| Price | $0 for 7 days, then $9.99/mo; or 24 hours free with no card; $399 once for lifetime | Free (open source) |
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| Runs on Mac | Yes (Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later) | No |
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| Runs on Linux | Yes (x64) | No |
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| Runs on Windows | Yes (Windows 10, 1809 or later, or 11; 64-bit) | Yes (Windows 10 or later, 64-bit) |
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| Phone and tablet apps | Yes (iPhone, iPad, Android), with auto-import of your phone's screenshots | No |
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| Region / window / full-screen capture | Yes | Yes |
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| Scrolling capture | Yes (Mac, Windows; Linux on an X11 desktop) | Yes |
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| Capture methods | Region, window, full screen, scrolling, a 3 or 5 second timer, recording | 14, including auto capture and GIF recording |
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| Screen recording | Yes — MP4 on Mac, Windows and Linux (X11) | Yes — MP4 or GIF, on Windows |
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| GIF recording | No | Yes |
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| Markup editor | 8 tools plus crop | 21 tools |
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| Copy text out of a screenshot (OCR) | Yes (on-device, on every app) | Yes (offline, Windows 10 or later) |
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| After-capture tasks and workflows | No workflows; each capture saves, copies and opens the editor | Yes (22 after-capture tasks) |
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| Custom upload destinations | No | Yes |
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| Synced private library | Yes — 2 GB, on every device and the web | No |
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| Cross-device clipboard | One way: Mac or Windows to the iPhone, iPad and Android apps | No |
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| Account | Required (a Bravely Account) | Not required |
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