Use case · buy once, keep it
The category went subscription. PrintScreen.ly still offers a real lifetime: pay $399 once and own it — across Mac, Windows, and web — with a 7-day free trial to start.
Mac · Windows · web · 7-day free trial · $9.99/mo, $95.99/yr, or $399 lifetime
If you're searching for a screenshot tool with a lifetime license, you've probably noticed the trend: the category went subscription. Snagit removed its perpetual license and went subscription-only. CleanShot X sells a one-time app license but puts unlimited cloud behind a monthly plan. Zight, Jumpshare, Droplr, and Gyazo Pro are all recurring. The free, simple tools either don't sync across your devices or upload everything to a public-style host. So a reasonable question — “can I just buy a good screenshot tool once?” — has gotten surprisingly hard to answer.
PrintScreen.ly answers it: $399, one time, forever — and it unlocks 9 other Bravely utilities too.
It means you pay $399 once and the whole app — including the synced cross-device library — is yours, no renewal, no “renew to keep getting updates,” no per-seat math, and it unlocks 9 other Bravely utilities. There's also a $9.99/month and a $95.99/year option if you'd rather not pay upfront, but the lifetime is the headline and the reason most people land on this page.
You can try the whole thing free for 7 days before you decide. On Mac and Windows, region/window/scrolling/ fullscreen capture, the full 8-tool markup editor (pen, highlighter, arrow, shapes, text, blur/redact, crop, unlimited undo), on-device text grab (OCR), local save, clipboard copy, plus the cross-device layer (cloud upload, a synced web library, shareable links, and cross-device clipboard) are all included.
Ex-perpetual refugees
People who bought a screenshot tool years ago, fully expecting to own it, and got moved onto a subscription. The frustration is real, and a one-time $399 (that also unlocks 9 other Bravely apps) means never renewing again.
People who use more than one computer
A lifetime license that spans Mac, Windows, and a web library is more useful than a single-OS one-time purchase.
People who hate subscription creep
If you're consolidating recurring software costs, a buy-once screenshot tool is an easy win.
A lifetime license is a real advantage, but it doesn't make PrintScreen.ly better at everything, so here's the honest part:
No screen recording or GIF
PrintScreen.ly is a still-screenshot tool. If you need video or animated GIFs, tools like Snagit, CleanShot X, Zight, or Jumpshare do that and we don't.
No beautification
No gradient backgrounds, device frames, or auto-padding. Xnapper owns that; we don't compete there.
The synced storage is a fixed 2 GB
It's enough for a large personal screenshot history, but it's a real, advertised cap — not unlimited.
Mobile is a companion soft-launch
iOS and Android clients exist and honor the same account, but they're not a separately marketed standalone purchase surface — the lifetime is purchased on Mac, Windows, or web.
If your needs are “capture a region, annotate it clearly, keep a private history that's on every machine I own, and never think about a renewal again,” a lifetime screenshot license is exactly the right purchase — and there are very few left in the category. PrintScreen.ly is one of them. Try it free for 7 days, then pay the one-time $399 (which also unlocks 9 other Bravely apps) and never think about a renewal again.
Complete capture, markup, and a synced cross-device library on Mac, Windows, and web. $399 once — no renewal — or $9.99/mo after a 7-day free trial.
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