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Mac App

Xnapper

The beautiful screenshot app for Mac — backgrounds, balance and annotations handled for you.

Visit Xnapper4.5

  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    macOS

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What is Xnapper?

Xnapper takes beautiful screenshots instantly on Mac. Focus on your content while it handles backgrounds, alignment, text recognition, annotations and more — share-ready images in one click.

Pros: what Xnapper does well

  • Instantly beautiful, share-ready screenshots
  • Automatic backgrounds and balance
  • Built-in text recognition and annotations

Cons: where it falls short

  • Mac only
  • Removing the watermark needs a one-time payment

Xnapper alternatives

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

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CleanShot X

Focus: screen recording and annotation. Shares screenshots and macos with Xnapper. Paid but Affordable (Xnapper: Freemium). Rated 4.8 (Xnapper: 4.5).

Mac AppPaid but AffordablemacOS
4.8Visit

ShareX

Focus: screen recording, gif and windows. Shares screenshots with Xnapper. A Windows app, not a Mac app. Free (Xnapper: Freemium). Adds Windows. Rated 4.7 (Xnapper: 4.5).

Windows AppFreeWindows
4.7Visit

Shottr

Focus: annotation, ocr and mac. Shares screenshots with Xnapper. A desktop app, not a Mac app. Rated 4.7 (Xnapper: 4.5).

Desktop AppFree planmacOS
4.7Visit

Shotbase

Focus: screen recording and capture. Shares screenshots and macos with Xnapper. Paid but Affordable (Xnapper: Freemium). Same 4.5 rating.

Mac AppPaid but AffordablemacOS
4.5Visit

Pika

Focus: mockups and social images. Shares screenshots and design with Xnapper. A web app, not a Mac app. Adds Web. Same 4.5 rating.

Web AppFree planWeb
4.5Visit

Free alternatives to Xnapper

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

Karabiner-Elements

Focus: keyboard remapping, shortcuts and hyper key. Shares macos with Xnapper. Free (Xnapper: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Xnapper: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit

Compositor

Focus: photoshop alternative, image editor and compositing. Shares design with Xnapper. Free (Xnapper: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Xnapper: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.6Visit

yabai

Focus: window manager, tiling and keyboard. Shares macos with Xnapper. Free (Xnapper: Freemium). Same 4.5 rating.

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.5Visit

Kap

Focus: screen recorder, gif and open source. Shares macos with Xnapper. Free (Xnapper: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (Xnapper: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.4Visit

vphone-ws

Focus: ios, virtual machine and research. Shares macos with Xnapper. Free (Xnapper: Freemium). Rated 4.3 (Xnapper: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.3Visit
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