MB-Ruler Alternatives

MB-Ruler is described as 'Measures distances and angles on the screen and distances on a map.

It has a screen loupe function, a RGB value window and you can place temporary points, lines, rectangles, ellipses, polylines, texts and bitmaps as markers on the screen' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to MB-Ruler for Windows and Mac. The best MB-Ruler alternative is Meazure, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MB-Ruler are PixelStick, On-Screen Ruler, GizmoLoupe and Meander.

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  1. Meazure icon

    Meazure

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    What are the dimensions of that image? How big is this window? Does this layout fit on an NTSC display? What color are these pixels? What does this icon look like close up? How can I capture an arbitrary portion of the screen?

    34 Meazure alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Meazure screenshot 1
     

    • Meazure is the most popular Windows alternative to MB-Ruler.

    • Meazure is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to MB-Ruler.

    • Meazure is Free and Open SourceMB-Ruler is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Meazure is LightweightMB-Ruler is not according to our users
  2. PixelStick icon

    PixelStick

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    PixelStick is a tool for measuring distances and angles on the screen. Excellent for designers or anyone who wants to measure a distance on their screen in any window or application.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     

    • PixelStick is the most popular Mac alternative to MB-Ruler.

    • PixelStick is the most popular commercial alternative to MB-Ruler.

    • PixelStick is Paid and ProprietaryMB-Ruler is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. On-Screen Ruler icon

    On-Screen Ruler

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    On-screen Ruler is a lightweight, free, semi-transparent ruler to measure portions of the screen. It has a lot of features (and related keys shortcuts) and several language translations are available too.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. GizmoLoupe icon

    GizmoLoupe

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    Simple utility to analyze (with zoom) images of your screen, measure the dimensions of objects on the screen and determine pixels color.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    GizmoLoupe screenshot 1
     
  6. Meander icon

    Meander

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    An original way to measure routes, shapes, areas, anything that you can see on your screen

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Meander screenshot 1
     
  7. Yardstick+ icon

    Yardstick+

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    Yardstick is a small Utility, which helps you to measure anything, you can display on your screen. You draw a line or a polygon across the document to measure and Yardstick tells you the overall leng

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. orangePixelMeter icon

    orangePixelMeter

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    Measure the pixel size of anything on your screen with orangePixelMeter, a nice, free Windows software utility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    orangePixelMeter screenshot 1
     

  10. Window Ruler

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    Move the ruler by dragging it and measure any window.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Cubic Ruler

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    Simple screen ruler utility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Measure screen objects in pixels
     
  12. MezerTools icon

    MezerTools

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    MezerTools is a simple toolkit for UI designers & programmers to measure screen elements in pixels. It also lets you grab screenshots and more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MezerTools screenshot 1
     

  13. Pixel Ruler 2.0.2

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    Pixel Ruler is a handy, free Windows software to measure any object on your screen with a portable ruler.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Pixel Ruler 2.0.2 screenshot 1
     
  14. Screen Calipers icon

    Screen Calipers

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    Measure anything on your computer screen with accuracy with the Screen Calipers. More accurate than a ruler and available for Windows and Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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