Capture vs Shotbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Capture
This AI-powered assistant transforms screenshots and camera captures into actionable items. It automatically organizes receipts, saves business cards, adds events to your calendar, and drafts replies for various messaging and social media platforms.
- AI-powered screenshot analysis
- Automated data organization (receipts, contacts)
- Calendar event creation
- Drafts replies for messages and social media
- Real-time shared capture spaces
- Integration with Notion, Slack, Asana, Jira, Trello, Linear
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Space cards have a simpler look, and all actions now live in the ⋯ menu. Capture is an AI-powered screenshot assistant that turns anything you capture into the right action automatically. Take a screenshot, use your camera, or share from any app. Capture understands what you've captured and instantly routes it into the right workflow. Try Capture free with 3 captures and experience it in seconds. WHAT CAPTURE DOES — Receipts → organize merchant, total, and purchase date — Business cards → save directly to Contacts — Flight confirmations → add to Google Calendar — Messages → generate AI-powered replies ready for iMessage — Emails → create Gmail drafts automatically — Social media → generate replies for X (Twitter), Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, TikTok, Reddit, and LinkedIn — Products → search instantly on Amazon — Restaurants → reserve a table on OpenTable — Movies & Shows → instantly find where to watch — Photos → generate AI captions, hashtags, tags, and draft replies (Pro) AI THAT LEARNS YOU — Polish any reply with one tap — Learn your writing style from previous replies — Choose the length, tone, and personality of every response SHARED SPACES Create Spaces with family, friends, or teammates. Share an invite code and keep everything in sync in real time. — Share captures instantly — Comment, react, and send voice messages — Post directly to your Space — Organize captures with Collections — Assign captures to teammates CAPTURE UNLIMITED ($9.99 one-time) — Unlimited captures forever — Access to every destination — Early adopter pricing (price increases in future versions) CAPTURE PRO ($6.99/month) — Everything in Unlimited — Notion integration for your workspace — Secure screenshot storage with original images — Photo destination with AI captions and tags — Early access to upcoming integrations CAPTURE TEAM ($8.99/user/month) — Everything in Pro — Shared team workspace — Slack, Asana, Jira, Trello, and Linear integrations — Work tab with AI-generated reply drafts — Invite teammates by email — Team notifications for assignments and comments Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Shotbox
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Stop retyping what your phone already captured. Shotbox reads your screenshots and extracts the details trapped inside them — prices, dates, links, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, codes and more. Tap to copy. Swipe to organize. Search to find it again. Everything happens on your device. No uploads, no cloud processing. WHAT SHOTBOX PULLS FROM YOUR SCREENSHOTS Shotbox recognizes nine kinds of detail: - Prices and amounts (with currency) - Dates and times - Links and URLs - Street addresses - Phone numbers - Email addresses - OTP and verification codes - Quotes and text passages - Contact names Each detail is tappable. Copy it, open it or act on it without switching apps or retyping a single character. YOUR SCREENSHOTS BECOME AN INBOX New screenshots land in your inbox with a suggested bucket: To Buy, To Read, To Try, To Remember, or Receipts. Confirm the suggestion with one tap, pick a different bucket or dismiss. Clear your inbox. Find what matters later. RECEIPT TRACKING THAT WORKS Shotbox detects receipts automatically and extracts the merchant, date, amount and currency. With Pro, export receipts to a Google Sheets spreadsheet the app creates for you — one row per receipt, organized by currency. Track return deadlines and get reminders before they close. FIND ANYTHING YOU SAVED Keyword search across every screenshot you kept. That product name, that booking reference, that address from three weeks ago — it takes two seconds. MOVE DETAILS WHERE YOU NEED THEM Free: - Copy any extracted detail with one tap - Share to Apple Notes - Share to WhatsApp With Shotbox Pro: - Export to Google Sheets - Export as Markdown - Notion and Linear export (coming soon) YOUR SCREENSHOTS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Screenshot reading and detail extraction happen entirely on your phone. When you share or export, the content goes directly to the app or service you choose. No Shotbox server sees your screenshots or their contents. START FREE, GO FURTHER WITH PRO Free — all nine detail types, smart buckets, 30 days of history, keyword search, Apple Notes and WhatsApp sharing. Shotbox Pro — unlimited history, custom buckets, semantic search, Google Sheets export, Markdown export and more. Shotbox Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription. A 7-day free trial is available to eligible subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Capture at every 5 days against Shotbox's every 2 weeks. Shotbox's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Capture sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Shotbox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Capture ships an update every 5 days, Shotbox every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Capture | Shotbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elena Rodina | Aethon Digital FZCO |
In-app purchases
Capture
- Capture Pro$6.991 Month
- Capture Team$8.991 Month
- Capture Unlimited$9.99
Shotbox
- Shotbox Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Shotbox Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year







