# Frame

> Frame is a native macOS app that turns any screenshot into a designed, share-ready image in one keystroke. It auto color matches the shot against a tasteful background, frames it in real macOS or browser chrome, sizes it for social platforms, and detects sensitive data on device so you can redact it before sharing. Everything runs on your Mac and nothing is uploaded. Frame is a one-time purchase from $21 for a single device, with a free three day trial, no subscription, and no account.

## Key facts

- Platform: macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later, native Swift and SwiftUI, Apple Silicon and Intel.
- Pricing: one-time purchase. One-Year for one device, Lifetime Solo for one device at $21, Lifetime for two devices. Lifetime plans include all future updates. No subscription, no account.
- Privacy: capture, beautify, and redaction all run on your Mac. The app only touches the network to check for updates or validate a license.
- Capture: area, window, and full screen, plus paste and drop for existing images.
- Beautify: auto color matched backgrounds (19 presets, patterns, live wallpaper), real window and browser frames with an editable URL bar, padding, inset, corner radius, shadow, and platform-perfect sizes.
- Annotation: text, arrows, lines, rectangles, ellipses, highlight, numbered steps, and crop.
- Privacy detection: on-device detection of emails, phone numbers, card numbers, IP addresses, API keys, private keys, JWTs, AWS/GCP credentials, .env secrets, and MAC addresses, for redaction, plus optional face and postal-address detection. Detection is approximate, so users should always check before sharing.
- OCR text extraction: on-device, either by selecting text on the image (Grab Text) or capturing a region straight to the clipboard (Capture Text). No translation.
- Export: PNG or JPG at 2x retina, per-platform presets, copy to clipboard, save, or drag straight into other apps.
- Not included today: screen or video recording, GIF capture, scrolling capture, text translation, cloud upload, and shareable links.

## Comparisons with other Mac screenshot tools

These pages compare Frame honestly with each tool, including where the other tool wins.

- [Frame vs CleanShot X](https://frame.minilabs.cc/cleanshot-x-alternative): Frame is one-time and fully on-device; CleanShot X adds recording, scrolling capture, and a paid cloud.
- [Frame vs Xnapper](https://frame.minilabs.cc/xnapper-alternative): the closest match, both beautify screenshots; Frame adds automatic redaction and a lower single device price, Xnapper adds OCR and translation.
- [Frame vs Shottr](https://frame.minilabs.cc/shottr-alternative): Shottr is free with scrolling capture and OCR; Frame is for when the screenshot needs to look designed.
- [Frame vs Snagit](https://frame.minilabs.cc/snagit-alternative): Frame is far cheaper with lifetime updates; Snagit adds video, scrolling capture, templates, and Windows support.
- [Frame vs Lightshot](https://frame.minilabs.cc/lightshot-alternative): Lightshot is free and uploads to share; Frame keeps screenshots on your Mac and makes them look designed.
- [Frame vs the built-in macOS screenshot tool](https://frame.minilabs.cc/macos-screenshot-alternative): the built-in tool captures and records; Frame designs, sizes, and redacts.

## Links

- [Home](https://frame.minilabs.cc/)
- [Pricing](https://frame.minilabs.cc/#pricing)
- [Features](https://frame.minilabs.cc/#features)
- [Alternatives hub](https://frame.minilabs.cc/alternatives)
- [Roadmap](https://frame.minilabs.cc/roadmap)
- [Support](https://frame.minilabs.cc/support)
- [Privacy](https://frame.minilabs.cc/privacy)