Screenshot Recording

The best screenshot recording tools, ranked by our editorial score.

11 tools compared
Bandicam

Bandicam

Top Rated
Windows •104 reviews

Windows screen recorder with a watermarked free tier and a paid yearly license. Reviewers call recording easy; audio dropouts show up in the same comments.

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Amazing. Best screen recorder on PCThis software is really easy and intuitive to use. You can get high quality AVI videoEspecially love that you can use it for free within limits For no reason it garbles audio, specifically the program and not hardwareIt stopped recording after 8 minutes
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$33.26/yr
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Shottr

Shottr

Shottr • macOS •16 reviews

Ultra-lightweight Mac screenshot tool at 2.3MB offering pixel ruler OCR scrolling capture and image compression at great value.

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If you are looking for something cheaper, Shottr is definitely the oneShottr is great if you just want something lightweight and freeFantastic product that is underpriced
65
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$12 lifetime
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CleanShot X

CleanShot X

CleanShot • macOS •13 reviews

Premier all-in-one screenshot and screen recording app for macOS with elegant native design and smart folder organization.

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The scrolling capture plus built-in annotation tools save me from opening a separate editor every time, and the cloud upload with auto-copied link is genuinely fastIf you want more of a swiss-army-knife tool (screen recording, OCR, self-timer included), CleanShot X is worth itI've been using CleanShot X for 3 yrs or so, and haven't looked back Without any prior notice, CleanShot removed important functionality that allowed custom uploads to self-hosted serversI used CleanShot for about a year and it was solid but the renewal thing always bugged me
63
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$29/yr
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ShareX

ShareX

ShareX Team • Windows •33 reviews

The most powerful free and open-source screenshot tool for Windows with 20+ capture modes, 80+ upload destinations, and extensive automation.

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The killer feature is the upload to Imgur, and I just have all my screenshots stored somewhereA really good editor featuring many functions like editing, uploading, QR-code generatingShareX is not a simple screenshot utility. It is a suite of power toys Trying to use screen record. It inexplicably quits a few seconds inExtremely unintuitive how to even target the window you want
62
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Free
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Greenshot

Greenshot

Greenshot Contributors • Windows •3 reviews

Lightweight open-source screenshot tool for Windows with simple annotation and Office integration.

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Free and very easy to use screenshot appI switched to GreenShot, which is free and open source Greenshot does not do that same. Greenshot is years away from reaching where ShareX is now
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Flameshot

Flameshot

Flameshot Contributors • Linux, Mac, Windows •8 reviews

Free open-source cross-platform screenshot tool with in-capture annotation CLI support and Linux compatibility for developers.

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This is like the WinRAR of Screenshot Annotating appsI was hunting for an alternative for ShareX (Windows) and am glad to find this one With today's Windows 11 update, Flameshot won't respond to printscreen button on my Logitech keyboard
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Free
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Lightshot

Lightshot

Skillbrains • Chrome, Mac, Windows •Reviews pending

Ultra-fast cross-platform screenshot tool that captures annotates and shares screenshots via cloud link in under two seconds.

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Free lightweight screenshot on Chrome, Mac, and Windows
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Free
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ScreenPal

ScreenPal

ScreenPal • Chrome, Mac, Windows •67 reviews

PCMag Editor's Choice screen recording and screenshot tool with AI captioning for training content creation.

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ScreenPal's screen recorder is one of the best I've used. Easy, flexible, and built-in editingTheir plans are super affordable and well worth it for the extras you getVery easy to use. Screen and webcam recording is intuitive Advertised a free screen recording service, but you cannot actually download the videos without payingConstant glitches, sporadically picks up the audio whenever it feels like
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From $4/mo
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Snagit

Snagit

TechSmith • Mac, Windows •Reviews pending

Industry-leading professional screenshot and screen recording tool with intuitive annotation, scrolling capture, and cross-platform support.

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Screenshot-plus-recording on Windows and Mac
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$62.99/license
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OBS Studio

OBS Studio

Windows, Mac, Linux •21 reviews

Free open-source recorder and streamer for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Community treats it as the screencast counterpart to ShareX. Crash, lag, and 1 FPS reports pull UX down.

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ShareX and OBS are free and open-sourceWorks really well Completely freezes and crashes when I try to record MinecraftAwful, records at 1 FPS and saves just half of the recording every single time
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Loom

Loom

Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Chrome •104 reviews

Cloud screen-and-camera recorder for async work video. A free Starter tier exists; paid seats start at 18 per user per month. Cancel and record-fail comments dominate this batch.

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The desktop app makes it easy to capture videos to send to colleagues. Videos are easy to share Does not even record properlySince the Atlassian move, canceling a subscription is impossible
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From $18/mo
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