ScreenFlowy Snap or Snipaste: which should you choose?

Snipaste is a cross-platform tool for taking screenshots and pinning them to the screen. It’s free for personal use, but features such as text recognition, rounded corners, shadow borders and fixed-ratio capture need the Pro version (from $8.99), and its official site says scrolling capture is still in development. ScreenFlowy Snap is completely free, with every feature ready to use: scrolling capture, wallpaper backgrounds, rounded corners and shadows, social media sizes, automatic redaction and text recognition all cost nothing. If you want a free, full-featured screenshot tool on the Mac, choose Snap; if you need the same tool on Windows and Linux too, you can choose Snipaste.

Facts checked on 8 October 2026 · Each app’s official site has the final word on prices and features

Choose ScreenFlowy Snap if you…

Want every feature free, with nothing to pay for text recognition, rounded corners or shadows
Need scrolling capture to grab a whole web page in one image
Share as soon as you capture, and want the wallpaper background, corners and shadow set for you
Often capture email addresses, phone numbers or keys, and want them redacted automatically

Side by side

	ScreenFlowy Snap	Snipaste
Price	Completely free, no in-app purchases	Free for personal use; Pro is $8.99 for one device, $19.99 for three; company use of 2.x requires a purchase
Platforms	Mac	Windows, Mac and Linux
Interface languages	15 languages	Multiple languages
Account	No account, never goes online	No account
Scrolling capture	Yes; scroll yourself or click Scroll down	Not yet; their site says it’s in development
Background, padding, corners, shadow	Set as you capture; save as presets	Rounded corners and shadow borders need Pro
Fixed ratios and social media sizes	Square, portrait and landscape ratios, plus sizes for popular social networks	Fixed-ratio capture needs Pro
Markup	Boxes, arrows, pen, text, step numbers, spotlight, magnifier	Yes
Manual redaction	Pixelate, blur, solid block	Mosaic, blur
Automatic redaction of sensitive details	Email addresses, links, phone numbers, ID and card numbers, keys and more	Not mentioned on their site
Text recognition (OCR)	Free, on your Mac	Pro feature
Watermark with your name	Yes, in words you choose	Not mentioned on their site

✓ means supported, — means not available, and a half circle means partly. “Not mentioned on their site” only means their official site doesn’t say so; the app may still have the feature.

Price: all free, or unlocked with Pro

ScreenFlowy Snap is completely free: no in-app purchases, and every feature ready to use.

Snipaste is free for personal use; text recognition, rounded corners, shadow borders, fixed-ratio capture, active-window capture and more need the Pro version, which for the cross-platform desktop app is $8.99 for one device or $19.99 for three. Companies using Snipaste 2.x need to buy Pro or a commercial licence.

Features: Snap adds scrolling capture and styling

Snap takes scrolling captures, turning a whole web page or a long chat into one tall image. When a shot opens, its wallpaper background, rounded corners and shadow are already set, ratios and popular social media sizes switch in one click, and Snap can find and cover email addresses, phone numbers, ID and card numbers, and all kinds of keys automatically. Snipaste’s official site says scrolling capture is still in development.

Privacy

Snap never goes online: capture, text recognition, redaction and export all happen on your Mac, with no account to sign up for.

Common questions

Can ScreenFlowy Snap replace Snipaste?

On the Mac, yes: it has screenshots, markup, redaction and text recognition, plus scrolling capture, wallpaper backgrounds and automatic redaction, and every feature is free.

Is Snap really completely free?

Yes. There are no in-app purchases and no account to sign up for, it never goes online, and every feature is ready to use.

How much does Snipaste cost?

It’s free for personal use; Pro for the cross-platform desktop app is $8.99 for one device or $19.99 for three. Check Snipaste’s official site for current prices.

Can Snipaste take scrolling screenshots?

Snipaste’s official site says scrolling capture is still in development. ScreenFlowy Snap already has it, stitching one tall image together as you scroll.

Sources

Snipaste is a trademark of its owner. ScreenFlowy Snap is not affiliated with Snipaste or its developer. This page is based on information published on both apps’ official sites, checked on 8 October 2026; prices and features may change, so the official sites have the final word. If you spot a mistake, please write to [email protected] and we’ll correct it as soon as we can.

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