Shottr
Shares rank 6 of 8 screenshot tools by recommenders
Recommended for built-in OCR, annotation and quality that people find better than Preview and alternatives. Critics note it is paid, closed source, and missing some features.
Recommended for built-in OCR, annotation and quality that people find better than Preview and alternatives. Critics note it is paid, closed source, and missing some features.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not 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.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
OCR copies text from screen
“Preview has tons of useful features like crop, annotations, color picker, ruler, OCR”
Comment from 19 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: EasyShot – macOS screenshot thumbnails that don't disappear after 5s” “allow me to OCR from whatever is on the screen and copy the text to clipboard”
Comment from 11 Nov 2025 in “I hate screenshots of text” Annotation and editing tools
“Preview has tons of useful features like crop, annotations, color picker, ruler, OCR”
Comment from 19 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: EasyShot – macOS screenshot thumbnails that don't disappear after 5s” “I use Shottr for annotation”
Comment from 29 Jan 2026 in “Flameshot” Better than alternatives overall
“the software is simply on a whole different level”
Comment from 29 Jan 2026 in “Flameshot” “objectively better than any available alternative”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Flameshot”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Missing features some users want
“added missing features that I wanted to have for years”
Comment from 1 Aug 2026 in “Software for One” “missing features in shottr”
Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)”
Other screenshot tools people recommend
The four most recommended other screenshot tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — |
| ShottrThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“missing features in shottr”
“added missing features that I wanted to have for years”
“Preview has tons of useful features like crop, annotations, color picker, ruler, OCR”
“objectively better than any available alternative”
“it's a black box you have to pay for. No source code available?”
“I use Shottr for annotation”
“the software is simply on a whole different level”
“allow me to OCR from whatever is on the screen and copy the text to clipboard”
“Saves me from first saving the file to open it in the native viewer”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.