You report bugs or write docs
Arrows, numbered steps, and text labels turn a confusing screenshot into an explanation nobody can misread. Your tickets get resolved faster because people instantly see what you mean.
Free for 90 days — every feature included The screenshot app that
The screenshot app that
never phones home.
Pro-grade screenshots for your Mac: pixel-perfect capture, a full annotation editor, blur for anything sensitive, and one-click text extraction. All of it happens on your Mac — the app has no internet access at all.
- macOS 14+
- Lives in your menu bar
- No cloud. Ever.
Meet Snapix
What is Snapix?
Snapix is a screenshot app for macOS that lives in your menu bar and replaces the built-in capture tool with professional features. It captures area, window, or full-screen shots with pixel-perfect crosshairs on a frozen screen, then shows a floating preview with one-click actions: annotate with 15+ tools, blur sensitive data, extract text with on-device OCR, pin the screenshot above all windows, or drag it into any app. Everything happens locally — Snapix has no network access, so your screenshots and extracted text never leave your Mac. Snapix Pro costs $20/year after a 90-day free trial on the Mac App Store.
1
Capture exactly what you want
The screen freezes so nothing moves while you select. Drag an area with pixel-perfect crosshairs (⌘⇧4), click a window (⌃⌥W), grab a full display (⌃⌥F), or repeat your last selection (⌃⌥L).
2
A preview appears with instant actions
Every capture pops up as a floating thumbnail. From there it's one click to edit, copy, save, pin it on top of your windows, or pull the text out of it.
3
Make it say something
Point with arrows, number the steps, label with text, blur the parts that are nobody's business — then drag the finished image straight into Slack, email, or your docs.
Why not just press ⌘⇧4? You already have a screenshot tool.
You already have a screenshot tool.
Here's what it costs you.
The built-in macOS shortcut works — but every capture costs you the same little frustrations, several times a day.
The built-in way
- Every screenshot lands on your Desktop — a mess that piles up until you clean it
- Copying instead of saving means remembering to hold an extra modifier — or opening the file just to copy it
- Editing means opening Preview and working with basic markup
- The thumbnail vanishes into a corner you can't choose
- Text in a screenshot stays trapped in the image
The Snapix way
- A floating preview appears where you choose on your screen — your Desktop stays clean
- Copy, save, or edit in one click from the preview — or just drag it into Slack or email
- A full editor one click away: arrows, steps, text, blur
- Preview stays as long as you want (1–30s or until dismissed), and you can pin it on top while you work
- One click extracts the text, processed on your Mac
Every action, one keystroke away — all customizable:
- ⌘⇧4 Capture area
- ⌃⌥W Capture window
- ⌃⌥F Capture full screen
- ⌃⌥L Repeat last area
- ⌃⌥T Extract text (OCR)
- ⌃⌥R Recent captures
Snapix can take over the familiar ⌘⇧4 — your muscle memory keeps working, the results just get better.
Annotate
Screenshots that explain themselves
A picture is worth a thousand words — but only if people know where to look. Snapix's editor has 15+ tools: arrows with curved bend control, shapes, a highlighter, text labels, auto-numbered step markers, even an on-screen measure tool.
Everything renders at full Retina resolution, so the image you export is exactly as sharp as the one you captured.
- Arrows, lines, rectangles & ellipses
- Numbered steps for tutorials & bug reports
- Spotlight to dim everything except what matters
Extract text
Stop retyping what's already on your screen
That error message in a screenshot. The table in a PDF. The code someone pasted as an image. Select any region of your screen and Snapix turns it into editable text using Apple's Vision engine — running entirely on your Mac.
You get clean, line-by-line text on your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere. Snapix even spots QR codes in your captures and hands you the link.
- One hotkey — ⌃⌥T — select a region, get its text
- Automatic language detection
- Works offline — text never leaves your Mac
Workflow
Your last capture, always within reach
After every screenshot, a floating preview appears with one-click actions — edit, copy, save, pin, extract text. It stays as long as you want (1–30 seconds, or until dismissed) and pauses when you hover.
Need to keep something visible? Pin it. The screenshot floats above every window — movable and resizable — so you can reference a design, a spec, or yesterday's numbers while you work.
- Drag captures straight into any app
- Browsable history of recent captures — ⌃⌥R
- Menu bar only — no dock clutter
History
That screenshot from 20 minutes ago? Still here.
Press ⌃⌥R and a strip of your recent captures slides up from the bottom of the screen — your last 25 screenshots, newest first, each with a timestamp.
Scroll back in time, filter to just the ones you saved, and pick any capture up right where you left off — copy it again, edit it, or pin it. No digging through your Desktop or Downloads folder.
- Your last 25 captures, newest first
- All / Saved filter
- Hover any thumbnail to copy, edit, or pin
Why people get Snapix
If any of these sound like you, it pays for itself
Snapix costs $20/year — about the price of one lunch — and saves you time every single day you use a screenshot.
You share screens with sensitive bits
Customer data, API keys, dashboards, contracts. Blur or pixelate them in two clicks, right in the editor, before the screenshot goes anywhere.
You retype text from images
Error messages, paragraphs in PDFs, code in Slack screenshots. Select any region of your screen and Snapix puts the text on your clipboard in one second.
You compare designs side by side
Pin a screenshot so it floats above every window while you work. Reference a mockup while coding, or keep the old version visible while reviewing the new one.
You screenshot many times a day
Custom global hotkeys, a frozen-screen picker with pixel-perfect precision, repeat-last-area, and instant preview actions shave seconds off something you do constantly.
You drop screenshots everywhere
Slack, email, tickets, docs. Copy from the floating preview with one click — or just drag the capture straight into any app. No Save dialog, no Desktop clutter.
Frequently asked questions
What exactly is Snapix?
Snapix is a screenshot app for Mac that lives in your menu bar. It replaces the basic built-in screenshot tool with professional features: precise capture modes, a full annotation editor, blur/redact tools, on-device text extraction (OCR), pinnable screenshots, and capture history — while keeping everything 100% on your Mac.
Is Snapix really private?
Yes. Snapix has no network entitlement at all — the app literally cannot upload anything. Every capture, annotation, and OCR result is processed entirely on your Mac. No cloud, no analytics.
How does the free trial work?
Start the 90-day free trial when you download Snapix. You get full access to every feature, and you won’t be charged if you cancel before the trial ends. After that, Snapix Pro is $20/year.
Can I change the keyboard shortcuts?
Yes. Every capture action — area, window, full screen, last area, extract text, and history — has its own global hotkey, and all of them are customizable in Settings. Snapix can even take over the system ⌘⇧4 shortcut so your muscle memory keeps working.
How is Snapix different from the built-in macOS screenshot tool?
The built-in tool captures and offers basic markup. Snapix adds a full annotation editor (arrows, shapes, text, numbered steps), blur and pixelate for redacting sensitive data, one-click on-device OCR text extraction, pinned floating screenshots, capture history, and customizable global hotkeys — all from your menu bar.
Which versions of macOS does Snapix support?
Snapix runs on macOS 14 (Sonoma) and later, including full support for the latest macOS releases.
Does Snapix record my screen?
No. Snapix takes one-shot screenshots only — there is no screen recording and no background capture. The screen recording permission macOS asks for is used solely at the moment you take a screenshot.
Take better screenshots, starting today
Every feature, free for 90 days — cancel anytime before it ends and you pay nothing. Your screenshots stay on your Mac, where they belong.
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