Alternatives to FastStone Capture
A compact Windows screen capture and recording tool with a built-in editor and scrolling capture. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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FastStone Capture
A compact Windows screen capture and recording tool with a built-in editor and scrolling capture.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as FastStone Capture.
ShareX
A Windows capture tool that screenshots, records, annotates and uploads, all driven by hotkeys.
ShareX is free and open source on Windows with capture, recording, annotation and hotkey workflows, but its many options make the settings intimidating at first.
Snagit
Commercial screen capture suite with scrolling capture and batch tools.
Snagit offers scrolling capture and batch processing on Windows and macOS, but it is paid after the trial and focused more on stills than video.
PicPick
An all-in-one Windows screen capture and image editor that also bundles a colour picker, pixel ruler, protractor and magnifier.
PicPick adds scrolling capture, recording and design tools like a colour picker on Windows, free for personal use but paid for business.
Greenshot
A small Windows screenshot tool that captures a region, window or screen and annotates it in one step.
Greenshot is a free open-source Windows screenshot tool with an annotation editor and Office export, but has no screen recording and limited scrolling capture.
HyperSnap
A Windows screen capture tool with scrolling capture, image annotation, OCR text copying and MP4 recording.
HyperSnap is a paid Windows capture tool with scrolling capture, OCR text copying and MP4 recording, and unlicensed images include a stamp.
Screenpresso
A Windows tool for taking screenshots and screen videos, annotating them and sharing the results.
Screenpresso captures screenshots and screen video with an annotation editor and capture history on Windows, under a freemium model.
Ashampoo Snap
A Windows tool for taking screenshots and screen videos and annotating them on the desktop.
Ashampoo Snap is paid Windows software for screenshots and screen video with annotation and a Live Edit mode for editing on the desktop.
WinSnap
A Windows screenshot tool that captures windows and adds shadows, annotations and other effects.
WinSnap is a paid Windows screenshot tool with shadows and annotations sold as a one-time purchase, but it has no screen video recording.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Flameshot
A cross-platform screenshot tool that drops annotation controls right on top of the selection.
ksnip
A screenshot tool with annotation that works on Wayland, which several better-known ones still do not.
Lightshot
A lightweight screenshot tool for Windows and Mac that captures a region and shares it by link.
ScreenToGif
Records part of your screen and gives you a frame-by-frame editor before you save the GIF.
Bandicam
A Windows screen recorder for capturing the desktop, games, webcam and audio, with built-in editing.
CleanShot X
Premium Mac screenshot and screen recording app with built-in annotation.
