Pricing
$39.99. Once.
One price, both channels, every feature. No subscription, no account, no telemetry, no uploads. On the direct download a single licence key activates up to 3 Macs.
Two ways to buy — same app, same price
| Direct download | Mac App Store | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $39.99 once | $39.99 once |
| Free trial | No — licence required | No (Apple policy) |
| Features | Identical — every feature in both builds | |
| Updates | Sparkle auto-update | App Store |
| License | Key via Lemon Squeezy · 3 Macs | Apple ID |
| Sandboxed | Hardened runtime, notarized | Fully sandboxed |
How buying the direct download works
- Buy a licence ($39.99). Checkout is run by Lemon Squeezy, our merchant of record, and your key arrives by email.
- Download SnapStudio and drag it into Applications.
- Open it and paste the key. The same key works on up to 3 Macs.
On the Mac App Store you pay Apple and there is no key: the app is unlocked on every Mac signed in with your Apple ID.
The math against renting
Web-based App Store screenshot tools charge $10–20 per month — $120–240 every year, forever, for the job SnapStudio does for $39.99 once. It pays for itself in under four months, and your screenshots never leave your Mac.
What's included — everything
- The complete editor: layers, masks, curves, HSL, 14 blend modes, 25 filters
- Screenshot beautifier (22 styles) + 9 current-gen device mockups
- 305 templates × 41 palettes, brand kits, one-click App Store packs
- Batch processing, social video export, 10 export formats
- On-device AI: 2×/4× upscale, background removal, auto-enhance
- The MCP server — all 87 agent tools
- All 1.x updates
Optional cloud AI (DALL·E 3 generation, Claude analysis) uses your own API keys and is billed by those providers directly — SnapStudio never marks it up, never proxies it.