Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Snapdown

Turn anything on your Mac screen into clean Markdown

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier.

1
CleanShot▲566
Discover a superior way to capture your Mac's screen 🚀
2018 · cleanshot.com · its alternatives →
2
MacDown▲115
Open source Markdown editor for OS X influenced by Mou.
2014 · macdown.uranusjr.com · its alternatives →
3
Macdown▲87
Open source Markdown editor for macOS. Contribute to MacDownApp/macdown development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
DownMark▲184
Turn web content into clean Markdown with one click
2025 · wanyi.dev · its alternatives →
5
I wrote a free Mac app to OCR any text on screen▲321
Get any text on your screen into your clipboard. Contribute to schappim/macOCR development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
6CA
Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it▲59
2013 · snappy-app.com · its alternatives →
7
Snipit - Ultimate OCR app for Mac▲131
Effortless image to text conversion for Mac
2024 · getsnipit.com · its alternatives →
8
ClipMark▲113
Never lose anything you copy again
Apr 2026 · clip-mark.com · its alternatives →
9
Capso▲269
Free open-source screenshot & screen recorder for Mac
Apr 2026 · awesomemacapp.com · its alternatives →
10
Snaprfree tier, from $9.99/mo▲105
Screenshot, record, annotate & edit video in one app
Apr 2026 · snapr.pineple.com · its alternatives →
11
Textual Markdown – a Markdown “browser” in the terminal▲254
Hi HN, This is a TUI app which displays interactive Markdown documents. Interactive in the sense that you can scroll code fences / tables / and click links. There's a Table of Contents extracted from the MD, and a very rudimentary browser like forward + back. I'm thinking it could be the starting point for a variety of hypertext like applications in the terminal. Very much a work in progress.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
12
Key Snap▲97
One key. One snap. Done.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
13
Peek - The Ultimate Quick Look Extension▲75
Text copying, scroll restoration, syntax highlighting & more
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
Ledge.sh – Runnable Markdown Notesfree▲204
Ledge is a Markdown notebook for developers and DevOps. Run a code block in place and its output streams in beneath it. Free and open source, for Mac and iPhone.
22d ago · ledge.sh · its alternatives →
15
Snapshare▲81
easiest way to share Mac screenshots
2018 · snapshared.xyz · its alternatives →
16
Glance▲157
All-in-one Quick Look plugin for macOS
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
17
Snaplight for iOS and Mac▲115
Spotlight the most important part of an image in seconds
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
Marked QL▲159
Instant markdown previews in Finder
Jul 2026 · markedapp.com · its alternatives →
19
Text Capture▲96
Simple & convenient OCR tool for macOS
2024 · textcapture.app · its alternatives →
20
CaptureKit▲106
Keep your desktop clean by auto-organizing screenshots.
Jul 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
Fuck Yeah Markdown▲121
Turns websites into markdown
2016 · fuckyeahmarkdown.com · its alternatives →
22
Markoff▲94
A free Markdown previewer for OS X
2016 · thoughtbot.com · its alternatives →
23
Split Screen Ultimate▲104
Easiest way to resize and manage windows on your Mac.
2015 · splitscreenapp.com · its alternatives →
24
Tidy▲98
Spotlight returns nothing for words you know are in a scanned document. It is not a bug: a scan has no text layer, so there is nothing to index. How to check, and three ways to make those documents searchable on a Mac.
Jul 2026 · tidymacapp.com · its alternatives →

Also compare

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →