| Price from | $5/mo | $8.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 9 |
| Spec score · Screen Capture Software | 8.8 (#3) | 7.7 (#35) |
| Spec score · Screenshot Annotation Software | 8.6 (#5) | 8.2 (#24) |
| Annotation | Its editor supports arrows, shapes, text, numbers, highlighters, freehand drawing, focus, blur, crop, and image backgrounds. | Image annotation includes shapes, arrows, pencil, marker pen, text, mosaic, Gaussian blur, eraser, and undo and redo. |
| 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. | The privacy policy says screenshots and images processed by Snipaste remain on the local device and that Snipaste does not otherwise collect or store personal data. |
| Purpose | ApexShot is an open-source Linux app for capturing screenshots, annotating images, recording the screen, extracting text with OCR, and detecting QR codes. | Snipaste is a snipping tool that can pin screenshots back onto the screen as floating windows. |
| Support | The download page directs users to Discord for installation help, bug reports, and feature requests, and also links to GitHub issues. | The site directs users to Getting Started and Troubleshooting guides, GitHub issues for bugs and suggestions, and a Telegram group for discussion. |
