Screenshot Tool reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 210 Reddit reviews across 30 subreddits and 37 posts to rank the best Screenshot Tool brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/macapps, r/sysadmin, r/software, r/linux4noobs, r/hyprland. Top-rated brands include Shottr (4.8/5), CleanShot (4.6/5), CleanShot X (5.0/5).
Stats
Reviews210
Subreddits30
Posts37
Brands68
Products12
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#1
Shottr
4.8
(29)
"+1 Shottr is irreplaceable for me"
"Shottr"
"For photos: [Shottr](https://shottr.cc) very simple and nice UI and completely Free…"
"[Shottr](https://shottr.cc/) + [Snipaste](https://www.snipaste.com/)"
"Best I have found. It's amazing"
"Shottr"
"I like to use an app called shottr."
"Shottr"
"Shotr - Free"
"Due to the title: https://shottr.cc period."
#2
CleanShot
4.6
(19)
"You won’t regret it. Cleanshot is great."
"Cleanshot anytime"
"Cleanshot"
"Huge fan of cleanshot"
"Cleanshot is god mode for all things screen cap/record/OCR related."
"I use cleanshot. It is the best one for me after trying the others."
"I use CleanShot with screen recorder, text ocr and much more"
"I really like CleanShot"
"I regularly use CleanShot X."
"If it’s anything for business annotating , saving , sharing screenshots , movies then cleanshot."
#3
CleanShot X
5.0
(14)
"[CleanShot X for Mac](https://cleanshot.com/)"
"Cleanshot X. Its not free but I think it's well with the fee."
"Clean shot X hands down."
"Cleanshot X is a paid app but its the best screenshot tool I've seen/used"
"I use CleanShotX. Shottr is a good free alternative."
"CleanShot X"
"Cleanshot X is the King of all screenshot apps."
"Cloud integration is really useful as well for sharing screenshots or videos with friends or clients."
"Kept coming back to cleanshotx, snappy, and integrates perfectly on the Mac"
"CleanshotX"
#4
Flameshot
4.4
(14)
"Flameshot"
"On x11 flameshot is probably the best option"
"Using Flameshot [https://flameshot.org/](https://flameshot.org/) works great, has lots of features including blur, upload etc."
"Is the one, after a lot of search it's powerful."
"I believe it lets you do what you are after."
"Also enjoyed Flameshot for a while last year"
"Flameshot is awesome. Though it has some bugs, which is why I use a previous release."
"Grim shot `alias ss='grimshot save output'` `alias ssa='grimshot save area'` `alias ssw='grimshot save window'` `alias ssd='grimshot save screen'"
"Flameshot working fine here."
"Not sure for windows but I use flameshot and I love it."
#5
Snagit
4.8
(12)
"Snagit"
"Snag it 👍🏻"
"Never had an issue. Their editor is great."
"Has everything I need."
"SnagIT is awesome, use it everyday"
"I've been using snagit on windows for years, I can't get myself to use any other program."
"SnagIt is awesome!"
"Is the best"
"I also have Snagit which has some features for labeling and adding steps for tutorials."
"Snag It is really good from Camtasia"
#6
Greenshot
4.7
(12)
"Amazing. Free. Customizable."
"It has so many features that will overwhelm you initially."
"Greenshot is the go-to screenshot for me, as it makes my life easier."
"Voting for Greenshot by far."
"Is a possible solution for you."
"Check out Greenshot"
"Set to save to clipboard automatically."
"Greenshot"
"It looks like it's [Greenshot](https://getgreenshot.org/downloads/)"
"I recently switched to Greenshot."
#7
LightShot
4.5
(8)
"Lightshot is the best."
"Use Lightshot"
"Lightshot is fantastic"
"Lightshot do the job."
"It's simply and free."
"Or Flameshot for example."
"My favorites are light shot and the default Mac screen shot tool for Catalina"
"I use lightshot. Let’s me edit in arrows etc, modify the screenshot size after hitting print screen and also do a reverse image search from the dialog box"
#9
grim with slurp
4.0
(6)
"The most widely used tool for Wayland is obviously `grim`. It's commonly combined with `slurp` to crop the screenshot."
