CloudShots compared with a fast capture and text-recognition utility
A lightweight utility captures quickly and reads the text on screen. CloudShots reads the text in every screenshot too, then keeps it all searchable in one synced history.
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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.
Fast, lightweight capture with text recognition
Capture-first; usually no synced history of its own.
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.
Fast, lightweight capture with text recognition
Recognizes text on screen quickly at capture time, which is its main strength.
Redaction
CloudShots
Redaction is non-destructive and shows on every surface; your original stays untouched.
Fast, lightweight capture with text recognition
Usually little or no editor.
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.
Fast, lightweight capture with text recognition
Usually a small utility.
Speed
CloudShots
Imports in the background, then reads the text on your device.
Fast, lightweight capture with text recognition
Built to be fast and light, with text from the screen in a moment.
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 lightest tool for one quick capture and text grab.
- You do not need to keep or search old screenshots.
Choose CloudShots if you want to find an old screenshot later by the words in it, on any of your devices.
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 floating screenshot toolHow CloudShots compares with a floating, pin-on-screen screenshot tool with a quick library: history, text search, redaction and pricing.
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