CloudShots compared with a premium all-in-one capture suite
A premium suite bundles capture, annotation and sharing in one paid Mac app. CloudShots is built around a different job: one private, searchable screenshot history across Mac, 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.
Premium all-in-one suite
Usually centered on capturing and editing on the Mac, not on a history shared with iPhone.
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.
Premium all-in-one suite
Text recognition is usually one feature among many.
Redaction
CloudShots
Redaction is non-destructive and shows on every surface; your original stays untouched.
Premium all-in-one suite
Usually includes blur and pixelate within a wide set of markup tools.
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.
Premium all-in-one suite
A premium paid product.
Toolset
CloudShots
Captures the screen or a region, then edits, redacts, frames and shares.
Premium all-in-one suite
A broader toolset in one app is the main strength of this kind of product.
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 want the widest set of capture and markup tools in one paid app.
- You mostly work on the Mac and do not need your screenshots on iPhone.
Choose CloudShots if you want every screenshot from all your Apple devices in one private history you can search by text, free to start.
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 floating screenshot toolHow CloudShots compares with a floating, pin-on-screen screenshot tool with a quick library: 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.
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