Comparison

CleanShot X or Screenshot?

Native macOS for occasional use. CleanShot X for daily professional use.

Tool A

CleanShot X

macOS screenshots pushed to the extreme: annotate, record, share in seconds.

Tool B

Screenshot

Competitor

Criterion by criterion

Criterion by criterion
Criterion	CleanShot X	Screenshot
In my stack	Yes	No, competitor
My rating	4.9 out of 5	No tool page on my site
What it does better	Replaces 4 to 5 tools in one (capture, annotation, gif, video, cloud) and does it better	Free, built into the system, no installation
What it does worse	Paid, no free plan or full trial version	Basic annotations, no scrolling capture, no cloud, no GIF
Entry price	Included in Setapp (~€9.99/month)	No tool page on my site
Plan I would pick	Setapp · ~€9.99/month (Setapp subscription)	No tool page on my site
Works with	macOS	No tool page on my site
Where the opinion comes from	Based on my CleanShot X review	Compared from my CleanShot X review

Verdict

Native macOS for occasional use. CleanShot X for daily professional use.

On Screenshot, written from my CleanShot X review