# Screenshots and screen recording privacy ratings

Tools for screenshots, screen recordings and screen-recorded video messages.

| Name | Grade | Jurisdiction | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Flameshot](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/flameshot/) | B (85/100) | Unknown | Open-source screenshot tool for Linux, Windows and macOS with in-app annotation tools such as arrows, text, blur and highlighting, plus a command-line interface. |
| [Kooha](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/kooha/) | B (85/100) | Unknown | Open-source screen recorder for Linux built with GTK and GStreamer. It records the screen or a region with audio to WebM, MP4, GIF or Matroska files. |
| [SimpleScreenRecorder](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/simplescreenrecorder/) | B (85/100) | Unknown | Open-source screen recorder for Linux, built on FFmpeg, that records the screen, a window or a region with audio to video files and can also live stream. |
| [Spectacle](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/spectacle/) | B (85/100) | Germany (Fourteen Eyes) | KDE's screenshot and screen recording app for Linux. It captures the desktop, a monitor, a window or a region, with annotation tools, and saves, copies or shares the result. |
| [ScreenToGif](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/screentogif/) | C (73/100) | Unknown | Open-source screen, webcam and sketchboard recorder for Windows with a built-in editor. Recordings can be saved as GIF, APNG, video or image files. |
| [Cap](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/cap/) | C (69/100) | Unknown | Open-source screen recorder for macOS, Windows and Linux. Recordings can be edited locally, or uploaded to Cap's cloud, a self-hosted server, S3-compatible storage or Google Drive and shared as a link. |
| [Kap](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/kap/) | C (62/100) | Unknown | Open-source screen recorder for macOS built with Electron. It exports recordings as GIF, MP4, WebM or APNG and supports plugins for sharing to other services. |
| [CleanShot X](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/cleanshot-x/) | D (58/100) | Poland | Screenshot and screen recording app for macOS with annotation, scrolling capture, text recognition and optional upload to the CleanShot Cloud sharing service. |
| [QuickTime Player](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/quicktime-player/) | D (50/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Apple's media player built into macOS. It can also record the screen, camera and audio and make basic edits such as trimming and splitting clips. |
| [Shottr](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/shottr/) | D (50/100) | Unknown | Screenshot tool for macOS with annotation, scrolling capture, on-device text recognition, pixel measurement and optional image upload. |
| [Greenshot](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/greenshot/) | D (46/100) | Unknown | Open-source screenshot tool for Windows that captures a region, window or full screen and adds annotations, highlighting and redaction before saving, printing or exporting. |
| [Snipping Tool](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/snipping-tool/) | F (38/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Microsoft's screenshot and screen recording tool built into Windows. It captures the full screen, a window or a region, with basic markup and on-device text recognition. |
| [Snagit](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/snagit/) | F (35/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Screenshot and screen recording app from TechSmith for Windows and macOS, with an image editor, annotations, scrolling capture and text recognition. |
| [Xbox Game Bar](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/xbox-game-bar/) | F (35/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Gaming overlay built into Windows for recording game clips and screenshots, with widgets for performance monitoring, audio control and Xbox social features. |
| [Screen Studio](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/screen-studio/) | F (31/100) | Poland | Screen recorder for macOS that adds automatic zoom, smooth cursor movement and styling to recordings for product demos and tutorials. Recordings are edited locally, with optional shareable links. |
| [Loom](https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/loom/) | F (15/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Video messaging service from Atlassian for recording the screen and camera and sharing the result as a link. Recordings are uploaded to and hosted on Loom's servers. |
| [OBS Studio](https://privacyratings.com/creative-tools/obs-studio/) (rated under Creative tools) | D (50/100) | Unknown | Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming on Windows, macOS and Linux. |
| [ShareX](https://privacyratings.com/creative-tools/sharex/) (rated under Creative tools) | D (50/100) | Unknown | Open-source screen-capture tool for Windows. Takes screenshots and short screen recordings, with annotation, OCR, a colour picker, and configurable save/upload destinations. |

## Criteria

- **Open source** (weight 3): Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
- **No trackers or telemetry** (weight 3): Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
- **No ads or data sales** (weight 2): Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
- **Independent audit** (weight 2): Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
- **Saved locally by default** (weight 2): Are screenshots and recordings saved on the device unless you choose to upload them?
- **No account needed** (weight 1): Can the app be used without an account?

Source: https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/