macOS · Capture, Annotate & Stitch

Capture, annotate, stitch — in one place

NovaSnap lives in your menu bar: region / window / fullscreen capture, scrolling stitches, screen recording, annotation & redaction, and OCR — all processed locally. Native Swift, offline, private, and fast.

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macOS 14+ · Native on Apple Silicon & Intel · No account, no uploads

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Core features

Every feature is polished until it feels effortless.

Pixel-perfect region capture

Drag to capture with a live size badge. An 8× magnifier snaps you to pixel edges, arrow keys nudge pixel-by-pixel, number keys 1–9 lock aspect ratios, ⌘1–⌘9 memorize 9 favorite sizes, and D restores your last region.

8× magnifier with live size & position badge
Nudge pixel-by-pixel with arrow keys, ×10 with Shift
Repeat last region (⌥X), capture window under cursor (⌥G)

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Every capture mode

Hover a window to highlight it and click to capture; full screen, freeform, multi-display. Scrolling capture has two entries — whole-window auto-scroll or a free region — stitched frame by frame with Vision alignment. Clipboard images and local files open straight into the editor.

Window capture with optional shadow
Scrolling capture: window mode + free region mode
Native apps scroll automatically; on the web you scroll, stitching is still automatic

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Pro annotation editor

17 tools at hand: rectangle, ellipse, line, arrow, pen, text, mosaic, numbered steps, stickers… The property panel adapts to each tool, with 12 arrow line styles × 11 arrowheads and per-tool memory of your preferences.

4 mosaic styles + Gaussian/motion blur, feathered edges
Three highlight modes: rectangle / pen highlighter / spotlight
Layer panel, undo/redo, and a customizable toolbar

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Text with document-grade typography

Any font, three weights, italic. Three artistic effects: shadow, gradient fill and stroke outline. Text background, underline, strikethrough, letter spacing, line height and paragraph alignment — fixed box width or auto-fit, plus rotation and opacity.

Artistic text: shadow / gradient / outline, scaled with font size
Line height, letter spacing and left/center/right alignment work like your word processor
Every property is remembered across sessions — set once, always right

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Pin to screen, managed

Pin any capture on your desktop, always on top: drag, 8-way resize, scroll to zoom from center, adjust opacity, rotate freely. After a reboot, every pin comes back exactly where you left it.

Pin manager window: thumbnail list with an info panel
Re-annotate any pin in the editor
Right-click to copy / save / share / reorder

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Time Axis: your capture archive

Every screenshot and recording lands in the Time Axis automatically — one chronological list with segments. Drag in images to archive, and re-process any past entry: reannotate, recolor, re-OCR, re-translate, re-export.

Screenshots + recordings in one place
Five re-actions: reannotate / recolor / re-OCR / re-translate / re-export
Storage quota with auto-cleanup; export the timeline as JSON backup

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Recording, from capture to cut

Fullscreen, region, window or a secondary display — H.264 / HEVC encoding, 15–60 fps, four bitrate tiers. Mix system audio with your mic, overlay a camera PiP, visualize clicks and keystrokes, watermark every frame; then trim, crop and export.

MP4 output + GIF export; presets switch tutorial/demo setups in one click
Countdown, Schedule Stop, pause & resume — no need to babysit the recording
One recording library to manage it all, with one-click repair of broken files

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Full-screen color picker

Crosshair, color ring and a live value preview — click to pick. Copy HEX directly, or define a custom copy template with _R _G _B placeholders to emit any format you like.

In-capture loupe plus an eyedropper inside the editor
Custom templates work everywhere
Instant feedback on copy

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Customize everything

Seven settings sections: General, Recording, Shortcuts, Storage, Watermark, Time Axis and About. Appearance follows the system or your choice, accent color and palettes are yours, toolbar buttons reorder freely — every detail obeys.

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And more

OCR

On-device Vision recognition, copyable and searchable

Offline translation

System Translation framework, macOS 15+

novasnap CLI

novasnap capture for scripts and automation

Shortcuts actions

Region Capture / Start Recording via App Intents

22 rebindable shortcuts

Per-action remap with live conflict detection

Sequence number styles

3 numeral formats × 5 shapes, one consistent look

Sticker library

Built-in SF Symbol catalog + custom stickers

7 export formats

PNG / JPG / PDF / GIF / TIFF / HEIC / AVIF

24 watermark presets

Outline / shadow / 3D / gradient — shots and recordings

Filename templates

Compose with {date} {time} {n}

Library repair

One-click re-index of damaged files

12 languages

中文 / English / 日本語 …

Coming soon

Delayed capture, AI eraser, auto-highlight and device frames are in final development — stay tuned.

FAQ

Which macOS versions are supported?

macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) and later, natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel.

Are my screenshots uploaded to the cloud?

Never. Capture, recording, OCR and translation all run locally. There are no accounts — no sign-in, no uploads, no analytics, no tracking.

What formats can captures and recordings be exported to?

Screenshots export to PNG / JPG / PDF / GIF / TIFF / HEIC / AVIF. Recordings output MP4 (H.264 or HEVC), plus GIF export with selectable frame rate and width.

Is there a CLI or Shortcuts support?

Both. Run novasnap capture in a terminal to take a region / fullscreen / window shot and get the file path back — perfect for scripts and automation. App Intents also expose Region Capture and Start Recording to the Shortcuts app.

What does translation require?

Translation uses the system Translation framework (offline models) and appears automatically on macOS 15+. On macOS 14, OCR works fully — only the translate entry is hidden.

How do I report a bug or suggest a feature?

Head to the feedback page — you can attach screenshots or a recording. We reply within a few business days to the email you leave.

Is there a Windows / iOS version?

Not yet. We're planning more platforms — tell us what you'd most like to see on the feedback page.

Recent updates

v1.0.0

October 24, 2026

First public release: pixel-perfect region capture, window / window-under-cursor / fullscreen / freeform capture
Scrolling capture: window and free-region modes with automatic stitching
Annotation editor: 17 tools, 12 arrow line styles × 11 arrowheads, document-grade text typography
Recording: fullscreen / region / window / secondary display, MP4 output & GIF export, camera PiP, Schedule Stop
Built-in color picker (RGB / HEX / custom templates), OCR & offline translation (macOS 15+)
Pins with Pin Manager, the Time Axis archive, and the novasnap command line

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Stay one step ahead, every capture

Capture, annotate, stitch — one menu bar app does it all.

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