Shottr vs Xnapper
Both are bought outright, both sit in capture, and both are bought by people leaving Snagit, CleanShot Cloud Pro. Here is what actually differs — including what each price does not buy.
The short answer
- Shottr costs $12 against $29.99 — 60% less.
- Shottr has the cleaner licence: buy once, own forever, against own this version forever for Xnapper.
Side by side
 Shottr$12Perpetual |  Xnapper$29.99This version | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | a $12 screenshot tool that opens instantly and reads text out of images | auto-padded, auto-redacted screenshots for posting in public |
| Price | $12 | $29.99 |
| Licence | Buy once, own forever | Own this version forever |
| What you get | One payment. Updates included, indefinitely. | One payment buys this major version outright. The next major version is a separate purchase, if you want it. |
| The catch | Screenshots only — there is no video, GIF or screen recording at any price | One year of updates included; another year costs 60% of what you first paid |
| Macs per licence | 5 | 1 |
| Account required | no | no |
| Works offline | yes | yes |
| Apple Silicon | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| On Setapp | No | Yes |
| Minimum macOS | not established | macOS 10.15 |
| App Store rating | not established | 4.2 from 21 |
| Last updated | not established | 2026-03-12 |
| 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
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.
Xnapper
Takes a screenshot and immediately makes it presentable: balanced padding, a background, rounded corners, and automatic detection and blurring of emails, phone numbers and card numbers before you share it.