Snipping Tool Alternatives

Snipping Tool is described as 'Screen capture utility that allows users to take screenshots of specific objects or full screens, annotate them, and save or share the captured images or videos' and is a very popular screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Snipping Tool for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Google Chrome apps. The best Snipping Tool alternative is ShareX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Snipping Tool are Greenshot, Flameshot, Ksnip and PicPick.

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Snipping Tool alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools, but if you're looking for Screen Recorders or Screen Casting Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Google Chrome, Open Source, Portable, iPad + Screenshot Capture, iPhone and Mozilla Firefox. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Snipping Tool.
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    Onde Screen Capture for Mac is currently the most professional and powerful screen grabbing utility running on Mac OS, by which you can easily capture any part on your Mac desktop such as rectangular or ellipse region, freehand region, full screen, active window or all windows...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Ashampoo Droid Screenshot is a fully-fledged mobile application to capture, edit and share screenshots and images on your Android device. Capture screen contents, take photos with your built-in camera or simply load existing images and add stylable arrows, shapes, stamps and...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
    • Ashampoo Droid Screenshot is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Snipping Tool.

    • Ashampoo Droid Screenshot is Freemium and ProprietarySnipping Tool is Free and Proprietary
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    SunnyCapturer is a simple and beautiful cross-platform screenshot software that supports OCR for extracting text from images, image translation, custom stickers, and pinning images to the screen. Supports Windows, MacOS, Linux operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Shotty icon
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    Taking screenshots with Shotty is so natural and easy, you just have to try it. Edit them in minimalistic editor and the upload them with one click. Focusing on simplicity and usability, this tool is probably the most intuitive screenshot utility out there.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Collabshot icon
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    Free web and desktop application that enables quick screen grabs, easy URL-based sharing, and live, multi-person drawing and sketching.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Gemoo Snap is an easy-to-use screenshot tool. Capture screenshots of ChatGPT conversations, add annotations, and instantly share them with anyone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
     
  7. Savvyshot icon
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    Capture attention with stunning screenshots! Savvyshot, a lightweight app for Windows and MacOS, lets you instantly edit, auto-align, and create shareable screenshots—no design skills or complicated tools needed. Make your screenshots shine effortlessly! ?🚀.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
     
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    GNOME Screenshot is a utility used in the GNOME desktop environment for taking screenshots. It was part of the GNOME Utilities (gnome-utils) package, but was split into its own package for the 3.3.1 version in 2011.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • GNOME
     
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    Cannot do region capture, nor can it do marking or highlighting.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • GNOME Screenshot is Free and Open SourceSnipping Tool is Free and Proprietary
  9. Capto icon
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    Capture HD video at 60 FPS, record iOS devices, and edit screen or image content with annotation, voiceover, and advanced file management. Includes fullscreen, selection, and web capture, quick sharing to cloud, FTP, YouTube, and fast search for Mac users.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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