Screen Snipe vs ScreenAI
Screen Snipe
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| Figure | Screen Snipe | ScreenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $7/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Screenshot Annotation Software | 7.6 (#56) | 8.5 (#11) |
| Export formats | PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PDF | PNG, JPEG, PDF, animated GIF |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Privacy | The maker says the app has no data collection, analytics, tracking, or network connections, and captures stay on the Mac unless shared through iCloud. | The site says data stays between the user and their AI, with no middleman server or telemetry, and describes the product as open source and auditable. |
| Purpose | Screen Snipe is a native macOS app for capturing, annotating, and organizing screenshots, screen recordings, and series of stills. | ScreenAI combines screen capture, annotation, and AI questions about captured content in one workflow. |
| Redaction tools | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The maker lists [email protected] for privacy policy questions and invites users to file issues or contribute on GitHub. | The site links users to GitHub to report a bug. |
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In their own words
Screen Snipe
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ScreenAI
ScreenAI brings screen capture, annotation, and AI questions about captured content into one desktop workflow. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and can capture regions, full screens, windows, freeform selections, or scrolling content. Timed delay and a precision magnifier are available during capture. Annotation tools include drawing, arrows, shapes, text, step numbering, highlighting, blur, crop, and eraser. ScreenAI extracts text from captures and can mask emails, numbers, and IP addresses. AI options include Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini, Mistral, Grok, and Ollama, with model switching, Best Answer mode, web search, and persistent memory. Captures are saved and OCR-indexed automatically; users can chain, batch process, pin, or send them to AI together. Exports include PNG, JPEG, PDF, and animated GIF. The site describes the app as open source under AGPL and says data stays between the user and their AI, without a middleman server or telemetry. The free plan allows 10 AI requests per day; Premium costs $7 a month and includes unlimited requests.