CleanShot X
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Nov 5, 2025first mention
Aug 10, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use CleanShot X and it was a one-time $30 payment and has a lot of great features I benefit from.”
“CleanShotX's tools are about 1 billion times faster/easier to use.”
Caveats and dissent
“I got tired of paying for cleanshotx”
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All comments 5
“I got tired of paying for cleanshotx”
“i've build screenshot tool to replace shottr and paid license to cleanshot x”
> I can’t reimplement it in $30 of tokens or $30 of my time. Probably not. I also paid for FreeFileSync (the donation version) instead of rolling my own local backups (across drives), as well as MobaXTerm because I really like their UI/UX and so on. Software that others have developed and supported for multiple years, which has been already tested by a lot of folks thoroughly across their usecases is probably a good
“I use CleanShot X and it was a one-time $30 payment and has a lot of great features I benefit from.”
“CleanShotX's tools are about 1 billion times faster/easier to use.”