ScreenFloat
Shares rank 6 of 8 screenshot tools by recommenders
A Mac app for floating screenshots above other windows, with many power features that stay out of the way until needed. No recurring complaints appear in the quotes.
A Mac app for floating screenshots above other windows, with many power features that stay out of the way until needed. No recurring complaints appear in the quotes.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Power features stay out of the way
“endless power user features that mostly sit elegantly out of the way until you need them”
Comment from 5 Aug 2026 in “"Gravity is worth asking about."” Comparing GUI settings across screens
“I use ScreenFloat in a similar way to catch differences between GUI settings”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “LiftKit – UI where "everything derives from the golden ratio"”
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flameshot | 44 | 19 | 70% | 4 | 5 yrs6 owners | Approved |
| KDE Spectacle | 21 | 7 | 75% | 8 | — | Approved |
| ShareX | 10 | 2 | 83% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Windows Snipping Tool | 7 | 13 | 35% | 5 | — | — |
| ScreenFloatThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“So happy you like my app!”
“endless power user features that mostly sit elegantly out of the way until you need them”
“I use ScreenFloat in a similar way to catch differences between GUI settings”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.