Shottr

Screenshot tool for those who care about pixels

4.9•17 reviews•

226 followers

Screenshot tool for those who care about pixels

4.9•17 reviews•

226 followers

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Shottr is a small, fast, human-sized screenshot app built for those who care about pixels. It was crafted with Swift, optimized for M1, and is completely free at the moment.

Shottr Reviews

The community submitted 17 reviews to tell us what they like about Shottr, what Shottr can do better, and more.

4.9

Based on 17 reviews

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Reviewers describe Shottr as a fast, simple Mac screenshot tool that fits neatly into daily workflows, especially for quick capture, markup, pixel checks, colors, and long web-page screenshots. Users repeatedly praise its small footprint, stability, understandable UI, and the convenience of doing capture and editing in one place instead of jumping between apps. A few caveats come up: one reviewer thinks CleanShot has a better UI, another wants semi-transparent shape highlights, and one review notes missing third-party storage and custom upload integrations.

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Pros

simple interface (5)

small installation size (4)

free tier (3)

macOS compatibility (3)

clipboard integration (2)

efficient workflow (2)

lightweight (2)

quick annotation (2)

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•2 reviews

What's great

free tier (3)simple interface (5)macOS compatibility (3)clipboard integration (2)small installation size (4)

Even though this product launched on Product Hunt 4 years ago, Shottr is still one of my favorite tools today.

And honestly, that says a lot. Especially considering how much macOS itself improved screenshot tooling over the years. I still use Shottr almost every single day.

There are 3 features I especially love:

Fast annotations and markups
The ability to quickly draw, highlight, blur, add arrows, and instantly copy the result is incredibly useful. It removes friction from communication completely.
Frames
I regularly use Shottr frames for screenshots in Telegram posts and presentations. This is a surprisingly important feature because it combines two workflows inside one tool:
– fast screenshot + annotation
– visual presentation and styling
Cloud sharing links
This is actually why I bought the paid version. The ability to instantly upload and share screenshots via link is extremely convenient and became part of my daily workflow very quickly.

What needs improvement

I’d love to see deeper AI-assisted workflows around screenshots and annotations. For example:
– tools for quick removal and corrections
– history of all screenshots
– OCR/search across screenshot history

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4 views2d ago

KYZON Solutions

•9 reviews

The features in the free plan are easily worth five stars to me. I use this because I don't like how Apple screenshots take a second to actually appear and save. What I'm docking a star for is the humongous paper clip creature (I think that's Windows' Clippy?) that appears whenever you take a screenshot with a huge textbox asking you to upgrade to the paid version. Its quirky and I laughed the first time I saw it, but now its a bit annoying, sorry. :( The features in the paid plan do look tempting though...

What's great

free tier (3)

What needs improvement

annoying upgrade prompts (1)

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9 views1yr ago

•1 review

Easily the best Screencapture app on Mac. Better than the original one. Before this I had to manual check pixel distance, colors and transfer to other app to write notation. With Shottr, you do all in 1 minutes tops (vs 4 minutes). 3 Minutes saved each time! Fits my workflow really well Perfect for Remote Worker/Boss (Marketing Agency)

What's great

fast performance (1)macOS compatibility (3)efficient workflow (2)

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7 views1yr ago

Mantle

•3 reviews

The workflow of quickly grabbing a screenshot, annotating it, and hitting Esc is incredibly efficient for customer support and other use cases. My preference has always been for screenshots to end up in my clipboard, so I can Cmd+v my way to sharing it broadly.

What's great

efficient workflow (2)clipboard integration (2)quick annotation (2)

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5 views1yr ago

•3 reviews

Currently Shottr is not integrated with the third-party storage services such as iCloud, Imgur, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. Custom destinations such as FTP, SFTP and S3 are not supported either. I’d love to introduce a third-party integration and get the burden off of my shoulders, but most of the services require bulky SDK and tricky authentication, which holds me back. Besides, I tested public interest, and uploading to custom providers was the least wanted feature.

What needs improvement

lack of third-party integrations (1)no custom upload destinations (1)

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3 views3yr ago

Modoki

•4 reviews

Simple, lightweight but powerful screenshot tool. Not great customer support though. I found a bug in the app, reported it, and haven't seen any reply for weeks now.

What's great

lightweight (2)

What needs improvement

lack of customer support (1)

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2 views3yr ago

•4 reviews

Shottr is a screenshot tool for Mac. I was looking for a tool that can capture long screenshots of web pages on Mac, and I found this product. The installation package of this product is very small and the interface is very simple. Later, whenever I need to take long screenshots, I will use it.

What's great

simple interface (5)macOS compatibility (3)small installation size (4)long screenshot capture (1)

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2 views1yr ago

•4 reviews

Superb, byte-sized dynamo of a tool!! simplifies almost all aspects of the screenshot-taking experience One feature that will further help: able to highlight with semi-transparent shapes (mostly rectangles)

What's great

simple interface (5)small installation size (4)

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3 views3yr ago

Basecamp

•1 review

Love the ability to quickly annotate after taking a screenshot, something Apple's hidden behind a couple of clicks with the latest macOS (Ventura).

What's great

quick annotation (2)

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1 view3yr ago

•8 reviews

I now go out of my way to find opportunities to take a screenshot just so I can mark it up on Shottr. So easy to use and a very understandable UI.

What's great

simple interface (5)

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3 views3yr ago

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Even though this product launched on Product Hunt 4 years ago, Shottr is still one of my favorite tools today.

And honestly, that says a lot. Especially considering how much macOS itself improved screenshot tooling over the years. I still use Shottr almost every single day.

There are 3 features I especially love:

Fast annotations and markups
The ability to quickly draw, highlight, blur, add arrows, and instantly copy the result is incredibly useful. It removes friction from communication completely.
Frames
I regularly use Shottr frames for screenshots in Telegram posts and presentations. This is a surprisingly important feature because it combines two workflows inside one tool:
– fast screenshot + annotation
– visual presentation and styling
Cloud sharing links
This is actually why I bought the paid version. The ability to instantly upload and share screenshots via link is extremely convenient and became part of my daily workflow very quickly.