Capture it. Clarify it.
Make it move.

SnapDog does more with a capture. Mark the answer, automate the next step, and find it again later — all in one native Mac app.

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$14.99 one time · macOS 14 or later · no subscription

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A sample order page marked up with an arrow, numbered steps, a highlight, and a blurred email address
Select, mark up, share — in about ten secondsIllustration on a sample page

Capture precisely

Grab a screen, window, or region with a hotkey. The 4× loupe and live size badge help land on the right pixels.

Make it clear

Add an arrow, number the steps, highlight a detail, or blur what should stay private in the built-in editor.

Keep it moving

Copy, save, pin, or send the result. Your capture remains in searchable History when you need it again.

A sample order page used to illustrate region selection

Illustration of the 4× loupe and size badge. The loupe never appears in the finished capture. See the real Capture settings.

01 CAPTURE

Start with the exact pixels.

SnapDog gives you a precision loupe for tight region selections, plus the speed of a menu bar hotkey when you already know what you need.

  • Capture a region, window, full screen, or scrolling page
  • Read live coordinates in the 4× loupe and the width × height badge
  • Choose delayed capture when a menu or transient state matters
02 ANNOTATE

An editor built for the thing you actually need to say.

A raw screenshot makes someone hunt for the point. SnapDog lets you draw it for them, then cover the information they should never see.

  • Arrows, shapes, text, speech balloons, and numbered steps
  • Blur, pixelate, spotlight, and highlight tools
  • Crop, straighten, resize, undo, and editable objects

Recorded in SnapDog 1.2 on a sample page: capture, blur, arrow, spotlight, Save.

SnapDog visual workflow builder with Screenshot Captured, AI Clean and Summarize, and Show Result steps

Actual SnapDog app view. See the full app window.

03 AUTOMATE

A screenshot can start the whole job.

Instead of stopping at Save, build a visible sequence. This real SnapDog workflow is set up to start with a screenshot, run local analysis, and open the result for you.

  • Connect capture triggers to processing and output steps
  • Use built-in local analysis or configure your own AI provider
  • Send results to a built-in destination, including S3 and SFTP
04 ON YOUR MAC

Useful analysis. Your call where it runs.

The built-in on-device mode can describe a capture, extract visible text, or suggest a filename. It needs no account, API key, model download, or network connection.

  • Copy text from a screen region with Apple Vision OCR
  • Keep the built-in demo local
  • Add an optional provider for more advanced tasks
A sample order page used to illustrate on-device analysis

Illustration showing the built-in mode’s actual output for this sample page, shortened. See the real AI settings.

This clip is SnapDog’s own MP4 output: a region recording with click ripples on, on a sample page. See the recording settings.

05 RECORD

Show the fix, not just the frame.

When a still image is not enough, record the screen, a window, a region, or your webcam. Choose a format for the job, then make the walkthrough easier to follow.

  • MP4, MOV, or GIF; system audio and microphone options
  • Webcam picture-in-picture and visible click ripples
  • Optional on-device transcript and an extra GIF for sharing

Recorded in SnapDog 1.2: Pin Last Capture from the menu bar, then drag it wherever it helps.

06 KEEP IT CLOSE

Keep the answer in view.

Pin a capture above your other windows while you fix the thing it shows. When you need it again next week, History has it.

  • Pin to Screen as a floating, resizable reference you can drag into another app
  • Search History by filename and tag; filter screenshots and recordings; favorite the keepers
  • Quick Look a capture, reopen it in the editor, or copy it as Markdown or HTML

AFTER THE CAPTURE

Send it where the work happens.

Use a familiar service or your own infrastructure. SnapDog can upload the file, copy the resulting URL, and hand the result to a workflow.

  • 18 built-in upload and handoff destinations
  • Bring your own S3, SFTP, or webhook configuration
  • Import ShareX custom uploader files for more options

COMPLETE FEATURE REFERENCE

Everything SnapDog can do.

The visual tour above shows the workflow. Here is the full toolkit, organized by the moment you need it.

01 / CAPTURE

Get the shot

  • Full screen, window, and region capture with rebindable hotkeys.
  • Precision region picker with 4× loupe, live coordinates, and a width × height badge.
  • Window picker with hover highlight and app and window names, including dialogs and utility panels.
  • Multiple displays: capture under the cursor or choose a display first.
  • Delay by 3, 5, or 10 seconds with a cancellable countdown.
  • Stitch tall pages: choose a region, scroll, and add frames with overlap alignment.
  • Recapture Last repeats the most recent capture mode.
  • Camera snapshot opens a preview before the shutter.
02 / SCREEN TOOLS

Read and measure

  • Recognize Text in a selected region with Apple Vision; copy or save the result.
  • Decode QR and other barcodes from a region or an existing image.
  • Generate a QR code and copy the PNG.
  • Pick Color with a magnifier and live hex and RGB values.
  • Screen ruler reports distance, horizontal and vertical offsets, and angle; Shift snaps direction.
03 / EDITOR

Make it clear

  • Annotation tools: arrows, lines, freehand strokes, text, speech balloons, step numbers, highlights, spotlights, blur, and pixelate.
  • Shapes: rectangles, rounded rectangles, ellipses, triangles, diamonds, pentagons, hexagons, stars, and polygons.
  • Edit after drawing: select objects to change color, fill, opacity, stroke, and size.
  • Objects panel to select, reorder, and delete annotations.
  • Image transforms: crop, straighten, resize, rotate, zoom, and pan.
  • Undo, redo, and duplicate while you work.
  • Watermark on canvas that you can move and resize.
  • Export to PNG, JPEG, TIFF, or HEIC with quality controls.
04 / RECORDING

