CleanShot earns raves for speed, polish, and frictionless daily use—especially for quick annotations, scrolling capture, GIFs, and share links. Makers of

Steer

Llama Life

, and

MyLens AI

say it powers their product screenshots and routine team communication, praising its fast workflow and clean results. Users highlight native feel, robust video recording, OCR, and time-saving overlay/history. A few note frustration with the cloud-centric workflow and limited auto-dismiss options. Overall sentiment: a reliable, thoughtfully refined utility that teams adopt and rarely replace.

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Pros

built-in annotation (13)

easy to use (13)

video recording (9)

screenshot editing (8)

fast performance (7)

one-time purchase (4)

scrolling capture (4)

cloud upload (3)

GIF export (3)

custom domain feature (2)

Cons

forced cloud usage (2)

inflexible workflow (2)

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Cons

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•11 reviews

What's great

easy to use (13)fast performance (7)video recording (9)one-time purchase (4)scrolling capture (4)built-in annotation (13)GIF export (3)screenshot editing (8)custom domain feature (2)

This app is worth every penny just for how much time it saves on styling. It’s important to me that screenshots look polished: CleanShot automatically adds a nice background (padding) and shadow, hides desktop icons, and standardizes the window size. What I used to do manually in Figma now happens automatically. The result is ready to be sent to Slack or pasted into a presentation immediately - it always looks professional.

What needs improvement

forced cloud usage (2)

vs Alternatives

Because of the attention to detail and aesthetics. It’s the only app that understands that a screenshot is a form of visual communication. The ability to automatically round corners, add padding, and drop shadows saves me hours of work in Figma. Plus, it works incredibly fast and feels like a native part of macOS, not third-party software.

Is there any inflexible workflow that slows you down?

The only issue is the overlay popup after taking a screenshot. Usually it's useful, but if you need to take a rapid series of shots one after another, it might cover the screen area you need. However this is solvable by setting up specific hotkeys for "save instantly" to a folder, bypassing the editing menu

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16 views1mo ago

Pincone

•2 reviews

I've become a great fan of CleanShot to quickly grab screenshots or small videos. I love the annotation tools and some of the small features when capturing video. Something I would love for CleanShot to add are simple "highlight" tools, especially when editing video. For example, I would love it if I could record a video of me using some product and then edit it so that I can add a nice zoom-in at some point to highlight me doing something, then zoom back out, etc. I currently do those kinds of videos with CleanShot + ScreenFlow (or just ScreenFlow), but I feel it could be a lot simpler and I trust CleanShot would do a great job with the UX of that.

What's great

video recording (9)built-in annotation (13)

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18 views3yr ago

•4 reviews

I love cleanshot. As a customer facing, product person I can snap a shot, mark it up and send it where I need it. Also the the video cepturing is great. You feel how well thought through the flows and product as such is. Only thing that I would like to see is easier access to images I have already used once. Its no biggie, but it takes a few steps to restore an images that has been used before. Money well spend. Warm recommendation.

What's great

video recording (9)built-in annotation (13)

What needs improvement

inflexible workflow (2)

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9 views6mo ago

Micromentor Mobile App

•9 reviews

Cleanshot took my screenshots to the next level. My team is constantly surprised by "how good they look," as the app allows customization in a variety of ways. Apart from that, the built-in tools make it easy to make a simple screenshot something informative. I use it all the time to share quick tutorials and information. As a video creator, I also appreciate the video recording options, 4k, amazing quality. Love it.

What's great

video recording (9)built-in annotation (13)screenshot editing (8)

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5 views2yr ago

•2 reviews

It took me a long time to decide to pay for something that is already "free" on my computer, but now that I've been using Cleanshot for weeks I don't have an ounce of regret. The thing I love the most : great annotations tool, floating thumb that don't disappear automatically, and the capture OCR. If you routinely capture around 5 screenshot per day you should try it.

What's great

built-in annotation (13)OCR (2)floating thumbnail (1)

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4 views3yr ago

Product Hunt

•5 reviews

I have been using this for about two months now as a marketing tool, and it has dramatically increased the quality of designs we share out across email, social, and our change log. The screenshots look so clean, and it's easy to use (it even integrates with keyboard commands). For a small team with limited design resources, it's a must!

What's great

easy to use (13)custom shortcuts (2)

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2 views3yr ago

•5 reviews

I use CleanShot all day every day it replaces and augments Apple's built-in screenshot tools, with an easier more straight forward user experience. The pinning and annotating tools make it a must-have. Like TextSniper I install this immediately on every new Mac.

What's great

easy to use (13)built-in annotation (13)

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4 views3yr ago

•7 reviews

Speeds up my design workflows considerably. Especially grabbing screenshots and annotating them for Slack. Also handy for record videos for async updates and making presentations pretty.

What's great

video recording (9)built-in annotation (13)

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4 views10mo ago

My Funnel

•7 reviews

Feels native! And offers lots of power under the hood. Fav capture modes incl. OCR and auto-scroll. Fav features incl. powerful annotations, custom shortcuts, and cloud upload.

What's great

scrolling capture (4)built-in annotation (13)OCR (2)cloud upload (3)custom shortcuts (2)

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2yr ago

•25 reviews

This is my best app in 2022. The new features are great and keep up with the trends. I wish Cleanshot X will be more useful and capable in 2023. First I bought basic license for 2 devices, but I always use it for work and home, I did upgrade to PRO. PRO have unlimited cloud storage for share and access from Windows device, so really convenience for multi device user.

What's great

cloud upload (3)

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4 views3yr ago

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