Verified on against each vendor’s own website. Prices in USD; taxes, regional prices and sales may differ.
| App | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| TinkerShotMac · coming soon | Free, with a small “Made with TinkerShot” mark. Lifetime Unlock: $4.99 once. | Styling only: backgrounds, Auto-match, padding, inset, radius, shadow, Balance, generic device frames, social sizes, presets, PNG export. No network access, no account. Pricing |
| CleanShot XMac | Basic: $35 once, with one year of updates; optional renewal $19/year.Pro: $10 per user/month, billed annually. Vendor pricing | Much broader: annotation, scrolling capture, OCR, screen recording and GIFs, a video editor, capture history, cloud sharing, and a background tool. |
| XnapperMac | Free to use with a watermark. Basic: $29.99 once for one Mac, with one year of updates.Larger device packs and a Team plan are listed. Vendor pricing | Screenshot beautifying with automatic balance and backgrounds, plus automatic redaction of sensitive text, OCR, annotation and capture history. |
| ShottrMac | Free to download and use; after 30 days it asks you to upgrade. Basic: $12 once. Friends Club: $30 once.A license is required for commercial use. Vendor pricing | Annotation, scrolling capture, OCR, background styling, pixel measurement, image overlays and a colour picker. |
| ShotsWeb | Free mockup tools are advertised.We could not find a paid-plan price on its website on 16 October 2026. Vendor site | Browser-based mockups with device templates, backgrounds, layouts, animation and video effects. |
When TinkerShot fits
You take a screenshot, want it to look clean, and want to paste it into a pull request, a doc or a post. You want that on your Mac, with no account and nothing uploaded.
When another app fits better
If you need annotation, OCR, scrolling capture, screen recording or capture history, TinkerShot doesn’t do those today; CleanShot X, Xnapper and Shottr do. For browser-based mockups and animation, Shots may suit you better.
This is a short overview, not a full feature list. Check each vendor’s site for current plans.