microShot by microAI

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Beautiful screenshots, in an instant.

microShot is a screenshot & screen recording app for macOS. Capture, annotate, polish and share — in one tool.

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Free for 14 days · No card required · macOS 15+ · Apple silicon

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75% Drag to share

LineLINE

Presets0 items

Line

Round caps

Thickness3px

Wave0px

ColorSolid

Pin — keep thickness

Endpoints

Start / End

01 SHAKE MENU

Shake your mouse. Reach everything.

Wiggle the mouse left and right, and a liquid arc menu blooms right at your cursor. Area, window, full screen, scrolling capture, self-timer, recording, GIF and OCR — one click each. No shortcuts to memorize.

GIF

Starting area capture…

Try shaking your mouse inside this frame

Prefer keys? Every action also has a customizable shortcut.

02ANNOTATE & DESIGN

Screenshots that look designed.

Arrows, shapes, callouts, numbered steps, spotlight and mosaic — plus gradient backgrounds, rounded corners with shadow, and icons (Lucide / SF Symbols). Save the styles you use as presets.

1 Saved as preset

Remove background

Local AI · works offline

03AI TOOLS

One-click background removal. All local.

Built-in local AI removes backgrounds in one click, with dedicated models for people and illustrations. AI image generation and upscaling included — no stock hunting. Your images never leave your Mac.

043D DEVICE FRAMES

Drop it into a real device — in 3D.

Mount screenshots into 3D models of iPhone 17 Pro, iPad and MacBook, and rotate to any angle. App Store shots and promo art, in seconds.

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iPhone 17 Pro iPad MacBook

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05RECORD & EDIT

Record, then edit — one app.

Area recording (H.264 / 24·30·60 FPS), GIF, click highlights and keystroke display. Afterwards: trim, keyframes, transitions and volume envelopes in the timeline editor.

06AI AGENTS · MCP

“Sum up what to improve on this banner.” Ask an AI.

A built-in MCP server lets AI agents like Claude drive every microShot feature. App Intents support brings Shortcuts, Siri and Spotlight along. Automate the whole screenshot workflow.

Sum up what to improve on this banner

microShot · annotate

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Summarized 3 improvement points

Every feature

Capture to share — it is all in the box.

Capture

Area / full screen / window (even behind others) / last area

Scrolling capture (auto-scroll + stitch)

Self-timer, screen freeze, cursor on/off

Shake menu and shortcuts, side by side

After capture

Quick-access overlay (stacks on burst shots)

Pin to screen

History of 30 captures with subfolders

Drag & drop to Finder / Slack, share sheet

Annotate & design

Arrows, shapes, pen, callouts, steps, spotlight, loupe, mosaic

Icon browser (Lucide / SF Symbols), text on path, halftone

Backgrounds: gradient / mesh / pattern + padding, radius, shadow

Multi-select, align, group, 100-step undo, style presets

PNG / JPG / PDF, Retina resolution, re-editable format

Background removal (general + people / illustration models)

AI image generation

Upscaling

All on-device, works offline

Record & edit

Area recording H.264 (24 / 30 / 60 FPS), GIF

Mic / system audio, click highlights, keystrokes

Timeline editing: trim, keyframes, transitions

Fades, volume envelopes, GIF / video export

OCR

Select an area → extract text

Japanese / English / Chinese / Korean

Automatic link detection

Optional line-break preservation

Integrations & more

Built-in MCP server (AI agents drive every feature)

App Intents (Shortcuts / Siri / Spotlight)

Cloud saving + multi-Mac sync (microAI account)

Hide desktop icons, filename templates, launch at login

Simple pricing

Every feature, free for 14 days — no card required.

Yearly Recommended

$60 / year

Always the latest version while subscribed — every feature, plus 1 TB cloud storage.

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One-time

$49 once

Yours forever, plus one year of updates. Cloud storage stays at the free 1 GB.

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Your license key is available from the link in the purchase email; one license activates several Macs. Checkout via Merchant of Record, taxes included.

Frequently asked questions

No. Just download and use every feature for 14 days. Nothing is charged when it ends.

For personal use, activate the Macs you own. Switching machines? Deactivate and move the license anytime.

macOS 15 or later, Apple silicon. A light native app that lives in the menu bar.

Your next screenshot, ready to show.

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Free for 14 days · No card required · macOS 15+ · Apple silicon