"I use a script with rofi to select if i want the whole screen, a window, or a area, and then i use grim with slurp and hyprpicker to take the screenshot"
"I use slurp+grim # screenshot bind =, Print, exec, grim -g "$(slurp)" - | wl-copy && wl-paste > ~/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot-$(date +%F_%T).png"
"I use grim with slurp to capture, then send to swappy for annotation or copy/save: `bind = SHIFT, F6, exec, grim -g "$(slurp)" - | swappy -f -`"
"I use grimblast from the hyprwm contrib"
"I use grim and slurp. Here are the scripts I use https://github.com/JohnOberhauser/Varda-Theme/tree/main/hypr/scripts/screenshots"
#10
Windows Snipping Tool
4.4
(5)
"I still use the built-in one. does everything I need."
"_Win + PrntScrn_ automatically saves the screenshot."
"I like the built in one and changing the save location."
"Win7 has one built in Snipping Tool."
"Snipping tool or psr"
#11
Snipaste
4.5
(4)
"If you are on a Windows OS, use Snipaste. It can be installed or run portably."
"Snipaste."
"I prefer Snipaste for Mac and ShareX for Windows."
"I use snipaste"
#12
Shutter
4.3
(4)
"My favourite screenshot tool so far has been Shutter."
"I use SHUTTER. That tool was my answer, take a look by yourself."
"+1 for shutter, I like having different keybinds for selecting an area."
"Shutter is pretty awesome!"
#13
Monosnap
4.3
(4)
"Is great."
"Monosnap"
"Try Monosnap. The free version works great."
"MSI Afterburner has built-in in-game screenshot function."
#14
Spectacle
4.7
(3)
"On KDE I use spectacle (I like this one a lot)."
"If you're on KDE you have Spectacle, which is absolutely perfect!"
"Very happy with hitting my 'Print Screen' button to pull up Spectacle"
#15
Xnapper
4.7
(3)
"[xnapper on appsumo for $5]"
"Tbh I think Xnapper is the best one out there."
"Xnapper matches the background with padding and inset."
#16
OneNote
4.3
(3)
"It has a super easy screen clipping tool."
"Incredibly great."
"Onenote - Win key + S"
#17
Markup Hero
5.0
(2)
"Give Markuphero.com a try! Very clean, fast, web-based, great annotation tools, amazing scrolling screenshot capability."
"Very clean, fast, web-based, great annotation tools"
#18
LongShot
5.0
(2)
"I use LongShot. It’s so good, that it made move away from Shottr."
"I just posted about Longshot, a convenient screenshot tool."
#19
Nimbus
4.5
(2)
"I use Nimbus, and it works perfectly for my needs!"
"Nimbus screen capture works well for me."
#20
Capto
4.5
(2)
"Is great."
"Capto is good."
#21
Scrot
4.0
(2)
"Scrot"
"Scrot/escrotum are great."
#22
Windows
4.0
(2)
"Windows key + Shift key + S key. There ya go. Try it out."
"Press **Win+Shift+S** , select the area you want to screenshot..."
#23
Screenshot Tool
4.0
(2)
"There's a really good screenshot tool that I use, basic but enough."
"Seems a nice tool to have for SMM as well"
#24
Skitch
4.0
(2)
"I love using Skitch https://evernote.com/products/skitch"
"Skitch available on App Store."
#25
Jing
4.0
(2)
"I use 'jing'. Has short keys + annotation options. Also the possibility to copy the result instead of a saving it"
"You can record video snippets as well."
#26
Microsoft
4.0
(2)
"Pressing alt+printscreen takes a selective screenshot of the application that has focus."
"It takes screenshots of your whole screen as you are click and typing that you can edit later."
#27
IrfanView
3.5
(2)
"I use Irfanview for my screenshot needs."
"I use irfanview for image manipulation but there are probably better tools for screenshots in particular."
#28
KDE
3.0
(2)
"If KDE, then use spectacle"
"Spectacle gives no output image, flameshot is unresponsive."
#29
FSCapture
5.0
(1)
"This program is the best one in this category that I have ever used."
