Reviewers largely see CleanShot as a fast, polished Mac utility that makes screenshots, annotations, recordings, GIFs, scrolling capture, OCR, pinning, and sharing easier in daily work, especially for Slack, presentations, and async updates. Several say it replaces Apple’s built-in tools or even Loom, and praise how screenshots look ready to send with minimal cleanup. The main criticism is workflow rigidity around CleanShot Cloud, with one reviewer strongly objecting to its visibility and limited control, and another wanting easier access to previously used images.
CleanShot
Hey Product Hunt! 🚀
I'm the co-founder of CleanShot, and I'm super excited to finally launch CleanShot 5.0 with Studio Mode and the new Video Editor!
Our mission with this was very simple: make the editor as powerful as possible while keeping it minimalistic and beautifully designed.
And the best part? It's still a fully native Mac app with great UX and performance.
The Studio Mode is available on all CleanShot plans. No subscription required.
We're just getting started, and we have a lot of new stuff planned for the Video Editor, but I'm excited to hear your feedback! 🙌
Coldtea
@lukaszmtw QQ: Do Setapp users get the same update?
CleanShot
@ohansemmanuel yes! The update is already available in Setapp. 😊
Coldtea
@lukaszmtw Brilliant! had to do a manual udpate. Thanks!
devlogs.gg
I love this app. It's essential on a Mac. Looking forward to giving 5.0 a shot.
fred's point abt screenshots giving agents context is exactly what i'd use it for. does studio mode keep the raw cursor path so zooms can be redone after?
CleanShot
@niveditha_patluri1 Yes! You can even save an editable CleanShot project for later.
Cleanshot has been one of my favourite mac apps for a while, I've evangelised numerous colleagues to get it and use it dozens of times a day to bring context to agents and humans. The new release looks like a huge addition that I'm sure I'll use for the more polished screen recordings I need to do!
CleanShot
@fredrivett Happy to hear that! 🤝
DiffSense
Can it do these kinds of 3d pano animations of screen recordings. The ones that look really interesting for Hero sections on websites etc?
I dont quite get the upgrade from the build in Mac OS functionality to take screenshots, record video. not trolling can you give me 2 sentences of what this enables me to do ? I see editing but thats bout it, no? downloading a copy know but wish the value was more clear. thank you
Looks like Cleanshot is slowly pivoting towards screen recording to compete with Screenstudio and others