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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    Screen capture in real time and send instantly to any destination: clipboard, file, graphic editor, studio, e-mail, web, Windows Instant Messenger, ICQ, printer/fax.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Sniptool icon
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    Snip tool is a screen capture tool that lets you capture one or more selected areas on your desktop and save it with optional annotations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. TPUCapture icon
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    TPUCapture is an easy to use screenshot utility with a small memory footprint that resides in the system tray.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Capture anything on your PC screen easily. Try it for free! Innovative features like the pop-out toolbar, thumbnail viewer and bi-directional scroller save you time and effort.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Longshot icon
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    Longshot is a versatile software that allows you to conveniently annotate images, capture scrolling screenshots, highlight windows, and turn any image or text into a tack for easy viewing and comparison.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. PixEase icon
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    Capture, Customize, and Share Effortlessly with PixEase. We understand the value of your time, which is why we've designed our app to make the process of creating stunning visuals quick and seamless.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    ScreenSnag provides a quick and easy way to take a photo of your computer screen. Capture the entire screen, a region of the screen, a window, or an element on the window with a single hotkey or click. You can also use Timer option to perform captures at intervals that you...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. SnapDraw icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. AeroShotCRE icon
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    AeroShotCRE is an open source improved fork of AeroShot developed by Cvolton aimed for Crazy Error videos. Despite that it can be used as a regular window screenshotting tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Free Screen Video Recorder is a compact, yet full-featured screen video recorder and screenshot capture tool that allows you to easily record screen activities and capture anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full screen and rectangular regions.

    153 Free Screen Video Recorder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Satty icon
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    Satty is a screenshot annotation tool inspired by Swappy and Flameshot.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • GTK
     
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