Screen capture that keeps up with you

A local-first, native macOS capture and recording utility. Capture, preview, annotate, and drag out — without ever leaving the app you're in.

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macOS 14.4+ · Apple Silicon · Free tier forever · No cloud, no account, no telemetry

Everything you capture, in one motion

Capture → floating preview → act. The screen freezes the instant you press the shortcut, so what you select is exactly what you get.

Region & window capture

Drag-select any area with a magnifier loupe and live pixel readout, or click a window to grab it whole. Return recalls the last selection.

Screen recording

Record a region or window with system and microphone audio, click highlights, and keystroke overlays. A floating bar to pause, resume, and stop.

Full annotation editor

Arrows, shapes, freehand, wrapping text, blur and pixelate, numbered step badges, crop with aspect snapping, undo/redo — all at 60 fps on a 5K image.

Scrolling capture

Captures a region while the page scrolls and stitches it into one tall image. It measures motion and fixed chrome rather than assuming — floating buttons stay out of the result.

OCR & colour picker

Select a region and extract its text — English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and more. Or click any pixel on screen to copy its hex, RGB, or HSL value.

History & beautify

Every capture, searchable, with thumbnails and non-destructive re-editing. Beautify adds an automatic background, shadow, and rounded-corner treatment.

Built local-first, on purpose

The things Snapper deliberately does not do are as important as the things it does.

Instant

Under 120 ms from hotkey to visible thumbnail. Capture-to-preview feels immediate.

Zero focus theft

No capture action activates the app or moves you out of your current window.

No cloud

No upload, no share links, no hosting, no account system. Your captures stay on your Mac.

No telemetry

No analytics, no crash reporting network calls, no monetization logic. Nothing phones home.

Pay once, it's yours

Perpetual license plus paid updates — not a subscription. The app never stops working; the fee buys access to future updates.

Free

Forever. No account, no nag.

Region & fullscreen capture
Quick Access panel — copy, save, drag out
Basic annotation — arrow, box, text, highlighter
PNG & clipboard export
Recent history (last ~20)

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Pro

$19first purchase

The app forever + 12 months of updates. Renew for $10/year whenever you want — optional, and a lapsed license just freezes on its last entitled version.

Everything in Free, plus:
Window capture, self-timer, scrolling capture
Screen recording — system & mic audio, click & keystroke overlays
Full annotation kit — blur / pixelate, step badges, crop, redaction
OCR (multi-language) & beautify & pin-to-screen
Unlimited history + non-destructive re-edit
HEIC / JPEG quality, custom naming & save locations

Buy Pro — $19

Lifetime

$59one time

All future updates, forever. No renewals.

Every Pro feature
All future updates included
One license covers 3 of your own Macs
Free a seat any time from Settings → License

Buy Lifetime — $59

Secure checkout and VAT handled by Paddle, our merchant of record. A 14-day full-feature trial is built into the app — no card required.

Download & install

macOS 14.4 or later, Apple Silicon. No terminal, no build step — just drag and drop.

Download Snapper (.dmg) Free tier included · Pro unlocked with your license key

Open the .dmg

Double-click the downloaded Snapper-x.x.x.dmg to mount it.
Drag to Applications

Drag the Snapper icon onto the Applications folder in the same window, then eject the disk image.
Open Snapper

Launch it from Applications or Spotlight. On first launch, click Open when macOS asks — this appears once.
Find it in the menu bar

Snapper has no Dock icon. Click its menu bar icon (top-right) to capture, or to open Settings → License and activate Pro.

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