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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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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•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.

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cloud upload (3)

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4 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.

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

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•1 review

As a product designer, taking screenshots of various things is just part of our day-to-day. While other products also do that, CleanShot helps me organize all of it, go through history, and centralize not only the screenshots but also quick videos that I record during the product development cycle. Keep up the excellent work!

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video recording (9)

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•2 reviews

Very versatile screenshot tool. One of the features I use the most in cleanshot is taking gifs -- which I have not come across in other tools. Love that it is a one-time purchase and free forever!

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one-time purchase (4)GIF export (3)

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2yr ago

•2 reviews

Absolutely incredible and 100% worth the small one-time payment. I use CleanShot both for work (the scrolling capture feature has made my life 10000% times easier!!) and outside of work. Never thought a screenshot tool could be this awesome! 🤩

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one-time purchase (4)scrolling capture (4)

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•2 reviews

CleanShot is and continues to be the best screenshot app I've ever used. So much so that when I switched companies I went from a Mac to a Windows laptop, and had to go buy my own Mac so I could keep using it. Keep up the amazing work team!!

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2yr ago

•5 reviews

I use it instead of Loom. It’s a multitool that does almost everything I could wish for regarding screenshots and screen recordings, at a very affordable price.

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video recording (9)one-time purchase (4)

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2yr ago

•5 reviews

One of the best screencapture tool for Mac. CleanShot & ScreenStudio are ROCK!

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2yr ago

•2 reviews

I really like that GIF has an ideal frame rate and quality when exporting videos to GIF.

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GIF export (3)

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2yr 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.