Best Awesome Screenshot Alternative

Last updated: October 23, 2026

Awesome Screenshot alternative: Awesome Screenshot captures and annotates screenshots, records your screen and shares through its online account. ScreenSnap, our free Chrome extension, is screenshots only, kept on your device: six capture modes including element and all tabs, a free editor with blur, OCR in 16 languages, and PDF export. Pick Awesome Screenshot if you need video or share links.

Awesome Screenshot (Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot, about 4 million Chrome users) combines a screen recorder with screenshot capture and annotation, plus an online account for sharing links and sending captures to Jira, Slack, Trello, Asana or GitHub. ScreenSnap does only screenshots, with nothing online.

ScreenSnapFree Chrome extension: six capture modes, an editor with blur, OCR and PDF export.See ScreenSnap

ScreenSnap vs Awesome Screenshot at a glance

Awesome Screenshot facts are taken from Awesome Screenshot’s own pages, checked in October 2026 (sources at the end of this page). Prices and limits change; check theirs before you decide.

Feature	Awesome Screenshot	OneClickPDF
Full page, region, visible area	✓	✓
Whole screen or a window	✓	✓
Element and all-tabs capture	Not listed	✓
Delayed capture	✓	Yes (and scheduled)
Annotate, crop, blur	✓	Yes, free
Save as PNG, JPG, PDF	✓	✓
OCR (copy text)	Not listed	16 languages
Screen recording	Yes (local or cloud)	No
Share links and integrations	Yes (account)	No

When to pick Awesome Screenshot instead

→You record your screen, camera or voice: ScreenSnap doesn't record video.
→You share captures as links or send them to Jira, Slack, Trello, Asana or GitHub.

Why people look for a Awesome Screenshot alternative

✗Sharing works through an Awesome Screenshot account and its cloud.
✗Its store listing says it handles website content (see its privacy policy).

What ScreenSnap does differently

✓Element capture and all-tabs capture (a ZIP of images or one PDF), alongside visible, full page, region and whole screen.
✓OCR in 16 languages, with table detection and CSV export.
✓Screenshots stay on your device: no account, no cloud.
✓Free, no paid tier.

Awesome Screenshot is a recorder and screenshot tool built around sharing: capture, annotate, then send a link or post to your team's tools from its online account. That's useful for bug reports and tutorials, especially with video.

ScreenSnap is narrower and keeps everything on your device. It captures the visible tab, the full page, a region, a single element, the whole screen or every tab, opens a free editor with blur and redaction, reads text with OCR, and saves PNG, JPG or PDF to your computer. There's no account and no cloud. It does send anonymous usage stats, which you can switch off.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there an Awesome Screenshot alternative without an account?

Yes. ScreenSnap needs no account: install it and capture. Screenshots are saved to your device, not to a cloud account.

Does ScreenSnap record video?

No. ScreenSnap does screenshots only (six capture modes, an editor, OCR and PDF export). For screen recording, Awesome Screenshot or another recorder is the right tool.

Are my screenshots uploaded?

Not with ScreenSnap. Screenshots are captured and edited in your browser and saved to your device; they aren't uploaded. The editor and OCR open as a page of oneclickpdf.net, so they need a connection. ScreenSnap sends anonymous usage stats to Google Analytics (which features are used, never screenshots or page content), on by default; you can switch them off in the popup.

Can ScreenSnap copy text from a screenshot?

Yes. OCR in the editor reads text in 16 languages; you can copy it or save it as TXT, PDF or CSV (for tables).

Sources for the Awesome Screenshot facts

Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot on the Chrome Web Store (checked October 2026)

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