Show the whole story

  • Record a screen, window, or region to MP4 or MOV, export a GIF, or make a webcam-only clip.
  • Screen + Camera one-off mode or a draggable, resizable webcam picture-in-picture overlay.
  • Pause and resume without a gap in the saved recording.
  • System and microphone audio options, recorded as separate tracks.
  • Click ripples baked into walkthrough recordings.
  • Countdown and display picker before recording begins.
  • Quality controls: High, Balanced, Small, or a custom bitrate; Automatic, 4K H.264, HEVC, and ProRes recording modes.
  • Extra GIF export after recording or from a saved video in History.
05 / AI & TRANSCRIPTS

Turn pixels into information

  • Built-in on-device analysis describes a capture, extracts text, or suggests a filename with no account or model download.
  • Optional provider profiles for cloud services or local models such as Ollama and LM Studio.
  • On-device speech transcription for recordings, with automatic transcription available after every save.
  • Transcript actions in History: transcribe, view, or summarize with your configured provider.
  • Profile-scoped Keychain storage for provider credentials.
06 / EFFECTS & OUTPUT

Finish it on save

  • Beautify frames with a gradient, rounded corners, and a soft shadow.
  • Image effects including resize-before-save, border, drop shadow, and movable text watermark.
  • Filename templates with date, time, name, capture source, and persistent sequence tokens.
  • Retina suffix option for output filenames.
  • Choose your default image and video formats and recording quality.
07 / AUTOMATION

Make the next step automatic

  • Visual workflow builder connects capture triggers, OCR, AI, actions, and results.
  • Workflow hotkeys launch your own capture chains with per-workflow behavior.
  • Post-capture actions for upload, webhook, Slack, and AI, with reorderable steps.
  • Default behavior: save locally, run actions, or ask every time.
  • After-capture switches for save, copy, open in editor, pin, upload, and transcript.
  • Watch folder imports new images and videos from a folder you choose.
  • Webhooks on save or upload, with HMAC-SHA256 signing and retries.
08 / SHARING

Use your destination

  • 18 built-in upload and handoff options: Catbox.moe, 0x0.st, Imgur, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Amazon S3 and compatible hosts, SFTP, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Notion, Mastodon, Bluesky, Cloudinary, GitHub, iCloud Drive, and AirDrop.
  • ShareX custom uploaders imported from .sxcu files.
  • URL shortening with is.gd or an imported ShareX shortener.
  • Auto-upload or upload on demand, then copy the resulting link.
  • Destination test, recent uploads, and remote delete where supported.
  • Copy for publishing as Markdown image, Markdown link, HTML, or BBCode.
09 / HISTORY

Find it and use it again

  • Search and filter captures, recordings, sources, tags, and favorites.
  • Quick Look, edit, reveal, share, and upload from each saved item.
  • Copy image, path, or SHA-256 hash from a History row.
  • Batch delete and export an HTML gallery.
  • Pin to Screen as a floating, resizable reference you can drag into another app.
  • Recent Captures panel for the last five shots.
10 / SETTINGS

Fit your Mac workflow

  • Custom global hotkeys for capture modes and tools.
  • Optional macOS shortcut takeover for the familiar screenshot key combinations.
  • Launch at login and choose a color or monochrome menu bar icon.
  • Capture preferences for shutter sound, window shadow, region preview, and multi-display behavior.
  • Camera controls for the draggable preview and mirror setting.
  • Localized in 13 languages, including English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and more.
11 / PRIVACY

Local unless you decide otherwise

  • No SnapDog account and no app usage analytics.
  • Captures stay local until you choose an upload or configure an automatic destination.
  • On-device OCR and transcription use Apple frameworks.
  • Optional provider requests go to the provider you configure.
  • Secrets in Keychain, including provider keys, OAuth tokens, and upload credentials.
  • Just-in-time permissions for screen recording, camera, and microphone.

The complete toolkit, without an ongoing bill.

Capture apps share many core features. SnapDog earns its place with a lower entry price, a workflow you can shape, and control over where your files go.

$14.99

One purchase. Every feature.

Annotation, recording, History, local OCR, workflows, and upload support are included. No SnapDog subscription or account required.

Visual workflows

From capture to outcome.

Build a sequence you can inspect and change, instead of repeating the same manual steps after each shot.

18 built-in destinations

Share on your terms.

Use familiar services or your own S3, SFTP, webhook, or ShareX custom uploader configuration.

Comparing with CleanShot X? Its Basic license is currently listed at $35 one time with one year of updates. SnapDog is $14.99 one time for its full feature set. Both are capable Mac capture apps; choose SnapDog when its workflow, destination choice, and upfront value fit your work.

CleanShot X pricing checked September 29, 2026.

Your screen is your business.

Captures stay on your Mac unless you choose to send them somewhere. SnapDog stores provider credentials in the macOS Keychain and has no account requirement. The macOS app has no usage analytics.

Read the privacy policy for the specifics.

Make your next screenshot the finished answer.

Everything above is included for $14.99, one time. Available now for macOS 14 and later.

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