Capture the screen.
Clip it. Share it.
ScreenClipr is a fast, native screenshot and screen-recording app for Mac — capture, annotate, and organize in seconds.
Free for 7 days, full access. $9.99 one-time after your trial — yours to keep.
Why people switch to ScreenClipr
$9.99
one-time, ever
7
day free trial
0
subscriptions, ever
100%
of your data stays on your Mac
How ScreenClipr works
Press one shortcut
A global hotkey opens the capture picker instantly — no menu diving, no opening an app first.
Capture & annotate
Region, window, or full screen. Draw, blur, and label right on the capture before you do anything else.
Share or find it later
Copy, save, or drag it out — or let it land in your library, OCR-indexed and searchable by the text inside it.
Built for the capture-to-share workflow
Fast, native, and out of your way.
Capture in one keystroke
Region, window, or full screen — plus scrolling capture for long pages, all from one global shortcut.
Annotate instantly
Arrows, shapes, callouts, blur/redact, and step numbers — a real editor, not an afterthought.
Find anything later
Every capture is OCR-indexed and searchable by the text inside it, not just the filename.
A real editor, not a toy
Draw, redact, and label directly on your capture. Quick Styles remember your favorite colors so every annotation matches your last one.
- Arrows, shapes, freehand, and text callouts
- One-click blur or pixelate for sensitive info
- Numbered steps for how-to guides
- Combine multiple captures into one layout
Your whole capture history, organized
Every screenshot and recording lands in a fast, searchable library — filter by tag, source app, or favorite, and find last month's capture in seconds.
- Full-text search across OCR'd content
- Tag and favorite for quick filtering
- Organized automatically by source app
- Drag any capture straight to the Desktop or a Finder folder
Pick your mode, right where you're working
One shortcut pops up a tiny picker without leaving what you're doing — capture a still, or start a recording, then keep going.
- Instant Image or Video picker, no menu diving
- Region, window, or full-screen capture
- Scrolling capture for long pages
- Keyboard-first: never touch the mouse
Record the screen, trim it losslessly
Choose Video from the same picker and a small HUD keeps you in control the whole time — then cut the dead air on either end before it ever touches your library.
- An always-on-top HUD: timer, Pause, Discard, Stop
- Drag in/out handles on a filmstrip timeline
- Lossless passthrough trim — no re-encode, no wait
- Lands in the same searchable library as your screenshots
Where your captures actually go
No servers, no accounts, no quiet syncing in the background. Every step of the ScreenClipr pipeline runs on the Mac in front of you — and stays there.
- Capture, annotate, and OCR-index — all processed locally
- Originals and the search index are written straight to local disk
- No account, no background sync, no usage reporting — ever
- Nothing about a capture or a search ever leaves this device
One plan. Yours to keep.
No feature gates, no recurring charge. Try it free for 7 days, then pay $9.99 once.
$9.99
one-time purchase
- Unlimited screenshots & screen recordings
- Full annotation & editing suite
- Searchable, OCR-indexed library
- Scrolling capture & combine/templates
- 1 year of free updates included
No charge for 7 days, then a single $9.99 payment — no subscription. Renewing after year one is optional and only unlocks more updates; the app keeps working either way. Not right for you? See our 14-day refund policy.
How ScreenClipr stacks up
An honest look at the leading Mac screenshot tools — including where we don't win. (ShareX is a great free tool, but it's Windows-only, so it isn't a Mac alternative and isn't included below.)
| App | SCScreenClipr ★ Best value | TSTechSmith Snagit | CSCleanShot X | XNXnapper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 one-time Cheapest option |
$39/yr | $35 one-time (or ~$120/yr cloud plan) | $29.99 one-time (watermarked free tier) |
| License model | One-time + optional renewal for updates | Forced annual subscription — stops working if not renewed | One-time + optional renewal for updates | One-time + optional renewal for updates |
| Platform | macOS | macOS & Windows | macOS only | macOS only |
| Free trial | 7 days, full access | 15 days | 30-day money-back guarantee | Free watermarked tier, no time limit |
| Screenshot & annotation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Screen recording | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Searchable, OCR'd library | Yes | Yes | Cloud tier only | No |
| Native, lightweight app | Yes | Heavier, cross-platform | Yes | Yes |
Pricing and license terms verified directly from each vendor's site, September 2026. CleanShot X and Xnapper share the same honest model we do — pay once, keep the app forever, renew only if you want another year of updates — we're simply the cheapest at it, a fraction of their upfront cost. Snagit is the outlier: TechSmith moved it to a forced annual subscription in 2025, and by its own support docs, your copy stops working if you don't keep paying.
Want the detail on one of them? Read the head-to-head: ScreenClipr vs Snagit, ScreenClipr vs CleanShot X, or ScreenClipr vs Xnapper.
The gap gets wider the longer you keep it
Same real prices as above, run out to three years. ScreenClipr is shown both ways — what you pay if you never renew, and what you'd pay if you chose to renew every year — since renewal is optional. CleanShot X and Xnapper use the same optional-renewal model, so their 3-year total is unchanged unless you choose to renew (a renewal price for them isn't published, so it isn't included here). Snagit's subscription is forced, so its cost keeps compounding.
| App / renewal choice | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | 3-year total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ScreenClipr — never renewed | $9.99 | $0 | $0 | $9.99 |
| ScreenClipr — renewed every year | $9.99 | $9.99 | $9.99 | $29.97 |
| TechSmith Snagit — forced subscription | $39 | $39 | $39 | $117 |
| CleanShot X — one-time, not renewed | $35 | $0 | $0 | $35 |
| Xnapper — one-time, not renewed | $29.99 | $0 | $0 | $29.99 |
Why it's built this way
We're early enough that there's no wall of reviews to show you here. So instead, here's what's actually true about how the app is made.
Native Swift, not a wrapped web app
No Electron runtime hiding underneath. ScreenClipr is built directly on AppKit, which is why it opens and captures instantly instead of loading a browser first.
Priced like we'd want to pay for it
One payment, $9.99. No feature gated behind a monthly fee and no nagging to renew — if you never do, the app you already paid for just keeps working.
Nothing leaves your Mac
Captures, annotations, and the OCR search index are stored and processed locally. There's no account to create and nothing quietly syncing to a server.
Compared honestly, including where we don't win
The table above lists real, verified pricing for every alternative — not just the parts that make us look best. An informed choice beats a rushed one.
Questions people actually ask
The pricing model is unusual enough that it's worth spelling out plainly.
Yes — $9.99, once, including a full year of updates. No recurring charge, nothing to cancel, no card kept on file.
The app keeps working exactly as it is, forever. You only stop receiving new updates. Renewing for another $9.99 is entirely optional and only unlocks another year of updates.
Not a subscription — nothing bills automatically, ever. If you never renew, you keep the version you have: no feature lockout, no nagging.
Full access to every feature, no limitations, no credit card required to start. If you don't buy a license, capture pauses when the trial ends — nothing is deleted.
Captures, annotations, and the OCR search index all live and run locally on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded to a cloud service.
Any Mac on macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later, Apple silicon or Intel.
Each license key activates on up to 3 Macs — plenty for a laptop and a desktop, or a work and a personal machine. Replacing your last remaining device? Contact us and we'll move it for you.
Request a refund within 14 days of purchase and we'll refund it, no questions asked — see our refund policy for how.
Still have a question? Contact us and we'll get back to you within a business day.
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