Comparison

Annotable vs Screenshot Editor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Annotable

This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for annotating and marking up images. It offers a wide range of customization options for common annotation elements and unique features like text highlighting on screenshots. The app supports various iOS system integrations for a seamless user experience.

Highlights
  • Common annotation tools (rectangles, text, arrows)
  • Customizable colors, sizes, and fonts
  • Blur and pixelation for obscuring information
  • Spotlights and Loupes for highlighting
  • Text highlighting on screenshots
  • High-resolution output
  • Support for all image types
Features
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Annotable is the most full-featured all-in-one image annotation tool. Featured by Apple in many places: ● Best of 2016 ● New Apps We Love ● Best Apps to Edit Your Photos ● Best Productivity Apps ● Best Utilities "I’ve finally found the best all-in-one image annotation tool for iOS – Annotable for iPhone and iPad." —— Federico Viticci of MacStories Features (many are free, some are unlocked with purchases): ◉ All the expected common tools: rectangles, ovals, arrows, lines and texts. ◉ Fully customizable: colors, sizes, outlines, fonts… ◉ Stylishly obscure private information with Blur and Pixelation. ◉ Or on the contrary, highlight something with Spotlights. ◉ If you really want to focus on a particular spot use a Loupe. ◉ You can even highlight text on screenshots of apps like Notes, Twitter, and Safari. It feels like magic, and can really save the day when you want to share a web page screenshot with some words highlighted but forgot to select the words when you took the screenshot. ◉ Fully support Action Extension, Photo Editing Extension, Edits Sync via iCloud Photo Library, URL Schemes, 3D Touch, Wide Color…Annotable utilizes your powerful iOS system to the extreme. Distinctions from many other similar Apps: ◆ All the results are high-resolution images. ◆ Not only screenshots but all images are supported. ◆ Large images can be directly annotated and do not have to be cropped.

About

Screenshot Editor

Easily create and edit screenshots with tools to highlight important information and hide sensitive details. Enhance your images with professional templates, device mockups, and text overlays.

Highlights
  • Redact sensitive information
  • Highlight important areas
  • Add text and notes
  • Use device mockups
  • Apply GIF animations
  • Utilize trending templates
Features
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Create and edit your screenshots. Highlight the important and hide the confidential. We added new 7 tools for your screenshots: Redact, Highlight, Underline, Strike, Blur, Blend and Pixel Screencut is an application for quickly creating beautiful screenshots. Easily create screenshots in a powerful editor that supports photos and videos, multiple device mockups, adding notes, overlaying text and GIF animations, and flexible settings for shadows and fillets. The app also offers dozens of the most trending screenshot templates to make your images look stylish and professional. You can create screenshots in just two clicks, directly from the share menu, making the process even faster and more convenient Terms of use: https://seraleev.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://seraleev.com/privacy Support address: programadorviktor@icloud.com

Screenshots

Annotable4 screens
Screenshot Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Annotable at none against Screenshot Editor's shown. Annotable also leads on ratings volume (894 vs 126) and device support (3 vs 1). Screenshot Editor's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Annotable sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Screenshot Editor sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Annotable against 4.6 for Screenshot Editor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Annotable has 894 ratings behind it against 126, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Annotable ships an update every 2 months, Screenshot Editor weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Annotable versus Screenshot Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnnotableScreenshot Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (894 ratings) — better4.6 (126 ratings)
Positive reviews75.1% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings894 — better126
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer凌 王Programacion Viktor Seraleev EIRL

Customer experience

Annotable

All ratings885 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews189 reviews
Positive75.1%
Neutral5.8%
Negative19.0%

Screenshot Editor

All ratings126 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Annotable

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Blur broken ios26
  • Can't save edits on iPad Pro, 14.5.1
  • In-App Purchases do not work
  • Loss of work
  • App freezes occasionally on iPad

Requested features

15 requests
  • Open the app directly to the camera
  • Save images to the app, not to my phone or make a specific folder to save Annotated images
  • Make a Mac version
  • Add insert photo option
  • Add flexible pointers lines
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  • Add an eraser
  • Add undo/redo action buttons
  • Add crop
  • Add a way to adjust transparency of fonts for watermarking
  • Add rotate image
  • Add a way to draw solid boxes with a color of your choosing
  • Add a way to adjust text size
  • Add a way to center the text
  • Add a way to insert and resize images
  • Add a way to make shapes a solid color in addition to outline

Screenshot Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Annotable

One-time8
  • Color Customization$1.99
  • Text Highlighter & Redaction Tool$1.99
  • All Obscuration Styles$1.99
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  • Blur Tool$1.99
  • Spotlight Tool$1.99
  • Loupe Tool$1.99
  • All Text Styles & Fonts$1.99
  • All Features$9.99
5 purchases

Screenshot Editor

Subscriptions5
  • Redact, highlight, blur3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Screencut Premium3 Days trial$9.993 Months
  • Screencut Premium$14.996 Months
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  • Get Premium access$19.991 Year
  • Screencut Premium$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Annotable free?
Annotable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screenshot Editor free?
Screenshot Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Annotable or Screenshot Editor?
Annotable is rated higher. Annotable averages 4.6 out of 5 from 894 ratings, while Screenshot Editor averages 4.6 from 126 ratings.
Do Annotable or Screenshot Editor have ads?
Screenshot Editor shows ads; Annotable does not.
Which is updated more often, Annotable or Screenshot Editor?
Annotable ships an update every 2 months, and Screenshot Editor weekly. Most recently, Annotable was updated on September 24, 2026 and Screenshot Editor on September 19, 2026.

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