Compare · vs Shottr
Shottr and Pizazoo are both free Mac apps and both use on-device intelligence, but they sit at different points in the screenshot workflow. Shottr is a capture utility — fast, tiny, with annotations and one-shot OCR. Pizazoo is an organizer — it watches the folder Shottr saves to, indexes every capture, and gives you a searchable library.
TL;DR — Shottr is the best free Mac capture tool — fast, lightweight, with annotations and per-shot OCR. Pizazoo is a free Mac screenshot organizer with on-device AI, auto-categorization, and library-wide OCR search. They cover different parts of the workflow and pair naturally: Shottr captures, Pizazoo organizes.
| Feature | Pizazoo | Shottr |
|---|---|---|
| Primary purpose | Organize and search | Capture and annotate |
| Free tier | Yes — full core workflow, no time limit | Yes — feature-complete, pay-what-you-want |
| Auto-organize existing folder | Yes | No |
| OCR text search across library | Yes — indexed at import | Per-screenshot, manual |
| AI categorization | Yes — Code, Design, Finance, etc. | No |
| Review popup after capture | Yes | Annotation editor |
| Annotations | No | Yes — extensive |
| Scrolling screenshots | No | Yes |
| Color picker / screen ruler | No | Yes |
| Privacy | 100% on-device, no cloud | Local capture, optional S3 upload |
| macOS support | macOS 14 Sonoma+ | macOS 12+ |
Common questions
Not really — they solve different problems. Shottr is a capture tool; Pizazoo is an organizer. The natural setup is to use both: Shottr captures, Pizazoo watches the Shottr save folder and organizes.
Yes. Point Pizazoo at the folder where Shottr saves screenshots (or the default Desktop) and every Shottr capture is auto-indexed with on-device OCR and a category suggestion.
No. Shottr is a capture tool — it does not maintain a searchable library of your entire screenshot history. Pizazoo is built specifically for that.
They are not the same kind of tool. Shottr optimizes for capture speed (~17ms). Pizazoo optimizes for search speed across thousands of indexed screenshots. Both are designed for Apple Silicon.
Yes. Pizazoo has a free tier with no time limit on the core workflow. Shottr is free (pay-what-you-want). The combo costs $0 to start.
Download the free version. Point it at your screenshots folder. Decide in a week whether Pizazoo or Shottr fits your workflow better.