Screen Capturing Apps

Capture, record and share what’s on your screen instantly. Take screenshots, record video or audio, annotate visuals, recognize text, generate shareable links, or automatically organize and optimize your captures directly from your menu bar.

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Freemium apps

Keep It Shot

Keept it Shot

This menu bar app uses AI to evaluate and rename your screenshots, either in bulk or as you take them.

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Paid apps

1001 Record

This menu bar app simplifies screen recording, screenshots, and on-screen annotations. You can record the entire screen, specific regions, or windows, and even include camera recordings.

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ScreenshotMagic

This menu bar app utilizes AI to automatically provide descriptive names for your images. It makes it easy to rename large batches of images in just 1 click.

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Collection: AI Apps | Screen Capturing Apps

Free apps

ShotSolve

ShotSolve lets you capture any part of your screen and instantly run a pre-configured GPT-4o prompt on it. From generating code out of Figma designs to UI feedback and contextual help, it turns screenshots into practical answers within seconds, all inside a fast, native interface that respects your privacy and keeps your API key securely stored in the Apple Keychain.

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Paid apps

Presentation Helper

Present anything from your desktop. Annotate and draw circles, rectangles and lines anywhere on your screen. You can save a screenshot of the entire screen with all drawn annotations.

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Gerry

This menu bar app is a super simple screen recorder. Crop, trim, and scale your video before exporting as .gif or .mp4 at up to 60 fps.

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Freemium apps

Capster

With this menu bar app, you can capture a screenshot or a video and instantly receive a shareable link. You can also annotate screenshots, browse your collection, and receive notifications when someone reacts to or views your capture.

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Lapse

Lapse records your screen as a time-lapse while you work, straight from the menu bar. Pick a full screen or a single window, set the capture interval, and export to MP4, WebM or GIF without any re-rendering.

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Collection: OCR Apps | Screen Capturing Apps

Freemium apps

Shottr

Shottr is a menu bar app with scrolling screenshots, text recognition (OCR), annotation (draw lines, arrows, and simple shapes) and measurement instruments.

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Free apps

Menu Snappr

MenuSnappr

Menu Snappr II makes screen capturing feel effortless, whether you’re grabbing a full display, a single window, or a custom area across multiple monitors. With flexible formats, smart file naming, configurable shortcuts, and instant Preview access, it keeps screenshots fast, organized, and quietly out of your way.

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