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Products that do what PenAnywhere does

Draw on your screen. On anything. Anywhere. Mac annotator.

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   Annotate▲193

   Menubar app to draw on any app or screen on macOS

   2024

2. 2
   Presentify▲147

   Screen Annotation and Cursor Highlight for Mac

   2020

3. 3
   SketchScreen▲12

   Real Time Screen annotation tool for Mac & Windows

   Mar 2026 · sketchscreen.pro

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   HUD-like live annotation and sketching app for macOS▲56

   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

5. 5
   Xnip▲135

   Handy screenshot & annotation tool for macOS.🖥

   2019

6. 6
   Pensela▲82

   The Swiss army knife of screen annotation tools

   2021

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   Annotable 2▲219

   Ultimate image annotation & markup tool

   2017

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   CloudApp Annotate▲154

   Annotate screenshots right from your Mac's menu bar!

   2017

9. 9
   Good Annotations▲147

   Professionally annotate any screenshot or image for free

   2020

10. 10
    Annotate Screen▲92

    Markup your image or screenshot of your screen

    2021

11. 11
    OwlOCR 4.0▲261

    Near instant text recognition for Mac!

    2020

12. 12
    TapeX▲101

    Record, annotate and draw on your desktop screen

    2021

13. 13
    Sketch 40▲510

    Latest version of the vector drawing tool

    2016

14. 14
    Iconinator for Sketch▲246

    App icon generator plugin for Sketch app

    2017

15. 15
    Paper 3.0▲781

    The new sticky note

    2015

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    macdraw — Draw on your screen▲2

    macscreen drawing tool.

    22d ago · macdraw.pages.dev

17. 17
    ScreenMark▲79

    Menu bar app for live annotations, whiteboard overlay + more

    27d ago · ceritmustafa.github.io

18. 18
    watson!▲108

    Transparent note/drawing app for macOS

    2023

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    SuperAnnotate Desktop▲226

    Super easy and fast ML annotations on your PC

    2020

20. 20
    Annotate by Driftt▲204

    Capture an image or idea, mark it up and share on your phone

    2015

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    Screensy▲86

    Screen recorder & annotation tool

    2021

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    Draw on Screen▲1

    Engage your audience with effortless screen annotations

    Mar 2026 · drawonscreen.com

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    Video Annotations by Zight▲289

    Draw on videos to get your point across

    2020

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    Pichon for Mac▲270

    Best design graphics at your fingertips, just drag and drop

    2021

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