HUD-like live annotation and sketching app for macOS
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…
HUD-like live annotation and sketching app for macOS launched on October 29, 2025 with 56 votes, #397 of 8,178 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Draw Over It is a macOS app that lets users draw, highlight, and annotate directly over any window or application using a global hotkey. Designed for pair programming, demos, and quick sketching, it provides drawing tools, shapes, and highlighters in a lightweight overlay without requiring system permissions or collecting user data. Annotations can be exported as PNG files with a single click, and all content remains on the user's device.
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From the sources
Collaborative drawing overlays for product feedback and creative iteration.
Draw Over It gives presenters, trainers, and any professional an always-ready overlay for live markups. Open it with a hotkey, sketch directly on top of any app, and jump back to work without leaving a trace. Stay in flow while you mark up anything on screen. Draw Over It floats above your desktop and hides with a single hotkey. Summon the SwiftUI HUD with a right-click and reach pens, highlighters, shapes, blur, and session controls without leaving the overlay. Switch tools, tweak width or opacity, and pick presets in one floating palette. Use ⌃⌥⌘D or the status bar menu. The overlay floats above every window until you hide it. Right-click the overlay or press ⌃⌥⌘H . The HUD appears near…from draw.wrobele.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
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…
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