Sowiks: Screenshot & Recording

Sowiks is a fast, beautiful screenshot and screen recording tool for people who share visual context all day. Capture screen, mark it up, and share a secure link in seconds - all from your menu bar

CAPTURE SCREEN:
• Window capture with global hotkeys — free forever, no account
• Area, fixed-size, full-screen and self-timer capture (Solo) 
• Scrolling capture for full pages and long content (Solo)
• Full Retina / high-DPI support for crisp results
• OCR text capture — pull text straight out of any image (Solo)

RECORD THE SCREEN (Solo):
• Record any region or the whole screen as video
• Export as GIF for bug, reports and chat
• Annotate while recording, and show a ripple at every click

POWERFUL FREE BUILT-IN SCREENSHOT EDITOR:

• Arrows, lines, shapes, pen, and highlighter
• Text with custom fonts, styles, and colors
• Numbered step counters for tutorials
• Blur tool to hide sensitive information
• Backgrounds, padding, shadows, and gradients for share-ready images
• Smart background extend (Solo)

SHARE INSTANTLY (Solo · free account required)
• Upload and get a secure share link in one click
• Password-protect links and set expiry dates — included
• Copy to clipboard or save locally in PNG / JPEG — free

ORGANIZED IN THE CLOUD (Solo)
• Auto-sync your captures across sessions
• Collections to group related captures behind one link
• 1 GB of cloud storage (100 MB during the trial)
• Publish straight into your WordPress site with Sowiks Connect

Everything is unlocked for 7 days for free, starting with your first capture. No account, no card.  Afterwards, window capture and the full editor stay free for as long as you want them. Upgrade for unlimited storage, OCR, password protection, screenshot collections, and priority support.