Sensitive Data Protection
Coming soonA future assisted detection feature will make it easier to identify and conceal private information before sharing. It is not available yet and is not included among the active capabilities above.
Features
Every CaptainShot feature.
Organize, find, understand and use screenshots and images locally on iPhone, iPad and Mac. This page distinguishes what works broadly, what requires a compatible device and what is still being developed.
- Local analysis
- No account
- iPhone, iPad and Mac
- Images and screenshots
01
Library
Organize
CaptainShot combines automatic classification, collections you control and dynamic rules. The library stays readable without requiring every new image to be filed manually.
FeatureWhat it doesAvailability
- Library organization
- Brings automatic collections, manually created collections and custom selections into one library.
- iPhoneiPadMac
- Automatic collections
- Automatically classifies screenshots and added images by their content and detected themes.
- LocalCompatible devices
- Collections you create
- The title and initial images give incremental analysis context for classifying relevant new images into the collection.
- LocaliPhoneiPadMac
- Custom selections
- Combines period, text, visual content, SmartData, favorites, stars, flags, faces or comments in rules that recalculate.
- LocalDynamic
- Quick Review
- Keep, delete, move, favorite or mark a series of images through consecutive gestures.
- iPhoneiPadMac
- Bulk actions
- Apply an organization, edit or status change to multiple screenshots in a single operation.
- Multi-selectMac optimized
- Status tracking
- Use To Review and Completed states in the gallery, filters, search and custom selections.
- LocalTo ReviewCompleted
- Notes and comments
- Add personal context to each image that remains editable, readable and searchable.
- LocalSearchable
02
Search
Find
Search for a sentence, an idea, an object or extracted information. Results can combine recognized text, visual content and structured data.
FeatureWhat it doesAvailability
- Natural language search
- Finds screenshots from everyday wording while accounting for linguistic variants and relevant matches.
- Local indexText and context
- Visual search
- Searches for an object, scene, interface or idea from visual content, even when you do not know the exact text.
- LocalVisual content
- OCR search
- Extracts and indexes words, numbers, addresses and sentences visible in screenshots for fast retrieval.
- LocalLive Text
- Extended search
- Also searches comments, summaries and collections so an image can be found through context added after capture.
- CommentsSummariesCollections
- SmartData
- Detects dates, durations, phone numbers, emails, addresses, websites, amounts, flights, deliveries, QR codes and business references.
- LocalDedicated filters
03
Local intelligence
Understand and act
Recognized content can be summarized, translated, copied or turned into a reminder. Generative features remain on the compatible device.
FeatureWhat it doesAvailability
- Local summaries
- Produces a concise summary, title and key ideas from the text and context of a screenshot.
- On deviceCompatible device
- Local translation
- Temporarily translates content or a summary into supported languages without forcing a permanent copy.
- On device5 translation languages
- Intelligent reminders
- Prepares a reminder with a title, notes and suggested date from detected information. You always approve it before saving.
- On deviceApple Reminders
- Live Text
- Selects, copies and uses recognized text directly from an image inside CaptainShot.
- LocalApple OCR
- Copy and share
- Copies or shares text, a summary, comments or the image alone depending on the intended result.
- PDFImageText
- Suggested titles
- Suggests a clearer title from analyzed content while keeping it fully editable.
- On deviceCompatible device
04
Inputs and outputs
Add and share
CaptainShot accepts more than screenshots. Add a photo, import from another app and share a collection without locking the recipient into a live synchronized copy.
FeatureWhat it doesAvailability
- Import from Photos
- Manually adds one or more library images and analyzes them using the same approach as screenshots.
- iPhoneiPadMac
- Camera capture
- Captures a document, poster, conference or other visual information directly from the app.
- iPhoneiPad
- Drag and drop on Mac
- Drops images or folders into CaptainShot to feed the analysis queue without going through Photos.
- MacMultiple import
- Share sheet
- Sends an image from another app to CaptainShot for analysis, a summary or a prepared reminder.
- iPhoneiPadmacOS
- Collection sharing
- Generates an importable code that gives the recipient an independent, fully editable copy of the collection.
- Share codeIndependent copy
- This is not a live synchronized collaborative collection.
- Photos albums
- Links a CaptainShot collection to a Photos album and keeps adding matching images according to your settings.
- Apple PhotosSynchronization
05
Editing
Edit and protect
Prepare an image before storing or sharing it. Personal images can also be hidden from the regular library and protected with biometrics.
FeatureWhat it doesAvailability
- Image annotation
- Adds text, shapes, arrows, strokes, highlighting and custom colors directly to the image.
- TextShapesDrawing
- Manual blur
- Intentionally covers an area before sharing after you identify information that should be concealed.
- Built-in editorManual
- Crop and rotate
- Adjusts framing and orientation so only useful information remains.
- Built-in editor
- Hidden images
- Removes selected images from regular views while retaining them in a dedicated CaptainShot space.
- LocalDedicated space
- Biometric protection
- Protects access to hidden images with Face ID or Touch ID when the option is enabled.
- Face IDTouch ID
06
Devices and privacy
Privacy
Core intelligence stays on your devices. CaptainShot requires no account and does not use screenshots for advertising, tracking or training a third-party service.
FeatureWhat it doesAvailability
- On-device analysis
- Runs OCR, visual analysis, SmartData, classification and compatible enhancements locally without sending images to CaptainShot.
- LocalNo analysis server
- Offline support
- Keeps many organization and search features available for images already stored locally.
- Local imagesOffline
- A connection may be needed to download an image stored only in iCloud Photos or to verify some subscription information.
- No account required
- Uses CaptainShot without creating a profile or sending a library to a CaptainShot account.
- No sign-up
- No advertising or profiling
- Includes no advertising, advertising tracking or profiling based on screenshot content.
- No adsNo profiling
- Native Apple apps
- Provides dedicated iPhone, iPad and Mac experiences under one subscription.
- iOS 26+iPadOS 26+macOS 26+
- Multilingual interface
- Interface available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Korean and Japanese.
- 9 languages
- Languages available for collections, summaries, translation and reminders may differ by feature and device.
- Apple Intelligence
- Adds local generative enhancements on compatible devices. Core classification remains available without Apple Intelligence.
- On deviceCompatible device
In development
What comes next.
A library that works with you.
Download CaptainShot on iPhone, iPad and Mac and start with your own screenshots and images.
Download on the App Store