CloudShots compared with a floating screenshot tool
A floating tool keeps a capture on screen and holds recent ones in a quick library. CloudShots pins too, and adds a full history that follows you to iPhone and iPad.
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Screenshot history
CloudShots
One history of every screenshot from Mac, iPhone and iPad, synced both ways through your own iCloud, with no CloudShots account.
Floating pin tool with a quick library
A quick library of recent captures on the Mac, usually without an iPhone side.
Search by text
CloudShots
Reads the text in every screenshot on your device and searches it with tags, smart names, summaries and app names, on Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Floating pin tool with a quick library
Search is usually limited to browsing the recent library.
Redaction
CloudShots
Redaction is non-destructive and shows on every surface; your original stays untouched.
Floating pin tool with a quick library
Markup is usually light.
Price
CloudShots
Free keeps your newest 30 screenshots open. Pro is $0.99 per week or $9.99 per year; Pro Lifetime is $24.99.
Floating pin tool with a quick library
Usually a small utility.
Pin on screen
CloudShots
Pins up to 6 screenshots above your other windows with Command-P, on Mac only.
Floating pin tool with a quick library
Pinning is the core of the tool and its main strength.
These descriptions are general. Features and prices differ between products, so check the tool you use today.
Where the other kind of tool is stronger
- You mainly want a capture to float next to your work.
- You need a quick scratch library, not a long history.
Choose CloudShots if you also want the pinned shots kept in a history that syncs to your iPhone and iPad and can be searched by the text inside.
More guides
- How to automatically sync screenshots between Mac, iPhone and iPadOne private screenshot history that syncs both ways through iCloud: Mac to iPhone and iPad, and back.
- How to find a screenshot by the text inside itSearch by the words you remember seeing, on any of your devices.
- How to free up the space your screenshots takeClear synced originals from Photos and your Mac without losing your history.
- CloudShots is an iCloud screenshot manager for Mac, iPhone and iPadWhat lives in your own iCloud, how the library limit works, and what stays private.
- One screenshot history for your Mac, iPhone and iPadOne searchable history of every screenshot from your Mac, iPhone and iPad, synced through your own iCloud. Find any shot and free up storage.
- How to pin a screenshot on screen on MacKeep a screenshot floating above your other windows on Mac with ⌘P. Pin up to 6, move and resize them, close with Esc.
- How to redact or blur text and faces in a screenshot on MacBlur, pixelate or cover text, faces and objects in a screenshot on Mac. Redaction in CloudShots is non-destructive: your original stays untouched.
- How to add a background, padding and shadow to a screenshot on MacExport a Mac screenshot with a background, padding, rounded corners and a shadow using Export with Frame in CloudShots. Copy, save or share the result.
- CloudShots compared with a premium all-in-one capture suiteHow CloudShots compares with a premium, paid all-in-one capture and annotation suite for Mac: history, text search, redaction and pricing.
- CloudShots compared with a fast capture and text-recognition utilityHow CloudShots compares with a fast, lightweight capture utility with on-screen text recognition: history, text search, redaction and pricing.
- All guides
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