On-Screen Ruler Alternatives

On-Screen Ruler is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to On-Screen Ruler for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Flathub and PortableApps.com apps. The best On-Screen Ruler alternative is PicPick. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try PicPick or Meazure. Other great apps like On-Screen Ruler are Bluegrams Screen Ruler, EpicRuler, Screen Ruler and PMeter.

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  1. 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
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  2. JR Screen Ruler Pro icon

    JR Screen Ruler Pro

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    JR Screen Ruler Pro (aka JRuler Pro) is a great tool to accurately measure anything on your screen. This is especially useful when measuring graphics, web page browser sizes or whatever. Screen Ruler can display Pixels, Inches, Picas or Centimeters.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Virtual ruler cm icon

    Virtual ruler cm

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    A simple ruler for your desktop

    Virtual ruler cm is a lightweight and easy to use application that will place a simple ruler on your desktop.

    You can use it to measure window dimensions in centimeters or milimeters, but also other items, such as banners or pictures.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    PicPick

    Provides versatile screen capture options, built-in image annotation, color picking and palette, precision measurement tools like ruler and protractor, hotkey customization, clipboard and multi-format support, simple tray access,...

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  6. 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
     
  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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  8. 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
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  10. 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
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  11. 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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  12. Pixel Ruler icon

    Pixel Ruler

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    Know the exact size and position of any element with this screen ruler.

    Pixel Ruler features horizontal and vertical orientation, dynamic mouse measurement tracking in pixels, cool design.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. Ruler icon

    Ruler

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    It's a screen ruler for Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. Length icon

    Length

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    GNOME application for measuring distances on screen to help you design and inspect layouts and graphics. Length includes the following features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • GNOME
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  15. ReadingRuler

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    When you read a book, don´t you use your finger or a ruler to follow the line? ReadingRuler does the same thing on your desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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