CleanShot X vs Shottr
Both are bought outright, both sit in capture, and both are bought by people leaving Snagit, Monosnap Pro. Here is what actually differs — including what each price does not buy.
The short answer
- Shottr costs $12 against $35 — 66% less.
- Shottr has the cleaner licence: buy once, own forever, against own this version forever for CleanShot X.
Side by side
 CleanShot X$35This version |  Shottr$12Perpetual | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | screenshots, recording and annotation in one $35 app | a $12 screenshot tool that opens instantly and reads text out of images |
| Price | $35 | $12 |
| Licence | Own this version forever | Buy once, own forever |
| What you get | One payment buys this major version outright. The next major version is a separate purchase, if you want it. | One payment. Updates included, indefinitely. |
| The catch | Updates stop after one year unless you renew at $19; the version you own keeps working | Screenshots only — there is no video, GIF or screen recording at any price |
| Macs per licence | 1 | 5 |
| Account required | optional | no |
| Works offline | yes | yes |
| Apple Silicon | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| On Setapp | Yes | No |
| Minimum macOS | macOS 13 | not established |
| App Store rating | not established | not established |
| Last updated | not established | not established |
| Price checked | 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-22 |
Apple’s public API reports a rating for only a small minority of Mac apps, and returns zero for most of the rest even when the store page plainly shows reviews. A blank here means we could not read a number, never that an app is unrated or disliked.
In their own right
CleanShot X
A replacement for the macOS screenshot tool with scrolling capture, an annotation editor, screen recording and GIF export. One payment for the Mac app, with the cloud service separate.
Shottr
Screenshots, scrolling capture, OCR, pixel measuring and quick annotation in one small native app that launches faster than anything else in the category. $12 covers up to five of your own Macs.