Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to macdraw
Draw on your screen not just in browser
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Annotate▲193Menubar app to draw on any app or screen on macOS
2024 · getannotate.com · its alternatives →
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Hey all! I'm happy to announce we've finally released our 2nd macOS app, Draw Over It, a tiny desktop app that enables drawing, highlighting, or annotating directly on top of anything on your Mac. I've always wanted something like this for instant and unobtrusive sketching and annotation for pair programming and demos. I always found the standard web-based diagram and drawing tools a bit too cumbersome. So we built a simple overlay that could appear over any window or app with one shortcut. It doesn't collect any user data and doesn't require any system permissions - it's sandboxed. It all…
Oct 2025 · draw.wrobele.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · monodraw.com · its alternatives →
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Airdraw▲269Hey Everyone! I wanted to show my passion project I made a few years back and recently turned into a web app. Airdraw is an app that takes in your hand gestures and converts it into real time drawing capabilities. There are tons of stuff I want to build with this, but most importantly just put it out into the world! Hope you all enjoy :) Tested on my MacOS with Chrome, Safari, and FF I included a link to the original GH project I wrote here - https://github.com/arefmalek/airdraw and a link to the blog where I explained how I made it here -…
2023 · airdraw.io · its alternatives →
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SketchScreen▲12Real Time Screen annotation tool for Mac & Windows
Mar 2026 · sketchscreen.pro · its alternatives →
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Monodraw▲160Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac
2015 · monodraw.helftone.com · its alternatives →
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Pichon for Mac▲270Best design graphics at your fingertips, just drag and drop
2021 · icons8.com · its alternatives →
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Flatdraw▲93Open-source canvas drawing web app with responsive UI
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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3.4 MB Excalidraw for MacOS. Swift native light & fast - zpphxd/whitespace
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · monodraw.helftone.com · its alternatives →
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Excalideck is an app for authoring slide decks that look hand-drawn.
2021 · excalideck.com · its alternatives →
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Download Presentify - Screen Annotation by Softal Limited on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Presentify -…
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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