Bingsu vs Shottr
Shottr is a fast Mac screenshot app, free for personal use, with a paid license for work; it does not record video. Bingsu is free for any use, takes screenshots and scrolling pictures with markup, and also records your screen with camera and sound. Pick Shottr for text recognition, a pixel ruler and a colour picker.
Last updated October 2026
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Shottr is a small, fast screenshot app for Mac with scrolling capture, text recognition and measuring tools; it does not record video. Every claim about Shottr links to the page that says so.
| Topic | Bingsu | Shottr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, for any use. | Free for personal use; a paid license is needed for commercial use. Source |
| Screenshots | A screen, window, app or area, copied and saved; scrolling pictures; markup. | Area, window and fullscreen; scrolling capture; annotation, blur and pixelation. Source |
| Tools for designers | None. | A screen ruler, a colour picker and text recognition. Source |
| Recording video | Yes: window, app, display or area, with camera and up to 8 microphones. | No: Shottr only takes screenshots. Source |
| AI agents | 17 MCP tools: an agent takes screenshots and records after you allow it once. | URL scheme deeplinks for scripts. Source |
When Shottr is the better pick
- You measure pixels and pick colours from screenshots.
- You copy text out of screenshots.
- You only take screenshots and want the smallest app for it.
Moving to Bingsu
On a Mac, download Bingsu and choose Take Picture or Take Scrolling Picture. In Chrome, Bingsu for Chrome takes the visible part, an area or the full page.
Shottr’s details were checked in October 2026. Something out of date? Write to hello@bingsustudio.com.
Questions
Can Bingsu take scrolling screenshots on a Mac?
Yes. Take Scrolling Picture: pick a window, app or area, scroll, and press Done. Bingsu joins the frames into one tall picture, copies it and saves it.
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Next time, show it.
Record it once and send a link. Or let your agent do the recording.