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Presentify

Draw on your Mac screen, highlight the cursor and spotlight or zoom during presentations.

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  • Rating

    4.6 / 5

  • Pricing

    Paid but Affordable

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    macOS

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What is Presentify?

Presentify lets you annotate anything on your Mac screen with pens, highlighters, text and shapes, open a whiteboard, put a ring around your cursor, and spotlight or zoom into parts of the screen. It works over any app, which makes it useful for live demos, online meetings, tutorials and screen recordings. It is a paid app on the Mac App Store, and is also included with a Setapp subscription.

Pros: what Presentify does well

  • Annotate over any app, video, PDF or code
  • Cursor highlight, spotlight and zoom in one tool
  • One-time purchase on the App Store

Cons: where it falls short

  • Mac only
  • No free trial on the App Store (Setapp has a trial)

Who Presentify is for

Teachers, presenters and creators who demo things on a Mac screen.

Who can skip it

People who never present, record or share their screen.

Presentify alternatives

Not sold on Presentify? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

Slidev

Focus: markdown slides, developer tool and open source. Shares presentations with Presentify. A framework, not a Mac app. Free (Presentify: Paid but Affordable). Adds Web, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Presentify: 4.6).

FrameworkFreeWeb, macOS

Loom

Focus: async and video. Shares screen recording with Presentify. A web app, not a Mac app. Freemium (Presentify: Paid but Affordable). Adds Web, Windows and Chrome. Rated 4.5 (Presentify: 4.6).

Web AppFree planWeb, macOS

Mentimeter

Focus: polls, quizzes and audience engagement. Shares presentations with Presentify. A web app, not a Mac app. Freemium (Presentify: Paid but Affordable). Adds Web. Rated 4.5 (Presentify: 4.6).

Web AppFree planWeb

Slido

Focus: polls, q&a and audience. Shares presentations with Presentify. A web app, not a Mac app. Freemium (Presentify: Paid but Affordable). Adds Web. Rated 4.5 (Presentify: 4.6).

Web AppFree planWeb

CleanShot X

Focus: screenshots, annotation and macos. Shares screen recording with Presentify. Rated 4.8 (Presentify: 4.6).

Mac AppPaid but AffordablemacOS

Fathom

Focus: meeting notes, transcription and summaries. Also in Meetings and Communication, like Presentify. An AI tool, not a Mac app. Freemium (Presentify: Paid but Affordable). Adds Web and Windows. Rated 4.7 (Presentify: 4.6).

AI ToolFree planWeb, macOS

Free alternatives to Presentify

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

OpenVidu

Focus: video calls, webrtc and self-hosted. Also in Communication and Meetings, like Presentify. A framework, not a Mac app. Free (Presentify: Paid but Affordable). Rated 4.4 (Presentify: 4.6).

FrameworkFreeCross-Platform

Jitsi Meet

Focus: video calls, open source and self-hosted. Also in Meetings and Communication, like Presentify. A web app, not a Mac app. Free (Presentify: Paid but Affordable). Adds Web, Android and iOS. Rated 4.3 (Presentify: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Android

Microsoft Teams (free)

Focus: chat, video meetings and microsoft. Also in Communication and Meetings, like Presentify. A web app, not a Mac app. Free (Presentify: Paid but Affordable). Adds Web, Windows and iOS. Rated 4.0 (Presentify: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows

ShareX

Focus: screenshots, gif and windows. Shares screen recording with Presentify. A Windows app, not a Mac app. Free (Presentify: Paid but Affordable). Adds Windows. Rated 4.7 (Presentify: 4.6).

Windows AppFreeWindows

Marp CLI

Focus: slides, markdown and pdf. Shares presentations with Presentify. A desktop app, not a Mac app. Free (Presentify: Paid but Affordable). Adds Windows and Linux. Rated 4.5 (Presentify: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
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