ShotJar
Always in your menu bar

Every screenshot, one drag away.

Missed the five-second preview? It's in the jar. Drag any screenshot straight from your menu bar into Slack, Mail, ChatGPT — whenever you're ready.

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14 days, every feature, no account·$24 one-time — $19 at launch·macOS

How it works

ShotJar doesn’t change how you take screenshots. It changes how you access them after.

  1. Take screenshots like you always have

    ⌘⇧3, ⌘⇧4, or your capture tool. Nothing new to learn.

  2. Every capture lands in the jar

    Caught the moment it’s saved — even after the corner preview slips away.

  3. Drag it out, whenever you’re ready

    Click the jar — or press ⌘⇧2 — and drag the shot straight into Slack, Mail, ChatGPT, anywhere.

And when one goes missing

Search by what’s inside it.

On-device OCR reads the text in every shot — English and Korean. Type “error 429” and last Tuesday’s terminal screenshot is back under your cursor.

Asking ChatGPT to fix an error, then opening ShotJar, searching “error,” and dragging the matching terminal screenshot straight into the chat.
Search by the text inside your screenshots — then drag the one you need straight into any app.
Features

What’s in the jar.

Always in your menu bar

Every screenshot lands in the jar the moment it’s saved — no import step, no library to maintain.

Drag straight out

Every thumbnail is a live file — drag it into Slack, Mail, or Finder in one motion.

Search inside your screenshots

On-device OCR (Apple’s Vision framework, English + Korean) finds the text inside every shot.

Multiple watched folders

Watch the Desktop, your capture tool’s folder, a project folder — and filter the jar by any of them.

Global hotkey

⌘⇧2 opens the jar from any app; esc closes it.

Private by design

OCR and search run entirely on your Mac — no cloud, no account, no telemetry.

Privacy

On your Mac, and only your Mac.

This isn’t a policy promise — it’s how the app is built.

  • OCR runs on-device via Apple’s Vision framework. Your screenshots are never uploaded.
  • No account. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to breach.
  • No cloud. There is no server.
  • The network is touched for exactly two things: update checks and license validation. Verify it with Little Snitch.
Pricing

One price. Once.

launch price · $24 after — yours forever

  • One license, up to 3 of your Macs
  • 14-day free trial — every feature, no account, no card
  • Free minor updates; paid major upgrades discounted for owners
  • 30-day money-back guarantee
  • No subscription, no tiers. The app you try is the app you buy.
Get launch notice Launching soon — no account, no subscription. Payments handled by Lemon Squeezy. VAT/sales tax included where applicable.
FAQ

Questions.

I use CleanShot X / Shottr. Is this redundant?

No — ShotJar doesn’t capture anything. Your capture tool shoots; ShotJar is where the shots land. Add its save folder to ShotJar’s watched folders and change nothing else.

Why does it need access to my screenshot folder?

Watching that folder is the product. ShotJar reads new screenshots to show and search them — it never moves, edits, or deletes your files. macOS asks you to approve access once per folder.

How good is the text search, really?

It’s Apple’s Vision framework — the same OCR behind Live Text. Crisp UI text, terminal output, and documents work very well; low-resolution or stylized text is harder, for any OCR. English and Korean at launch.

한국어도 되나요?

네 — 스크린샷 속 한글까지 온디바이스 OCR로 검색됩니다. 앱 UI는 현재 영어로 제공됩니다.

Yes — ShotJar finds Korean text inside your screenshots, on-device. The app’s interface is currently in English.

What happens when the trial ends?

After 14 days with everything unlocked, you buy a license or the app stops. Your screenshots are untouched — they were always just files in your folders.

Your next screenshot deserves better than the Desktop.

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No account. No cloud. No subscription. $24 once ($19 at launch).