Screenshots worth sending.
Capture a window or a region, mark it up, and get it into the clipboard — without leaving your keyboard. A small native app for Mac and Windows.
Apple silicon — M1 and laterAll downloads
Free for 30 days, no account and no card. macOS 12 or later, or Windows 10 and 11.
Built for the screenshot you send to someone else
The gap between pressing a shortcut and having something worth sending is where Chop lives. Everything else is somebody else's app.
Window or region, one click
Hover a window and click to take exactly it, or drag out any region. Escape backs out.
Mark it up on the spot
Boxes, arrows, text, highlighter, blur and crop — each a single keystroke away, no mode-hunting.
Straight to the clipboard
Press ⌘C and the annotated image is ready to paste into Slack, a ticket, or an email.
Blur what should not ship
Cover a token, an address or a customer name before the screenshot leaves your machine.
Nothing to file
Captures save themselves to your Pictures folder. Past ones sit in the filmstrip and reopen fully editable — annotations and all.
Out of your way
Lives in the menu bar on a Mac and the system tray on Windows. ⇧⌘2 — Ctrl+Shift+2 on Windows — works in any app, and rebinds to whatever your hands already know.
Shortcut to sent, without a detour
Press ⇧⌘2
Ctrl+Shift+2 on Windows. The screen freezes — click a window to take exactly it, or drag out a region.
Point at what matters
Box it, arrow to it, highlight it, blur what should not be seen. Undo is where you expect it.
Press ⌘C
It is on the clipboard, and already saved to your captures folder in case you want it again.
Buy it once
No subscription. Try everything for 30 days first — no account, no card, no nagging until the trial is actually over.
Most popular
Personal
For your own machine.
$19one-off
- Every feature, no limits
- One computer, Mac or Windows
- Every future version, free
- Yours to keep — it never stops working
Business
For work machines and teams.
$79one-off, per seat
- Everything in Personal
- Every machine that seat is used on
- Licensed for commercial use
- Invoice with your company details
- Priority support by email
One payment, and that is the end of it. Every future version is yours at no extra cost, and there is no renewal, no upgrade fee and no subscription waiting behind it.
Payments are handled by Polar, who act as the merchant of record — VAT and sales tax are calculated and included at checkout, and your invoice comes from them.
Before you buy
How does the 30-day trial work?
Download it and everything is unlocked for 30 days — no account, no card, no reminders until the trial is genuinely over. After that Chop asks for a licence key before it will take a new capture. Captures you already made stay where they are, and you can still open and edit them.
How do I get my licence key?
It is emailed to the address you buy with. Paste it into Chop under Settings → License and press Activate — it takes effect straight away, with no restart. Keep the email: that key is what moves your licence to another Mac.
Can I use one licence on more than one computer?
A Personal licence covers one computer at a time — move it freely between your own machines, but not two at once. Business covers every machine that seat is used on. Chop does not phone home to count them, so this runs on trust rather than enforcement; please buy Business for machines your employer owns.
Do I have to pay again for updates?
No — not after a year, not ever. Every future version is included in what you already paid, and so is support. There is no renewal, no upgrade fee and no subscription behind any of it.
Does it need an internet connection?
No. Your key is checked on your own Mac using cryptography, not a licence server, so activation works on a plane. The only request Chop ever makes is checking whether a newer version exists.
Does my licence expire?
No. It is a one-off purchase with nothing to renew — the app keeps working, and keeps updating, for as long as you want to use it.
What happens to my screenshots?
They stay on your computer, in ~/Pictures/Chop on a Mac and your Pictures\Chop folder on Windows. There is no account, no cloud sync and no analytics — Chop has nowhere to send them even if it wanted to.
I am getting a new computer. How do I move my licence?
Open Settings → License on the old machine and choose Remove, then paste the same key into the new one. Nothing to deactivate on our side, and a licence moves between a Mac and a PC just as happily.
What do I need to run it?
macOS 12 or later, or Windows 10 and 11. Mac builds are published for both Apple silicon and Intel. On a Mac, Chop needs Screen Recording permission, which macOS asks for the first time you capture; Windows needs no such grant.
Something not covered? Email support@chop.asia.
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30 days, everything unlocked, no account and no card.
Apple silicon — M1 and laterAll downloads