Free screenshots,
no fuss.
Shotstrix snips any region, window, full screen, or scrolling page — then open it in the editor to mark it up with arrows, blur, text, and numbered steps. Copy, save, or pin in a click. No account, no watermark, no catch.
Free · no account · Universal · macOS 14 Sonoma or later · 2.2 MB
Capture on a timer — every few seconds.
Set an interval and let Shotstrix do the clicking. It fires a capture every few seconds and saves each frame into a neat timestamped folder — perfect for documenting a long process, watching something change, or building a step-by-step without babysitting the shutter.
- ✓ Pick your interval — every few seconds, hands-free.
- ✓ Every frame saved automatically to its own folder.
- ✓ Also a simple capture delay (3 / 5 / 10s) for single shots.
0 frames · saved to a timestamped folder
Drop one shot onto another.
Paste an image straight from your clipboard, or load one from disk, and drop it right onto your screenshot. Combine two captures, layer in a logo or a reference, then move, resize, and annotate it like anything else on the canvas.
Capture the whole page — not just what fits.
Pick a scrollable area and Shotstrix scrolls it for you, capturing as it goes and stitching every frame into one tall, seamless image. Grab an entire long webpage, chat thread, or document — no awkward piecing-together afterward.
- ✓ Auto-scrolls and captures hands-free.
- ✓ Smart overlap detection stitches frames cleanly.
- ✓ One tall PNG out the other side.
Drop it on a backdrop that pops.
A bare screenshot can look unfinished. Set yours on a polished gradient backdrop, then dial in the padding, round off the corners, and add a soft shadow — share-ready shots for a doc, a deck, or a post, with no design tools.
- ✓ Gradient backdrops — Ocean, Sunset, Graphite, Paper.
- ✓ Adjustable padding and rounded corners.
- ✓ A soft drop shadow — on or off.
Stamp it with an emoji.
Pop open the emoji picker right in the toolbar and drop any emoji onto your shot — a 😎 to brag, a 🔥 to hype it, a ❤️ to say thanks. Place it anywhere, resize it, and stack as many as you like.
Record it, not just snap it.
Roll video of your whole screen or just a region — a quick demo, a bug repro, a how-to. Stop when you're done and save it straight to a crisp MP4 or a share-anywhere GIF, at the frame rate you want.
- ✓ The whole screen, or a selected region.
- ✓ Save as MP4 or GIF.
- ✓ 24, 30, or 60 frames per second.
Down to the last detail.
A few more built-in touches — keep a history of every capture, keep your desktop out of the shot, and measure anything right on the canvas.
No desktop clutter.
Shotstrix tucks your desktop icons away the moment you capture, so every screenshot lands clean — no stray files, no mess to crop out.
Add real dimensions.
Drop a dimension line to read the exact pixels — or type your own number, like feet on a floor plan, to annotate true measurements.
Every capture, kept.
Each shot lands in a tidy history with its time and size, so you can grab one again later, re-open it in the editor, or clear them all.
Sweat the details.
Three more tools built into the editor — lift text straight out of an image, blur anything sensitive, and reframe your shot exactly how you want it.
Grab the text.
Pull selectable text straight out of any screenshot — copy a quote, a code, or an address with no retyping.
Hide what's private.
Brush a blur over card numbers, emails, or faces so nothing sensitive ends up in the share.
Reframe it perfectly.
Crop the clutter, rotate it upright, flip it, or resize — frame the shot exactly how you want.
Snip it — then act, right at your cursor.
Region, window, full screen, or a long scrolling page. The instant you finish, a quick action bar pops up next to your pointer — copy, save, open the editor, or pin it to your screen. One click, no hunting.
Drag to grab any area — the display freezes so you can aim precisely.
Click one window; a highlight picker shows exactly what you'll get.
The whole display in one shot, instantly.
Plus instant re-capture of your last region — same area, one shortcut.
Questions, answered.
Is Shotstrix free? +
Yes — Shotstrix is free for macOS, with no account, no watermark, and no trial limit.
How do I take a scrolling screenshot on Mac with Shotstrix? +
Start a scrolling capture, select the area, and Shotstrix scrolls and stitches it into one tall image automatically — of a webpage, a chat, or a document.
Can Shotstrix record my screen as a GIF? +
Yes — record a region or the full screen straight to an animated GIF or an MP4, at 24, 30, or 60 fps.
Can I copy text from a screenshot on Mac (OCR)? +
Yes — Shotstrix extracts selectable text from any capture in one step, so you can paste it without retyping.
Does Shotstrix work with the built-in macOS screenshot shortcuts? +
Yes — it adds scrolling capture, OCR, GIF recording, and a full editor on top of the standard macOS capture flow.
Which Macs does Shotstrix support? +
Universal (Apple Silicon and Intel), running macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
How to do more with screenshots on Mac
Miss more than screenshots?
Shotstrix is one piece of Winstrix — which brings the whole Windows feel to your Mac: a real taskbar and Start, Alt+Tab, window snapping, Windows keyboard shortcuts, and this snipping tool built right in.
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