional.

What needs improvement

forced cloud usage (2)

vs Alternatives

Because of the attention to detail and aesthetics. It’s the only app that understands that a screenshot is a form of visual communication. The ability to automatically round corners, add padding, and drop shadows saves me hours of work in Figma. Plus, it works incredibly fast and feels like a native part of macOS, not third-party software.

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79 views9mo ago

Pincone

•2 reviews

I've become a great fan of CleanShot to quickly grab screenshots or small videos. I love the annotation tools and some of the small features when capturing video. Something I would love for CleanShot to add are simple "highlight" tools, especially when editing video. For example, I would love it if I could record a video of me using some product and then edit it so that I can add a nice zoom-in at some point to highlight me doing something, then zoom back out, etc. I currently do those kinds of videos with CleanShot + ScreenFlow (or just ScreenFlow), but I feel it could be a lot simpler and I trust CleanShot would do a great job with the UX of that.

What's great

video recording (9)built-in annotation (13)

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82 views4yr ago

•4 reviews

I love cleanshot. As a customer facing, product person I can snap a shot, mark it up and send it where I need it. Also the the video cepturing is great. You feel how well thought through the flows and product as such is. Only thing that I would like to see is easier access to images I have already used once. Its no biggie, but it takes a few steps to restore an images that has been used before. Money well spend. Warm recommendation.

What's great

video recording (9)built-in annotation (13)

What needs improvement

inflexible workflow (2)

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42 views1yr ago

•11 reviews

What's great

easy to use (13)fast performance (7)video recording (9)one-time purchase (4)scrolling capture (4)built-in annotation (13)GIF export (3)screenshot editing (8)custom domain feature (2)

What needs improvement

forced cloud usage (2)

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79 views9mo ago

Pincone

•2 reviews

What's great

video recording (9)built-in annotation (13)

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82 views4yr ago

•4 reviews

What's great

video recording (9)built-in annotation (13)

What needs improvement

inflexible workflow (2)

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42 views1yr ago