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Retrace vs Auto Screenshot: catalog facts
Retrace	Auto Screenshot
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
macOS	Windows, Linux
All recordings and OCR stay on the Mac No account or cloud service	Captures screenshots on a fixed schedule with no manual action Runs on both Windows and Linux
Apple Silicon Macs only, macOS 13 or later Early version (0.8.x) with several features marked as coming soon	Focused on timed capture; no annotation or video recording No packaged releases listed on the GitHub repository
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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