A free alternative to
CleanShot X
CleanShot X is Mac only, costs $29 per Mac and sells its cloud as a separate subscription. Here the capture, the same editor and a share link with a view counter are free on macOS, Windows and in Chrome, with no account.
Editor
What working on a screenshot looks like
What you get for free
Free, no cloud plan
CleanShot charges for the app and again for cloud sharing. Here Upload puts a short link in the clipboard, the page counts views, and none of it costs anything.
Windows and Chrome
There is no CleanShot for Windows. Here the Windows app has the same editor and hotkeys as on Mac, and the Chrome extension captures the tab or the whole page on any computer.
The everyday tools
Area, window and scrolling capture, then arrows, boxes, text, step numbers and blur, with the result in the clipboard a second later.
Full comparison
Every capability side by side — including the ones we share.
| CleanShot X | Us | |
|---|---|---|
| Country | ||
| Area capture | ||
| Window capture | ||
| Scrolling page | ||
| Arrows, boxes, text | ||
| Step numbering | ||
| Blur sensitive data | ||
| Share link | ||
| View counter | ||
| No account needed | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Desktop app | ||
| Price | $29 | 0 |