| Price from | $5/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 0 |
| Spec score · Screenshot Annotation Software | 8.6 (#5) | 7.4 (#63) |
| Annotation | Its editor supports arrows, shapes, text, numbers, highlighters, freehand drawing, focus, blur, crop, and image backgrounds. | Annotation tools include pen, arrow, line, rectangle, ellipse, text, highlighter, blur, pixelate, counter, eraser, and eyedropper. |
| Browser extension | Yes | No |
| Export formats | PNG, JPEG | PNG (file-save command example); clipboard copy |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Privacy | The privacy policy says captures remain on the device unless users choose to share them, and that screenshots, recordings, clipboard content, keystrokes, and captured media are not collected. | Visual search uploads the selected region to a temporary public image host, and the README advises against using it for private or sensitive screenshots. |
| Purpose | ApexShot is an open-source Linux app for capturing screenshots, annotating images, recording the screen, extracting text with OCR, and detecting QR codes. | EShot is a native screenshot tool for Windows and Linux with annotation, OCR, visual search, uploads, pinned captures, GIF recording, and video capture. |
| Recording | Screen recordings can be saved as MP4 or GIF with optional audio, a countdown, and cursor capture. | EShot supports selected-region GIF recording and MP4 recording with configurable FPS, quality, duration, desktop audio, and microphone audio. |
| Support | The download page directs users to Discord for installation help, bug reports, and feature requests, and also links to GitHub issues. | The project directs users to GitHub Discussions for questions and feature requests and GitHub Issues for bug reports. |
| Supported systems | The download page lists Ubuntu 24.04+, Debian 12+, Arch Linux, and Fedora, with GNOME 45–50, Hyprland, and Fedora KDE Plasma Wayland listed for desktop compatibility. | The project lists stable support for Windows 10/11 x64, Windows 11 ARM64, KDE Plasma 6 Wayland on Linux, and GNOME Wayland, with GNOME less broadly tested. |
