Shottr – screenshot app for pixel professionals (macOS)
Shottr is a free macOS screenshot app with scrolling screenshots, OCR, annotation and measurement instruments.
Shottr – screenshot app for pixel professionals (macOS) launched on August 10, 2021 with 7 votes, #1,473 of 2,953 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.
What it does
Shottr is a tiny (2.3mb dmg) native app optimized for Apple Silicon. It takes only 17ms to grab a screenshot, and ~165ms to show it to you. Make your screenshots stand out with gradients backgrounds, shadows and rounded corners. Take a screenshot of a long web page or capture conversation in a chat. Any app, any window. Hide parts of your screen behind pixelated curtain, or remove sensitive information as if it was never there. Text mode hides text without corrupting anything else. Came by a text that won’t select? Press a hotkey and select an area — Shottr will parse the text and copy it to the clipboard. OCR feature also reads QR codes. Take multiple screenshots and put them on the same…from shottr.cc
Pricing, as stated on its site
Free tier, paid plans — Shottr is free to use with most features available; paid activation removes periodic purchase prompts and provides a better overall experience. Specific pricing not stated on website.
checked September 2026 · prices change
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