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Superscreen vs CleanShot X.

The best screenshot app on the Mac, with recording attached. Quick captures, quick annotations, quick links.

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About $29 once, cloud extra

Matches 4 of 16 features

The honest read

Where CleanShot X is the better answer, and where it is not.

What CleanShot X does well

Screenshots, scrolling capture and annotation are excellent and instant.
One payment for the app, with a cloud add-on only if you want the links.
It stays out of the way and starts capturing before you have finished thinking about it.

Where it runs out of road

Video is the second job. There is no timeline, no camera bubble and no captions.
Editing a recording means trimming it and little else.
No assets, no keystroke overlay, no cursor-following zoom.

Keep CleanShot X for stills — nothing here replaces it. When the capture is a video rather than a picture, Superscreen picks up where it stops: camera, audio tracks, a timeline, captions and exports.

Feature by feature

The whole list, both ways.

Every row opens that feature in full, with the panel that shows it running.

Every Superscreen feature, against CleanShot X
Feature	Superscreen	CleanShot X
CountdownThree seconds before the first frame	Included	Included
Frame rateSixty for motion, thirty for size	Included	Partly
QualityHalf the file, the same picture	Included	Partly
CursorKeep the pointer in or out	Included	Included
Click highlightsA ring blooms at every click	Included	Included
Camera bubbleA round camera in any corner	Included	Not included
AudioYour voice and the Mac, separately	Included	Partly
Trim and cutTrim the ends, cut the middle	Included	Partly
AssetsDrop in sounds, images and screens	Included	Not included
CaptionsSubtitles written on the device	Included	Not included
KeystrokesShortcuts drawn as real keycaps	Included	Not included
Export formatsExport .mov, .mp4, .webm or .gif	Included	Partly
PerformanceA few percent of one core	Included	Included
File namesTemplates that sort recordings for you	Included	Partly
Cursor zoomZoom that follows the cursor	Included	Not included
ProjectsEvery recording in one library	Included	Partly

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Checked August 2026. Prices and features move — worth a look at the source before you decide.