Zinxo vs Shottr
Shottr ($12) is the better pick if you only need fast, tiny, pixel-precise screenshots. Zinxo ($29 once) adds screen recording with a video editor, 3D device mockups, a background studio, an optional AI assistant and agent handoff.
Shottr is great for fast, tiny, pixel-precise screenshots on a budget. Here’s where Zinxo is different, and where Shottr is still the better pick.
Where Zinxo wins
- AI annotation and questions about the image
- Agent, Jira and Slack handoff
- Background studio with frames and aspect ratios
- Searchable history with AI captions
Where Shottr is better
- Lower price
- Very small and fast
- Pixel tools: ruler, color picker
Zinxo pricePro $29 one-time at launch (regular $39), 1 Mac, 1 year of updates, no subscriptionAI: an optional assistant, on-device or with your own key, plus an MCP server for your AI agent
Side by side
| Feature | Zinxo | Shottr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ||
| Individual price | $29 once (launch) | $12 once |
| Macs per license | 1 | 5 |
| Capture & edit | ||
| Area / window capture | ✓ | ✓ |
| Floating thumbnail + auto-copy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Background studio (wallpapers, frames, ratios) | ✓ | Partly |
| Curved / hand-drawn arrows | ✓ | Partly |
| Arrows & boxes that snap to UI elements | ✓ | — |
| Spotlight, magnifier, numbered steps | ✓ | Partly |
| Scrolling capture | ✓ | ✓ |
| Screen recording (MP4 / GIF) | ✓ | — |
| AI & agents | ||
| AI reads the screenshot and marks it up | ✓ | — |
| Mark up by typing what you want | ✓ | — |
| Ask questions about a screenshot | ✓ | — |
| Send to Claude Code / Codex / Cursor / cmux | ✓ | — |
| Screenshot → Jira / Linear issue | ✓ | — |
| Auto-redact emails, cards, API keys | ✓ | Partly |
| History searchable by on-screen text + AI captions | ✓ | — |
| Works in native apps, not just the browser | ✓ | ✓ |
Checked 2026-09-29 from Shottr’s own pricing and changelog pages. Many people run both: keep Shottr for what it does best.