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A CleanShot X alternative for Windows, Linux and ChromeOS

CleanShot X is a Mac app. Scrolvo is a free Chrome extension that runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS, with full page and scrolling screenshots, a screen recorder with camera and mic, step-by-step guides, and a browser-based editor for crop, arrows, text and blur. It works inside Chrome, so it captures web pages and the chats, feeds and panels that scroll inside them, not other desktop apps.

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Scrolvo and CleanShot X compared

Feature	Scrolvo	CleanShot X
Price	Free. Pro is $10/month or $100/year	$35 once with a year of updates, then $19 a year if you want more. Pro is $10 per user a month, billed yearly
Runs on	Chrome on Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS	macOS 13 or newer
Scrolling screenshots	Free: whole web pages, and the chats, feeds and panels that scroll inside them	Yes, in any app, vertical and horizontal
Screenshots of desktop apps and windows	No. A selected area of a page is free	Yes
Screen recording	Free, with camera and mic	Yes, as video or GIF, with your Mac's sound
Editor: crop, arrows, boxes and text	Pro	Yes
Blur and redact	Pro	Yes
Backdrop and padding around a screenshot	Pro, with Beautify	Yes, with the Background tool
Copy text from a screenshot (OCR)	No	Yes
Zoom in on clicks in a recording	Pro, for tab recordings	Yes, with Studio Mode
Share links	Free with an account, for 1 or 7 days. Pro: 30 days or until you delete them	Yes, with CleanShot Cloud: 1 GB on Basic, unlimited on Pro
Step-by-step guides from your clicks	Free, from a tab recording	Not listed
Edit a screenshot by describing the change	Pro + AI	Not listed

CleanShot X details are from its pricing and features pages, checked in October 2026. "Not listed" means it isn't mentioned there. Check CleanShot X's site for the latest.

Why switch

What Scrolvo does differently

Not only for Macs

Scrolvo is a Chrome extension, so the same captures, recordings and editor work on Windows, Linux and Chromebooks, and on a Mac too. Nothing to install beyond the extension, and no licence per computer.

Free to capture

Full page, scrolling area and visible area screenshots, autoscroll, the screen recorder and step-by-step guides cost nothing and need no account. Scrolvo Pro is for the editor, blur, sticky header removal and longer share links.

Pick the part of the page that scrolls

On a page with a sidebar, a message list and a thread that each scroll on their own, Scrolling area mode captures the one you click, shows a preview and says how many screens long it is before you start.

Links that end when you want

A shared screenshot or video stops working after the days you pick, and the copy is deleted when it does. Nothing is uploaded otherwise. Links are free with an account for up to 7 days; Scrolvo Pro keeps them for 30 days or until you delete them.

To be fair

When CleanShot X may suit you better

You're on a Mac and want to capture any app, window or region, not only Chrome.
You'd rather pay once than subscribe.
You want to copy text out of a screenshot, freeze the screen, use a timer or show your keystrokes in a recording.
Your team shares captures from its own domain with its own branding.

FAQ

Questions and answers

Is there a CleanShot X for Windows?

CleanShot X's own pricing page says it needs macOS 13 or newer. Scrolvo isn't a copy of it, but it does full page and scrolling screenshots, screen recording and an editor with crop, arrows, text and blur in Chrome on Windows, Linux, ChromeOS and macOS, free to capture.

Can Scrolvo capture a desktop app or a region of the screen?

Not as a screenshot. Scrolvo's screenshots are of web pages in Chrome: a whole page, a selected area of it, or a chat, feed or panel that scrolls inside it. It can record a window or your whole screen as video.

Does Scrolvo have a screenshot editor?

Yes, with Scrolvo Pro ($10/month or $100/year): crop, arrows, boxes, text, blur, highlighter, numbered steps, pen, and Beautify for a browser frame, padding and a backdrop. Saving a capture as JPG or PDF from the editor is free.

Does Scrolvo upload my screenshots?

No. Screenshots are made on your computer, and a file only leaves your computer when you make a share link (free with an account), or send it for an AI edit on Pro + AI.

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