ScreenAI vs Shotback
ScreenAI
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| Figure | ScreenAI | Shotback |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Screenshot Annotation Software | 8.5 (#11) | 6.6 (#76) |
| Annotations | Annotation tools include pencil, arrows, shapes, text, step numbering, highlighting, blur, crop, and eraser. | Its annotation tools include boxes, arrows, text, highlights, freehand pen, redaction, and crop. |
| Capture modes | Capture regions, the full screen, windows, freeform selections, or scrolling content, with timed delay and a precision magnifier. | It supports full-page captures, visible-area captures, and full-page captures after a three-second countdown. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License | The site identifies ScreenAI as open source under AGPL; the linked repository says AGPL-3.0 and notes commercial licensing is available by contacting [email protected]. | The repository identifies the project as MIT licensed. |
| Privacy | 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. | The maker says Shotback makes no network requests of its own and stores captures in the local browser profile unless the user exports them. |
| Purpose | ScreenAI combines screen capture, annotation, and AI questions about captured content in one workflow. | Shotback is a Chrome extension for screenshot review, annotation, and LLM-assisted visual feedback. |
Plans
In their own words
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.