Use case · for Skitch refugees
Skitch is gone. PrintScreen.ly is built in the same fast capture-and-annotate spirit, still actively shipped, and cross-platform — not a pixel-for-pixel clone, and we say so up front.
Mac · Windows · web · 7-day free trial · $9.99/mo or $399 lifetime
Skitch is gone, and you're still looking for a Skitch replacement — which tells you everything about how good the original idea was: capture something, drop an arrow and a few words on it, done, free. The reason no perfect replacement exists is that Evernote discontinued Skitch; nothing is a pixel-for-pixel clone, including PrintScreen.ly, and we'd rather say that up front than oversell.
It wasn't a feature list. It was the feel: instant capture, an obvious set of annotation tools (arrow, box, text, blur), and zero ceremony. PrintScreen.ly is built in that lineage and — critically — it's still actively maintained, so it won't quietly stop working after an OS update the way an abandoned app eventually does. It isn't free like Skitch was; it's a paid, supported tool you can try free for 7 days.
The capture-and-annotate feel, modernized
Region/window/scrolling/fullscreen capture, then an editor with 8 tools (pen, highlighter, arrow, rectangle, ellipse, text, blur/redact) plus non-destructive crop and unlimited undo. The “slap an arrow on it” workflow Skitch users want, current and supported.
Try it free for 7 days
Capture, mark up, save locally, copy to clipboard — the full app on Mac and Windows, free for 7 days — credit card required. After that it's $9.99/mo, $95.99/yr, or a $399 lifetime.
It follows you off the Mac
Skitch was Mac and old iOS. PrintScreen.ly runs on Windows and the web too, with a mobile companion (soft-launch).
An optional private library
Your annotated shots sync to one private place across devices, included in the same purchase — $9.99/mo, $95.99/yr, or a $399 lifetime.
It is not a 1:1 Skitch clone
The UI, gestures, and exact behaviors are different. If your requirement is literally “Skitch, unchanged,” no successor — ours included — will satisfy that, and we won't pretend otherwise.
No screen recording or GIF
Skitch didn't do these either, but for completeness: PrintScreen.ly is a still-screenshot tool. It does include on-device text grab (OCR), which Skitch never had.
The synced library 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
Not a separately marketed standalone purchase surface — the license is purchased on Mac, Windows, or web and unlocks every device.
The person who misses what Skitch did — fast, clean, low-ceremony capture and annotation — and wants a tool that's maintained and cross-platform, with a 7-day free trial to try that core job. If instead you only want the exact old Skitch and nothing else, no replacement will feel right, and that's an honest thing to know before you switch.
Maintained, cross-platform capture and annotation with a synced library. 7-day free trial, then $9.99/mo or $399 once.
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