#30
QuickRecorder
5.0
(1)
"For videos: [QuickRecorder](https://lihaoyun6.github.io/quickrecorder/) all features you need and also nice UI"
#31
Longshot Screenshot Tool
5.0
(1)
"Check this out also:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1bvjcbi/longshot\_screenshot\_ocr\_text\_sniper\_113\_released/](https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1bvjcbi/longshot_screenshot_ocr_text_sniper_113_released/)"
#32
Xnip Screenshot Tool
5.0
(1)
"Https://xnipapp.com/"
#33
SkyPix Screenshot Tool
5.0
(1)
"Check out [https://www.skypix.app](https://www.skypix.app)"
#34
PostSpark Screenshot Tool
5.0
(1)
"Check out mine :)
https://postspark.app/bluesky-post"
#35
Evernote
5.0
(1)
"C'est, je trouve, le plus simple et intuitif pour faire des captures d'écrans et les annoter"
#36
Apple
5.0
(1)
"You can add arrows and text and other elements later in the Preview app. Free and works like a charm."
#37
Xnip
5.0
(1)
"I use Xnip, it's free and it works great!"
#38
Dropbox Capture
5.0
(1)
"I like dropbox capture."
#39
Zappy
5.0
(1)
"Just a simple tool that fits the job with image, gif, video and clean annotation."
#40
Sleekshot
5.0
(1)
"Has all the basic tools and doesn't have external sharing."
#41
DrawOnYourScreen2
5.0
(1)
"Works very well."
#43
MacOS
5.0
(1)
"MacOS has a free screen shot tool that can screen record too"
#44
screenshot.app
5.0
(1)
"Is pretty good."
#45
Snipping Tool
4.0
(1)
"The latest W11 snip tool can open in Paint..."
#46
AMD
4.0
(1)
"I use the one built into AMD relive."
#47
FireShot
4.0
(1)
"I use FireShot for firefox."
#48
Stillio
4.0
(1)
"Stillio can help you with this!"
#49
Teampaper
4.0
(1)
"I like Teampaper best."
#50
GNOME
4.0
(1)
"If gnome, use built in screenshot app"
#51
ScreenSnap AI
4.0
(1)
"I use ScreenSnap AI and FinalShot."
#52
Supasnap
4.0
(1)
"I’ve been using supasnap.com"
#53
qTrace
4.0
(1)
"It auto screenshots the application you are working on."
#54
Wink
4.0
(1)
"Wink works well too see pfsense tutorials."
#55
ScreenSteps
4.0
(1)
"I'm partial to [ScreenSteps](http://www.screensteps.com/) myself."
#56
Gadwin PrintScreen
4.0
(1)
"Gadwin PrintScreen."
#57
Ksnip
4.0
(1)
"I use ksnip and have it configured to use [Win]+[R] to capture a rectangle."
#58
Gadwin
4.0
(1)
"Ive been using Gadwin Printscreen for what feels like decades. Great little app."
#59
Gyazo
4.0
(1)
"Streamlabs OBS for video and Gyazo for screenshots/gifs"
#60
Hardcopy
4.0
(1)
"You can customize it on so many levels, it's easy to use and reliable."
#61
Windows 11
4.0
(1)
"From the Windows 11 snipping tool, you can click 'edit in paint' which then will give you all the basic annotation tools you need."
#62
Screenfloat
4.0
(1)
"Screenfloat"
#63
ZoomIt
4.0
(1)
"Hah, zoomit has arrows & lines!"
#64
ScreenRec
4.0
(1)
"ScreenRec shares some features with Ubuntu's integrated screenshot tool"
#65
GNOME Screenshot
4.0
(1)
"Gnome-screenshot does the job."
#66
Capture Note
3.0
(1)
"I am the developer of [Capture Note](https://capture-note.enfpdev.com/)..."
#67
Sequoia
3.0
(1)
"Im using sequoia"
#68
ScreenshotCode
1.0
(1)
"Screenshottocode is a fuckdup tool, just get a chatgpt4, i am very mad with it right now, it's a scam"
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