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Mac screenshot comparisons

Pick the tool for the way you explain.

Drag screenshots anywhere. Move each one again as your explanation changes. Compare 24 alternatives for capture and editing on a shared canvas.

ShotShot brings native Mac capture, freely arranged images, arrows, liquid glass text, and local image tools into one editor. Start with the app you already use.

Written by ShotShot. Official sources checked 2026-10-05. Includes desktop tools, Apple’s built-in tools, and Pika as a browser-based alternative. This is broad coverage, not an exhaustive directory of every app.

Free arrangement and fixed stitching are different workflows

A tool can combine several screenshots into a row or column without providing independent image placement. ShotShot keeps each image movable: drag it anywhere, overlap another image, leave space for a label, or change the arrangement later.

CleanShot X, Shottr, and Snagit document ways to combine images. Each comparison distinguishes those documented features from verified freedom to rearrange every image. Try adding three screenshots, moving each one independently, adding arrows and text, then changing the arrangement again.

Drag each screenshot anywhere on the canvas.

In ShotShot, each screenshot stays a separate object. Place images wherever you need them, leave gaps for labels, overlap them, and drag them again as you edit. Your composition is not locked into a side-by-side row or a top-to-bottom strip.

  1. Capture or import. Take a screenshot, then add another capture to the same canvas. You can also paste or import existing images.
  2. Drag freely. Move, resize, rotate, and stack each image independently. Grid, row, column, and before/after layouts are optional starting points. You can still move images afterward.
  3. Explain. Add arrows, step numbers, and text across the composition. Use liquid glass text and shapes when they help the explanation.
  4. Send. Copy or export the whole canvas. Save a .shotshot document to change the images and annotations later.
A before-and-after composition made in ShotShot with two screenshots on one canvas
An optional before/after layout in ShotShot. Each image remains a separate object you can drag elsewhere while editing.

Local image tools, in the same editor

Native and direct

ShotShot runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel Macs, on macOS 13 or later. Capture, arrange, annotate, and export in one app for a fast everyday workflow.

Liquid glass text

Give text, arrows, lines, rectangles, ellipses, and step markers a liquid glass material. Standard solid annotations are available too.

Remove backgrounds

Apple Vision isolates a foreground subject locally. Requires macOS 14 or later; an image needs a detectable subject. This uses Apple’s on-device Vision framework, with no image upload required.

Extract text

Read text from images with Apple Vision OCR and copy it into your work. Recognition runs on your Mac.

Upscale 4×

Apple’s on-device super-resolution enlarges the selected image. Requires macOS 26 or later, supported hardware, and a supported source no larger than 1920 × 1920 pixels.

Keep images local

Capture, editing, OCR, background removal, upscaling, and export run locally. Licence checks and update checks use the network. See the privacy policy.

ShotShot focuses on still-image composition. It does not offer screen recording, scrolling capture, or hosted share links. “Fast” describes the intended workflow; we have not run comparative speed benchmarks.