ScreenAI vs Screenpresso

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.

Screenpresso captures screenshots and screen video, then provides tools to annotate captures and share instructions. It can capture a full screen, a region, or a window, and combine scrolling windows into one image. Video recording saves as MP4 and supports sound, webcam, automatic subtitles, and editing features. The built-in image editor includes cropping, effects, numbered steps, annotations, and AI image modification. Images and comments can be assembled into PDF, DOCX, or HTML documents. Other listed export formats include PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, WebP, JPEG XL, and WMV. Sharing destinations include Screenpresso Cloud, email clients, Google Drive, YouTube, OneDrive, OneNote, Dropbox, Linear, Imgur, Cloudinary, SFTP, and Amazon S3. The free plan includes image capture and HD video capture with branding; PRO adds OCR, the full editor, document generation, multiple workspaces, sharing features, and priority support. The listed desktop platform is Windows, with a browser extension also available. The download page lists Windows 11 and says macOS, iOS, and Android are not supported.