Paste, mark up, copy
Professional image annotation
Lives in the menu bar — no manual to read, click, annotate, and copy the finished image with one keystroke
SCR-2026-annotated.png — marked up live in PicXure
Built for quick image editing
Nine everyday scenarios, each done in a few clicks.
Point out the problem on the spot
Paste the screenshot, drop an arrow and a number on it, ⇧⌘C, paste into the chat.
Pixelate before you send
Drag the mosaic over passwords, IDs or faces — only what you choose leaves your Mac.
Steps number themselves
Badges increment ①②③ as you place them; one highlighter swipe finishes the how-to.
Trim in two steps
Select, hit return, trim the edges — then resize proportionally or type exact pixel values.
Open and look closer
Drop an image on the menu bar icon or ⌘V it in; scroll to zoom into every detail.
An editor on call
Living in the menu bar, it opens the moment you click and gets out of the way.
Ship it polished
Drop in a solid or gradient backdrop with padding, rounded corners and shadow — one click, export-ready.
Copy the text, not the picture
Recognize text right on the image — select, copy, paste into your notes. Free, unlimited.
Keep the reference in view
Float any screenshot as an always-on-top pin on your desktop — ⌘⇧P, then drag it beside your work.
The full annotation & editing kit
A three-step workflow, nine annotation tools, essential editing, and signature design details.
The three-step workflow
Paste an image
⌘V drops the clipboard image straight onto the canvas. Drag a file in, or press ⌘O.
Mark it up
Keys 1–9 switch the nine annotation tools. Esc returns to selection at any moment.
Copy it out
The finished image lands back on your clipboard, annotations baked in. ⌘S keeps it on disk.
Nine families of annotation tools
Line
Solid, dashed, dotted · 8 colors
Arrow
Open, solid, or round-tip head
Rectangle
Square, round, or ellipse · translucent fill
Text
12–48 px · 5 typefaces · 8 colors
Freehand
Round, flat, or tapered tip
Highlighter
Translucent sweep — free, unlimited
Numbered steps
Auto-incrementing ①②③ badges
Mosaic
Drag to pixelate any region
Spotlight
Dim everything outside the region you pick
Capture, five ways
Selection capture
⌘⇧7 — drag a region on a frozen screen; color-pick with C, copy the pixel.
Window capture
⌘⇧8 — hover to highlight any window, click, get a shadowed shot.
Scrolling capture
⌘⇧9 — scroll the page, PicXure stitches the long screenshot automatically.
Delayed capture
None, 3, 5, or 10 seconds — a click-through countdown HUD stays out of the shot.
Repeat last capture
Reshoot the same region in one action — no re-selecting.
Basic editing
Two-stage crop
Drag, fine-tune, Enter — the outside dims so you see what stays.
Rotate
90° steps, smart window fitting.
Zoom & resize
10%–200%, ⌘-scroll at the pointer, ⌥⌘I for exact pixels.
10-step undo
⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z — every move reversible.
One-click reset
Clear annotations, restore the original, view intact.
Signature design details
Menu bar resident
One click away; the icon adapts to light and dark menus.
Floating toolbar
Drag anywhere, fold away — frosted glass.
10 languages, instant
Switch in Settings, effective immediately.
Native right-click menus
AppKit menus with system shortcut hints.
Quick save
⌘S and Save As to disk — free, unlimited.
Built-in OCR
Recognize text in any image — free, unlimited.
Configurable shortcuts
Every key remappable in Settings → Shortcuts.
Silent auto-update
New versions download and install themselves.
The keys that run the whole app — yours to remap.
Muscle memory in an afternoon — the same keys in every right-click menu.
The full list also lives in the app — Settings → Shortcuts, and every key is remappable.
The app, unretouched
Click any to enlarge.
Copy is free. Forever.
Capture, annotate, redact, OCR, copy, save — free forever, unlimited. Pro is for making them beautiful: Backdrop, Pins, and everything ahead.
| Capability | Free$0 | One-timePro$14.99 |
|---|---|---|
| All nine annotation tools (mosaic & spotlight included) | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Capture — selection, window, scrolling long shot | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| OCR — copy text from any screenshot | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Crop · rotate · zoom · resize · undo | ||
| Copy finished image to clipboard | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Save to disk | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Backdrop — beautiful backgrounds, one click | 14-day trial | Unlimited |
| Pins — floating screenshots on your desktop | 14-day trial | Unlimited |
| Future Pro features | Trial only | Included |
Your license key arrives by email in minutes. Activate in Settings → Pro — one paste, done. Every download starts with a 14-day full-feature trial. After it ends, capture, annotate, redact, OCR, copy and save stay free forever — Backdrop and Pins upgrade to Pro. | Download Free | Buy Pro |
Questions, answered plainly
Pricing, licensing, privacy — answered plainly.
Yes. Capture, annotate, redact, OCR, copy and save are free forever. Backdrop and Pins are Pro — after a 14-day full-feature trial, a one-time $14.99 (regularly $18.99).
Nothing disappears. Capture, annotation, OCR, copy and save keep working free forever. Backdrop and Pins pause until you upgrade — images you already beautified stay intact.
Three. Deactivate a retired Mac in Settings → Pro to free its slot, then activate the same key on the new one.
Yes. Licenses validate when online and keep working through at least 7 days offline. Your images never depend on a connection — everything is local.
Checkout is handled by Creem: credit cards, PayPal, Apple Pay. WeChat Pay and Alipay are not supported yet.
Nowhere. PicXure runs in the macOS App Sandbox and processes everything locally — no uploads, no telemetry.
macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later. Universal binary — native on Apple Silicon and Intel.
English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, Русский — plus follow-system. Switching takes effect immediately.
No. Your one-time license includes all future Pro features — new tools unlock for you automatically.
Paste. Done.
Start free — Pro is one payment, any time.
macOS 14.0+ · Universal · one-time $14.99 for Pro