Comparison

Annotate vs Snipper

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

Head to head
About

Annotate

Quickly enhance screenshots and images with a variety of tools for adding text, shapes, and effects. Features include auto-redaction for sensitive information and animated GIF support. Create polished visuals with layers, templates, and custom styles.

Highlights
  • 17 annotation tools
  • Animated GIF support
  • Auto-Redact sensitive info
  • Customizable styles and layers
  • Templates for quick reuse
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Shortcuts integration
Features
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Annotate helps you quickly mark up screenshots and images with clean, readable shapes and text - built for fast, polished results on iPhone and iPad. • 17 tools: Crop, Blur, Pixelate, Text, Number, Stamp, Rect, Oval, Arrow, Pen, Marker, Highlight, Loupe, Backdrop, Image, GIF, Watermark • Clean shapes and highlights, plus freehand pen and marker • Animated GIFs - bring your screenshots to life: search KLIPY right in the editor, drop a GIF on the canvas, and your export turns into a video. Powered by KLIPY • Text with font, size, alignment, and optional background • Number badges and SF Symbols stamps (with search) • Blur or pixelate areas, and use a loupe to magnify details • Auto-Redact: detect and hide sensitive info in one tap - credit cards, phone numbers, emails, license plates, and faces • Full control over style: stroke width, fill, outlines, shadow, opacity, configurable arrowheads, and more • Free rotation - turn shapes, text, stamps, images, GIFs, and more to any angle with a precision dial • ∞ Layers: one layer per annotation - select, reorder, and delete • Helpful extras: snapping for neat alignment, undo/redo, zoom to fit/100% • Apple Pencil ready - palm rejection kicks in automatically so the Pencil draws while your fingers still pan and pinch • Grow the canvas - add space on any edge to make room for callouts and shapes • Backdrop styles - frame your screenshot with gradients or solid colors, and choose whether the backdrop pads the canvas or fits inside it • Watermark - add text or a logo across the whole image (tiled) or in a corner to brand and protect your work • Templates - save a set of annotations, backdrop, and watermark, then reapply them to any image; positions adapt to the new aspect ratio • Start from Photos, Files, clipboard, or a blank canvas - or pick an iOS device preset (iPhone 17, iPad Pro, etc.) • Export and share fast (PNG, JPEG, or HEIC) • Shortcuts - run Auto-Redact and Framing from the Shortcuts app, Spotlight, and Siri Test free for the first 5 annotated images. Annotate is brought to you by the developer of Dropshare - the file sharing app for macOS and iOS.

About

Snipper

Features
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Your Mac screenshots, ready on iPhone. Snipper for iPhone securely brings the screenshots you capture with Snipper on Mac into a fast, native gallery through your own iCloud Drive. FAST ICLOUD GALLERY • See new Mac screenshots on iPhone • Search by filename or capture date • Refresh with a simple pull • Choose a 2, 3, or 4-column layout VIEW THE ORIGINAL • Open the full-resolution screenshot • Pinch to zoom and inspect every detail • Save directly to Photos • Share through any app on your iPhone PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your screenshots remain on your devices and in your personal iCloud Drive. Snipper does not require an account. During the seven-day free trial, the iPhone and iPad app displays Google AdMob banner ads in the gallery. Lifetime-unlocked users do not see ads. Google UMP presents consent choices where required; privacy choices are in the gallery menu. Google may collect device identifiers, approximate location, ad interactions, diagnostics, and performance data for advertising and measurement. Screenshot contents are not used as ad content. See our Privacy Policy for details. SNIPPER PRO Try every feature free for 7 days. After that, unlock Snipper Pro permanently for a one-time $2.99 purchase. There is no subscription or recurring charge. The same purchase unlocks Snipper on Mac and iPhone when you use the same Apple Account. Requirements: iCloud Drive and Snipper for Mac with iCloud Sync enabled. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Annotate4 screens
Snipper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Annotate at none against Snipper's shown. Annotate also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Snipper's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Annotate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Snipper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Annotate ships an update every 5 days, Snipper every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Annotate versus Snipper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnnotateSnipper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.216.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB7 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTimo JostenSUPER KIM KIMYA VE TEKSTIL SANAYI TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Annotate

One-time1
  • Full Version$9.99
1 purchases

Snipper

One-time1
  • Snipper Pro Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Annotate free?
Annotate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snipper free?
Snipper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Annotate or Snipper have ads?
Snipper shows ads; Annotate does not.
Which is updated more often, Annotate or Snipper?
Annotate ships an update every 5 days, and Snipper every 2 months. Most recently, Annotate was updated on October 25, 2026 and Snipper on October 24, 2026.

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