Screen2Shot facts
Screen2Shot is a free Mac menu-bar app for area screenshots with markup and for screen recording with system audio. Every value below comes from the app's code or store records, with the date it was checked.
| Fact | Value | Where to check | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| capture shortcut (default) | ⇧⌘9 | In the app: Screen2Shot menu → Shortcut | |
| recording shortcut (default) | ⌥⇧⌘9 | In the app: Screen2Shot menu → Record Screen | |
| shortcut presets | ⇧⌘9, ⌃⇧9, ⌃⇧S, ⇧⌘2 | In the app: Screen2Shot menu → Shortcut | |
| Copy Text shortcut | ⇧⌘C | In the app: the toolbar under a selection | |
| annotation colours | 5 | In the app: the markup toolbar | |
| minimum macOS for screenshots | macOS 14 Sonoma | /download/ | |
| minimum macOS for recording | macOS 15 Sequoia | /download/ | |
| interface languages | 46 | In the app: System Settings → General → Language & Region → Applications | |
| App Store locales | 50 | The Mac App Store listing, once it is live | |
| free recording export | up to 1080p | In the app: Studio → Export | |
| PRO recording export | up to 4K | In the app: Studio → Export | |
| Recent Screenshots kept | 10 | In the app: Screen2Shot menu → Recent Screenshots | |
| recordings kept on the Mac | 5 | In the app: Screen2Shot menu → Recent Recordings | |
| PRO Monthly, Mac App Store | 6.99 USD/month | The Mac App Store listing, once it is live | |
| PRO Lifetime, Mac App Store | 99 USD once | The Mac App Store listing, once it is live | |
| PRO Monthly, Direct download | 5.99 USD/month | /pricing/ and the checkout page | |
| PRO Lifetime, Direct download | 79.99 USD once | /pricing/ and the checkout page | |
| Family Sharing | PRO Lifetime on the Mac App Store: on; PRO Monthly: off | The Mac App Store listing, once it is live | |
| Macs per Direct purchase | 1 (moves to another Mac) | /terms/ | |
| Direct refund window | 30 days | /refunds/ | |
| architecture | Apple silicon only | /download/ | |
| free recording | no time limit; a thin Screen2Shot strip at the bottom | In the app: a recording exported without PRO | |
| free screenshots | a thin Screen2Shot strip added under the picture (20 pt); PRO removes it | In the app: a screenshot copied without PRO | |
| first paywall | opens by itself after the 3rd screenshot, then at most once every 7 days after a screenshot (without PRO); PRO Monthly: the upgrade offer at most once every 30 days; PRO Lifetime: never | In the app, without PRO | |
| offline PRO validity (Direct) | 7 days | /terms/ |
What Screen2Shot does not do
- Scrolling (long-page) screenshots.
- GIF export.
- Cloud upload or share links. Nothing is uploaded.
- Reading QR codes from a camera or paper. Copy Text reads what is on your screen.
- Timeline editing, trimming, captions or webcam in Studio (on the roadmap, not built).
- Intel Macs. Screen2Shot runs on Apple silicon only.