Monosnap service is more than just a screenshot and video tool, cloud storage, or secure content management - it's a simplified workflow of your team.

What features make Monosnap stand out compared to other screenshot tools?

Monosnap is known for its powerful annotation tools, allowing users to draw shapes, add text, blur sensitive information, and even combine multiple screenshots into one. Its intuitive interface and versatility make it popular among professionals and casual users alike.

Why do we like Monosnap for taking screenshots?

  • You can use the blur tool to hide content in a screenshot
  • Save to your local drive or cloud storage for sharing screenshots
  • Seamless, programmable hotkey functionality
  • Pen and arrow tools to mark up screengrabs
  • It lets you record your screen in a small video, however, there are other apps such as OBS Studio, which are better suited for this and for streaming content

Does Monosnap support recording internal system audio?

By default, Monosnap records audio from the microphone. It does not support capturing internal system audio unless additional software (like a virtual audio device) is configured alongside it.

Is Monosnap free?

Yes, Monosnap is free for personal use which gives you all the tools to take screenshots and share them. There's also a paid version that adds more storage, team management, and unlimited video recording.

Does Monosnap include cloud storage on its free plan?

Monosnap free includes 2 GB of cloud storage to upload your screenshots.

What are other free apps to take screenshots for Windows?

There are tons of screenshots tools to choose from. Monosnap is among our favorites but you can also use the Snipping Tool that is built in Windows, also ShareX, PicPick and LightShot, all of them free.

Features

  • Capture full screen, just part of the screen, or a selected window
  • Make your crop area pixel perfect with our 8x magnifier
  • Customize screenshooting hotkeys
  • Highlight important details with pen, text, arrows and shapes
  • Hide private information with our blur tool
  • Login to get free cloud storage space
  • Upload your snapshot to our storage in one click
  • Or save it to your local folder and copy it to clipboard

What's New

Capture & Interface:

  • macOS 15 (Sequoia): Fixed critical issue where capture crosshair/magnifier disappeared behind system UI.
  • macOS 15 Window Titling: Resolved obscured/incorrectly hashed window titles during app capture.
  • macOS 14/15 Color Picker: Fixed bug where Cmd+C copied an invalid 8-character HEX (e.g., hashtag#0095FFFF). Now correctly copies 6-character HEX (hashtag#0095FF).
  • Hotkey Conflicts: Resolved global Shift+Esc interfering with capture cancellations.
  • Previous Area Capture: Now captures immediately instead of forcing a countdown.

Payments & Cloud:

  • StoreKit V2 Migration: Completely rewrote in-app purchase validation to use Apple's modern StoreKit 2 API, resolving false-positive subscription expirations and improving reliability of backend sync.
  • S3 Connections: Fixed crashes during Amazon S3 initialization.
  • S3 Auto-Detection: Added manual Region selection. Bypasses silent failures caused by strict AWS IAM policies that block auto-detection hints.
  • S3 Large Files: Added disk-fallback mechanism for video uploads to prevent memory corruption.

Stability:

  • Picasso Engine: Added memory safeguards to prevent crashes during image editing/UI clearing.
  • Apple Subscriptions: Fixed race conditions in receipt validation to stop false-positive expirations.
  • GIF Engine: Improved memory management to stop background processing crashes.