Lifetime Mac

Buy once instead of Zight

Zight costs
$119a year. Create plan, $9.95 per user per month billed annually. Their pricing
Ways out
2apps that do the same jobs
Cheapest to buy
$35CleanShot X, which pays back in 4 months
Cost nothing
0freeware or open source

Read the catch on each before you switch. A one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.

2 apps
CleanShot XScreenshots, recording and annotation in one $35 app$35This version

Updates stop after one year unless you renew at $19; the version you own keeps working

ScreenSnap ProScreenshots and screen recording with backgrounds, annotation and hosted links$39Perpetual

No free trial — you pay first and rely on the 30-day refund if it turns out not to be for you