Screen OCR is a screen capture and character recognition tool. You can use Screen OCR in any way you are most comfortable with. It can be window selection, scrolling capture, simple cursor capture or rectangular selection.


Snagit is described as 'Capture and edit any image or video from the screen, add callouts and effects, and easily organize and share visual content across various applications' and is a very popular screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Snagit for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Snagit alternative is ShareX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Snagit are Greenshot, Flameshot, Shutter and OSS Document Scanner.
Screen OCR is a screen capture and character recognition tool. You can use Screen OCR in any way you are most comfortable with. It can be window selection, scrolling capture, simple cursor capture or rectangular selection.



SnapCrab is a photo capture software that can capture any part of your screen. Files are saved in PNG format. Capture the whole screen, specified windows or areas, or wherever you like. With SnapCrab you can directly post captured images to Twitter, or save them to Evernote.



In SnapDraw Free, all the complicated annotation graphics such as Callouts and Magnifier Lens or nice looking effect such as 3D perspective and Reflections - are built-in tools.

Make a screenshot, add your notes on top and share it instantly. Need to show some action? Record what you do, and share a GIF in a few seconds.

If you are using Windows, SnapInker is an easy way for beautifying your screenshots with effects such as Background Images, Shadow effects, and more.

An open source multi-platform screen capture and recording tool for simple "capture / annotate / share" workflow. Ginj was inspired by Jing (now discontinued), but although there are similarities in the way both tools behave, Ginj is not Jing.

Easy, free and full-featured screenshot application to capture, edit, cloud store and share your screenshots effortlessly.
Window Clippings is screenshot app that capture the full Aero glass and shadows interface in screenshots. You can use it to capture shots of windows, menus, or even a free-form selection quickly and easily.




Zappy is a macOS screen capture tool made for internal use by Zapier and released free for all. It's built for speed and provides the perfect set of features for remote teams to work with screenshots and GIF recordings quickly and effectively.




Boilsoft Screen Recorder is a screen-recording software helps to capture screen activities and record video to avi, wmv from microphone, line-in, or speakers for screen sharing.




Lightning fast and ultra elegant screenshot and annotation tool that does all you need without the bloat. Made for Mac and Windows.




Both are desktop apps. Zappy is macOS only but it's very fast and intuitive while covering roughly the same core features.