Stop juggling two apps.
One tool does both.
Maxisnap is a screenshot tool that also records screen video — capture, annotate, and record from the same tray icon and the same hotkey muscle memory. Free, no watermark, no time limit, on Windows.
Windows 10 (1903+) / 11 · 112 MB installer · macOS 13+ also available
Most people run two tools: a screenshot app for stills and a separate screen recorder for video. That means two installs, two trays, two sets of shortcuts to remember, and two places your files end up. Maxisnap collapses that into one lightweight app. The same install that grabs a quick region screenshot now records a full walkthrough video — and the hotkeys live right next to each other so there's nothing new to learn.
Screenshots have been here from day one: region capture on Ctrl+Alt+5, full screen on Ctrl+Alt+6, and region-plus-instant-upload on Ctrl+Alt+7, all backed by 12 annotation tools, 50-level undo, native OCR, and Pin to Desktop. As of June 2026, screen recording joins the same app: Ctrl+Alt+3 records a selected region and Ctrl+Alt+4 records the full screen — the monitor under your cursor. Every hotkey is remappable.
$ diff two-apps maxisnap
[TWO APPS] screenshot tool + screen recorder -- two installs, two trays, two updates [MAXISNAP] one install, one tray ++ stills and video from the same app [TWO APPS] learn two sets of shortcuts -- different hotkeys, different muscle memory [MAXISNAP] hotkeys side by side ++ Ctrl+Alt+5/6/7 stills, Ctrl+Alt+3/4 video [MAXISNAP] recording ++ free, no watermark, no time limit [MAXISNAP] audio ++ WASAPI loopback + mic, mixed, no driver [MAXISNAP] export ++ MP4 / AI-optimized / GIF / WebM, built in
Screenshots and video share one hotkey row
The whole point of an all-in-one screenshot and screen recording app is that you don't context-switch. In Maxisnap, stills and video sit on adjacent keys, so deciding "picture or video?" is a one-finger choice, not an app-launch.
Ctrl+Alt+5— region screenshot. Drag a box, annotate, copy or save.Ctrl+Alt+6— full-screen screenshot of the monitor under your cursor.Ctrl+Alt+7— region screenshot + instant upload, with the share link copied to your clipboard.Ctrl+Alt+3— record a region. Pick the area once and a recording badge appears.Ctrl+Alt+4— record the full screen (the monitor under your cursor).
To stop, press the same hotkey again, click Stop on the on-screen recording badge, or use the tray. The badge stays out of your way and is excluded from its own capture, so it never appears in the finished video. Every binding above is remappable from the Hotkeys settings if these conflict with another app.
What Maxisnap Includes
For Maxisnap, this table describes the Windows app. A Mac version is also available, for macOS 13 or later.
The result window: trim, export, share
When a recording ends, Maxisnap opens a result window so you're not dropped back into a folder full of mystery files. Inside it you get an inline player, start/end trim handles to clip the dead air off both ends, and one-tap Save, Copy, Upload, and drag-out so you can pull the clip straight into Slack, an email, a ticket, or a chat box.
Choose your Format right there: standard MP4 for general sharing, GIF for a silent loop in a doc or README, WebM for the web, or the AI-optimized MP4 — roughly 1280px, 24fps, CRF28, mono audio — engineered to be tiny so it uploads fast and drops cleanly into AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. Each format has quality presets, so "small enough to send" and "sharp enough to read" are both a click away.
Encoding uses hardware acceleration when it's available (NVENC, Intel QuickSync, or AMD AMF) and falls back to libx264 software encoding otherwise — and ffmpeg ships inside the installer, so there's nothing extra to download or configure.
On macOS today
The screen recorder and screenshot features described here support 64-bit Windows 10 (1903+) and Windows 11. Maxisnap for Mac also records the screen, on macOS 13 or later: a region or the whole display, with system audio and no extra driver.
Maxisnap is not affiliated with Apple. This page describes macOS features as Apple's documentation presented them in October 2026; check Apple's documentation for current behavior.
Screenshot + screen recorder FAQ
Is there one app that does both screenshots and screen recording?
Yes — Maxisnap. Capture and annotate screenshots with Ctrl+Alt+5/6/7, and record video with Ctrl+Alt+3 (region) or Ctrl+Alt+4 (full screen), all from the same install and the same tray icon. No more juggling a screenshot tool and a separate recorder.
Does the recorder add a watermark or time limit?
No. Recording is free with no watermark and no length cap, and you keep the raw file.
Can it record system audio and my microphone together?
Yes. Maxisnap records desktop/system audio via a driver-free WASAPI loopback plus your mic, mixed into one track by default. No virtual audio cable, no extra driver — so you hear everything in playback.
What can I export a recording to?
From the result window: MP4, an AI-optimized MP4 (about 1280px / 24fps / CRF28 / mono — tiny and ready for ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini), GIF, or WebM, each with quality presets, plus start/end trim and Save / Copy / Upload / drag-out.
Can I use Maxisnap on Mac?
Yes. Maxisnap for Mac runs on macOS 13 or later and records a region or the whole display with system audio. The features on this page describe the Windows version.
One download. Screenshots and screen recording, free.
Capture a region, record a walkthrough, trim it, and share it — all from one lightweight Windows app. No watermark, no time limit.
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