Clowd vs Shottr.
Shottr is a tiny, fast Mac screenshot tool. Clowd is free for everyone and adds recording and a video editor, on Mac and Windows.
- Price
- FreeFree. No trial, no tiers, no watermark.
- Status
- Very active4.10.0 released Oct 19, 2026. In development since 2015.
- Best for
- Recording and video editingWindows and macOSYour own storage
- Price
- Free · $12 commercialFree to use, with upgrade prompts after 30 days. A $12 one-time license is required for commercial use.
- Status
- Active1.9.3 is a compatibility update for the latest macOS.
- Best for
- Speed and a tiny footprintPixel and contrast checksVery tall captures
Feature by feature.
Every Shottr verdict comes from its own documentation.
| Feature | Clowd | Shottr |
|---|---|---|
| Capture | ||
| Region capture | YesPress PrtScn and drag. Edges can be placed to the pixel while zoomed. | Yes |
| Window snapping | YesHover a window and click, or press W. | YesActive-window and window capture modes. |
| Full-screen capture | YesF for the monitor under the cursor, A for all monitors, Ctrl+PrtScn for the active screen. | Yes |
| Magnifier | YesScroll to zoom the frozen screen from 1× to 256×. | PartialDeep zoom in the editor and a Magnifier callout annotation (v1.9); a loupe while selecting is not documented. |
| Color picker | YesPress H on any pixel. The Color Editor copies HEX, RGB or HSL and has an eyedropper. | YesPixel, darkest-in-area and selection-average color; HEX/OKLCH, WCAG and APCA contrast. |
| Scrolling capture | YesRewinds to the top first, and sticky headers appear once. Scrolls whole windows, not panes inside them. Needs Accessibility permission on macOS. | Yes20,000 px default, raisable to 200,000 px. |
| Text recognition (OCR) | YesOn-device. The text lifts off the capture so you can check it, then copy, search or share it. OCR and the AI effects need Windows or a Mac with Apple Silicon. Latin, Greek, Chinese and Japanese kana. Cyrillic and Korean aren’t supported yet. | YesAlso QR codes; Chinese supported; can strip line breaks. |
| Delay timer | NoThere is no capture timer yet. | Yes3 s delayed capture, plus repeat-area capture. |
| Annotate | ||
| Image editor | YesEvery capture opens in the image editor. Objects stay editable and sessions autosave. | Yes |
| Shapes, arrows and text | YesCurved arrows and lines, a Bezier pen, text, sticky notes and a highlighter. | YesText, arrows (bendable, hand-drawn), rect, oval, freehand, highlighter, spotlight. |
| Blur and pixelate | YesMosaic, blur or solid. It only affects the image underneath, never your annotations. | YesPixelate, blur, object removal. |
| Step numbers | YesNumbered steps. Drag from a step to pull an arrow out of it. | YesStep counter (since 1.5.4). |
| Record | ||
| Screen recording | YesRegion, window or screen, with a live frame-rate meter. | No |
| GIF | YesAny recording converts to a GIF in one click from Recents. | PartialOnly two-frame before/after GIFs from image overlays, no screen recording. |
| Present | ||
| Draw on screen | Yes9 tools, click-through on Esc, an eraser and one undo history across monitors. | No |
| Share | ||
| Upload and share | YesCaptures, recordings, text, files and folders. Image and video uploads need a storage destination; text pastes work out of the box. | YesShottr Cloud public links (needs a free access token, instant for licensed users, weeks-long queue otherwise; no retention guarantees). |
| Instant link | YesThe link is copied automatically. With accelerated uploads, the moment the upload starts. | No |
| Your own storage | YesAmazon S3 and S3-compatible, Azure Blob, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2 and more. | PartialS3-compatible storage only (Tencent, Yandex, Minio etc.); no FTP/imgur/Dropbox/Drive by design. |
| Platform & price | ||
| Windows | YesWindows 10 and later, x64 and ARM64. | No |
| macOS | YesmacOS 13 and later, Apple Silicon and Intel. OCR and the AI effects need Windows or a Mac with Apple Silicon. Default hotkeys use PrtScn. Rebind them in Settings → Hotkeys on a Mac keyboard. | Yes |
| Linux | NoNot available yet. | No |
| Free | YesFree. No trial, no tiers, no watermark. | PartialFree to use indefinitely with periodic nags; $12 license required for commercial use. |
| Open source | YesMIT licensed. The part that runs text recognition and the AI effects is GPL-3.0. | No |
Sources4Checked Oct 19, 2026
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Where Shottr wins.
If these matter most to you, Shottr may be the better pick.
A tiny 2.4 MB app that opens instantly.
A pixel ruler and accessibility contrast checks.
Scrolling captures up to 200,000 px tall.
Pinned screenshots and before-and-after GIFs.
Where Clowd goes further.
Capture Overlay
Zoom while you select.
Shottr's deep zoom works on the finished screenshot. Clowd zooms up to 256× before you crop, so edges land on the exact pixel.
More about the capture overlay
Text Recognition
Copy, search or share the text.
Both recognize text. Clowd shows what it read over the capture, then copies, searches or shares it with one key.
More about text recognition
Image Editor
Measuring, layers and style memory.
Both editors bend arrows and redact. Clowd adds real-world measuring, layers and tools that remember your style, and its redaction never touches your annotations.
More about the image editor
Upload & Share
More places to upload.
Shottr uploads to Shottr Cloud, where unlicensed users can wait weeks for access, or to S3-compatible storage. Clowd adds Azure, R2, B2 and a few zero-setup hosts, with links that work before the upload finishes.
More about uploads
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