Annotable vs Longshot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Longshot
Easily combine multiple screenshots into a single, long image. Perfect for capturing entire web pages, conversations, notes, or to-do lists in one seamless view.
- Stitch screenshots into one long image
- Capture full-page screenshots
- Combine conversations, websites, and notes
- Export HD long screenshots
- Seamless image combination
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How to take a full-page screenshot? How to take a long screenshot on your phone? Automatically and seamlessly stitch your screenshots into one long image using Longshot. Easily stitch your Conversations, Websites, Notes, To-Do List, and more! # Features Scrolling screen to create a long screenshot Export HD long screenshot Combine your images seamlessly Stitch your conversations, websites, notes, to-do List, and more # How to Use Just record your screen or capture some overlapping screen, then return the app, Longshot will intelligently recognize them and generate a long screenshot. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feedback within the app. Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/8d26d15a-185a-4f92-84a8-cf61a432f973
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Longshot at none against Annotable's 8. Longshot also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). Annotable's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 67%). On price, rating and device support 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
Both are free to download. Annotable sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Longshot asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Annotable against 4.6 for Longshot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 894 and 202 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Annotable's written reviews are positive against 67% of Longshot's.
Annotable ships an update every 2 months, Longshot every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Annotable | Longshot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (894 ratings) — better | 4.6 (202 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.1% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 894 — better | 202 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 凌 王 | 文婷 赖 |
Customer experience
Annotable
Longshot
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
Longshot
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Annotable
- 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
Longshot
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Annotable free?
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