Questions before you dock the shutter
Short answers for setup, privacy, permissions, pricing, and the button-first workflow.
ShutterDock is a native macOS screenshot and screen recording app built around one visible menu bar shutter for fast region capture.
Built-in macOS capture is powerful, but ShutterDock focuses on a visible button-first workflow, Record Screen, hot corner capture, clipboard-by-default sharing, local history, and app-level annotation workflows.
No. Shortcuts can be useful later, but the core flow starts from the menu bar shutter.
Yes. Free includes short 90-second MP4 recordings. Pro unlocks unlimited recording, higher quality, system audio where supported, quick trim, and GIF/MOV/MP4 export presets.
Hot Corner capture lets you reveal a capture control from a chosen screen corner, so repeat screenshots stay one pointer move away.
Local-first, no cloud required, no telemetry by default.
Yes, Free includes screenshots and short 90-second recordings.
ShutterDock supports English, Spanish, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
The current native app targets macOS 14.0+.
Manual blur/redact workflows are part of ShutterDock. Smarter redaction workflows are part of the Pro roadmap.
No, Pro Lifetime is a one-time unlock.
Unlimited recording, 1080p/4K video quality, System audio, GIF/MOV/MP4 export presets, Quick trim, Unlimited OCR and scrolling capture, Advanced blur, Advanced hot corner, hotkeys, naming, and save rules.
No.
Use Restore Purchase inside the app; purchases are handled by the Mac App Store.
Founder Pro is available for $14.99 during the first 60 days, then returns to the regular $19.99 one-time price.