# EasyShoot > EasyShoot is a free screenshot app for macOS 14 and later, on the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/easyshoot-screenshot-markup/id6829547113. It captures an area, a window or the full screen, lets you annotate the image and frame it on a clean background, and never uploads anything. The interface is in English, Arabic, French, Spanish and German. - Website: https://easyshoot.app/ - The same page in Arabic, French, Spanish and German: https://easyshoot.app/ar/, /fr/, /es/, /de/ - Sitemap: https://easyshoot.app/sitemap-index.xml - Full text of the user guide, guides and comparisons: https://easyshoot.app/llms-full.txt - Changelog: https://easyshoot.app/changelog/ - Support: https://easyshoot.app/support.html - Privacy policy: https://easyshoot.app/privacy.html - Author: Haytham A. Salama (https://haythamasalama.me) ## Features - Capture: area, window and fullscreen, each on a global shortcut you can record yourself. - Quick Access: a floating thumbnail after each capture to copy, save, annotate or drag into another app. - Annotations: arrows, lines, rectangles, diamonds, ellipses, text, numbered steps, pen and pixelate. Every mark stays editable, with four corner handles to resize it. Copy, cut, paste and duplicate marks with Command-C, X, V and D. - Style: every tool's settings live in the inspector's Style tab: Apple's six system colours with matching light fills, stroke width (thin, medium, bold or 1 to 30), solid, dashed or dotted strokes, a background (fill) for shapes and steps with an outline that can be hidden, a rounded-corners slider, a shadow slider, an angle (Shift snaps to 15°) and opacity. Arrows have a standard or swept head and bend by dragging their middle handle. - Pixelate: pixels or blur, with a strength. - Text looks: plain, background, soft, framed, outline, dark or custom; direction auto, left to right or right to left. - Selection: Command-A, Shift-click or a box dragged over empty canvas selects several marks to move, restyle or delete together. - Text: any font installed on the Mac, plus Google Fonts downloaded on demand. Arabic and Hebrew are written right-to-left with correct shaping. - Background: a Show background switch, then a wallpaper (the Mac's own desktop pictures, or EasyShoot's Waves and Gradients), a gradient or a colour, with background blur, padding, rounded corners, shadow, shadow opacity, aspect ratio and alignment. Each slider has a Reset. - Crop and resize: free or fixed ratios (1:1, 4:3, 16:9), resize by percent or to an exact width. - Presets: the list starts empty, with 12 starter looks to add in Settings › Presets. Save your own style and make it the default; without a default, each screenshot starts with the last settings. - Export: PNG, JPEG, HEIC or TIFF; copy with Shift-Command-C, save with Command-S. - Zoom: the − and + buttons in the corner of the canvas, or Command-Plus and Command-Minus. - Editor keys: A arrow, L line, R rectangle, O ellipse, T text, N numbered step, D diamond, P pen, B pixelate, C crop, V select. - Look: native SwiftUI and AppKit, light and dark, Liquid Glass on macOS 26. - Privacy: no account, no cloud, no analytics. The app only goes online to download a Google font you pick and to check the App Store for a newer version. ## Default shortcuts - Capture area: Option-Shift-Command-4 - Capture window: Option-Shift-Command-5 - Capture fullscreen: Option-Shift-Command-3 - Annotate the clipboard image: Option-Shift-Command-7 ## Install 1. Get EasyShoot from the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/easyshoot-screenshot-markup/id6829547113 2. The Welcome window takes three steps: allow Screen Recording, choose where screenshots are saved, and you're ready. EasyShoot lives in the menu bar. 3. Updates come from the App Store. ## User guide One page per topic, in English, Arabic, French, Spanish and German: https://easyshoot.app/docs/ - [Getting started](https://easyshoot.app/docs/getting-started/): Install, allow screen capture and take your first screenshot. - [Capture](https://easyshoot.app/docs/capture/): Area, window, full screen, or an image you already have. - [Quick Access](https://easyshoot.app/docs/quick-access/): What happens right after a capture. - [Mark up](https://easyshoot.app/docs/mark-up/): Arrows, shapes, numbered steps, text and pen. - [Styles](https://easyshoot.app/docs/styles/): Fill, stroke, corners, shadow, angle and opacity. - [Hide private details](https://easyshoot.app/docs/hide-details/): Pixelate or blur emails, names and card numbers. - [Text](https://easyshoot.app/docs/text/): Any font, seven looks, and right-to-left text. - [Background and crop](https://easyshoot.app/docs/background-and-crop/): Frame a shot, crop it and resize it. - [Presets](https://easyshoot.app/docs/presets/): Start from a ready look, or save your own. - [Export and share](https://easyshoot.app/docs/export/): Copy, save, formats and size. - [Keyboard shortcuts](https://easyshoot.app/docs/shortcuts/): Every key in one place. - [Settings](https://easyshoot.app/docs/settings/): General, Shortcuts, Presets, Permissions and About. - [Privacy](https://easyshoot.app/docs/privacy/): What stays on your Mac, and when the app goes online. ## Guides - [How to blur part of a screenshot on a Mac](https://easyshoot.app/guides/blur-screenshot-mac/) - [How to add arrows and numbered steps to a screenshot on a Mac](https://easyshoot.app/guides/annotate-screenshot-mac/) - [How to write Arabic on a screenshot on a Mac](https://easyshoot.app/guides/arabic-text-screenshot-mac/) ## Comparisons Honest comparisons with facts read from each product's official pages on 1 November 2026. - [EasyShoot as a CleanShot X alternative](https://easyshoot.app/compare/cleanshot-x-alternative/) - [EasyShoot as a Shottr alternative](https://easyshoot.app/compare/shottr-alternative/) - [EasyShoot as a Snagit alternative on Mac](https://easyshoot.app/compare/snagit-alternative/) - [EasyShoot as a Lightshot alternative on Mac](https://easyshoot.app/compare/lightshot-alternative/) - [EasyShoot vs the Mac's built-in Screenshot tool](https://easyshoot.app/compare/macos-screenshot-alternative/) - Press kit (icon, banner, descriptions, facts): https://easyshoot.app/press/ Every page also exists in Arabic, French, Spanish and German under /ar/, /fr/, /es/ and /de/. ## What EasyShoot does not do - No screen recording or GIF export. - No text recognition (OCR). - No cloud upload or share links. - Mac only (macOS 14 or later).