The screenshot tool for Windows you buy once
One key. One click.
Saved, searchable,
ready to paste.
- No account to make
- No cloud: it stays on your PC
- Find any capture by a word in it
- Pay once, keep it forever
Also on the Microsoft Store. CopyThat Decorator is sold only here.
Press Print Screen and click. It is saved with the date and time, the words in it are read, and it is on your clipboard. A screenshot tool for Windows you buy once and keep. Below, the real app does each job: click one, or take the tour.
For Windows 10 and 11 only. Not available for Mac.
No card for the trial. Windows 10 and 11. $39 once — what it costs
What it does, recorded from the real app
Capture
One key, one click: saved with the date and time, and on your clipboard.
One press of Print Screen. Five things happen.
Why not the free one?
Does what Snipping Tool can’t.
Snipping Tool is free, already on your PC, and it reads text and records the screen. For a quick snip it is fine. What you buy CopyThat for:
- Find it again by a word in itType invoice and the capture with the invoice comes back.
- Change the markup next monthArrows, callouts and text stay separate objects. Reopen and move them.
- Numbered steps and approval stampsSteps that number themselves; stamps with your name and today’s date.
- One key for each jobTo the clipboard, the editor, a file, or straight to text.
- A PDF editor in the boxPDFthat comes with it: mark up, sign, fill forms, OCR.
And nothing to opt out of: Windows’ built-in tools route images through cloud AI features you have to opt out of. CopyThat has no cloud.
The one nobody else leads with
Find any screenshot by a word that was in it.
Six weeks of house hunting, eleven listings captured, and the one with the blue kitchen is somewhere in a folder of Screenshot 2026-08-14 211703.png. In CopyThat you type blue kitchen.
Every capture is read the moment you take it, and the words inside the picture become the search. Not the file name, not a tag.
Everything it does. Not a click away — right here.
One window. Not a roadmap — this is the download today, named as the app names it.
The TOOLS rail
Seventeen tools, one key each.
- SelectV
- ArrowA
- LineN
- PenP
- RectangleR
- EllipseO
- HighlightH
- EraserE
- TextT
- CalloutL
- Numbered stepSNumbers itself
- StampKYour name and today’s date
- SpotlightG
- MagnifyM
- PixelateB
- RedactXOpaque, not an undoable blur
- CropC
Take the picture
Seven global hotkeys, all reassignable.
- Quick region → ClipboardPrintScreen
- Region → EditorCtrl+PrtSc
- Region → FileCtrl+Shift+PrtSc
- Active window
- Full screen
- Scroll pageCtrl+Shift+F9Taller than the screen; it stitches
- Fixed size…
- Delay ▸ 3 / 5 / 10 seconds
- Repeat last regionCtrl+Shift+F7
Take the words
OCR, recording and the library — all local.
- Region → Text (OCR)Ctrl+Alt+PrtSc
- Extract text (OCR)
- Find sensitive text
- Record screenCtrl+Shift+F8
- Video → GIF…
- Library…Find it by the words inside it
Keep it and send it
Nothing leaves this PC unless you export it.
- Copy to clipboardCtrl+C
- Export…Ctrl+S
- Email…
- UndoCtrl+ZCovers crops and canvas edits, not just the last shape
- Font family and sizeReal typefaces on text and callouts, changeable after you placed them
- Styles / + Save style
- Effects
- Save project… / Open project…Change the whole job next week
- Explorer thumbnailsA saved project shows its own picture in the folder
- Import PDF · AI · SVG · EPS · CDR
- Save canvas as template…
PDFthat — the second app
Free with your license.
- Read
- Highlight
- Draw · Shapes · Number
- Whiteout · Add Text
- Sign
- Form ▾
- OCROffline; scans become searchable
- Create ▾ · Export ▾
Every font on the PC, each row drawn in its own typeface.
What it sends, and to whom
Yours, local, and easy to get approved.
No account. No cloud. Nothing uploads unless you send it.
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Once a day: one question
Once a day, and whenever you check by hand, CopyThat checks for updates. It sends its version number, which edition it is and how it was installed, a random install code, and a licence code we can match only to the order it was sold under, so we can see if one licence is being shared across many computers. It never sends your email, your licence key, or anything you capture.
Help › Check for updates automaticallyturns it off. - Activation: nothing Activation happens on your PC: the key carries its own proof, so there is no account and no activation server. Nothing can lock you out.
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Never
Your screenshots, recordings, copied text or search index. No analytics, and nothing about what you capture, open or click. Crash logs stay in
%LOCALAPPDATA%\CopyThat\logs. - Only if you set it up Hosted sharing uploads to your own server and asks before every upload. Nothing reaches us.
- The installer Code-signed, so Windows knows exactly where it came from.
One license, one person. The full privacy policy says the same in more words.
One payment, yours forever
Two editions. One payment each.
Every feature is free for 15 days, no card and no account. Then one payment.
CopyThat
$39once. The app is yours forever.
For anyone who takes screenshots: capture, mark up, find it again by the words in it, record your screen, PDFthat included.
Your first year of updates is included. Updates are optional after your first year: $10 a year per license if you add them when you buy, $20 a year if you add them later. Skip them and the version you have keeps working forever.
Bonus: Free PDFthat program ($25 value) so you can let that Acrobat subscription go bye-bye.
For Windows 10 and 11 only. Not available for Mac.
CopyThat Decorator
$49once. The app is yours forever.
Everything in CopyThat, plus the promo-products tools: logo clean-up and vectorization, graphic design and manipulation tools for most promo product proofs, an embroidery file simulator, approval stamps, quote and presentation tools with a profitability calculator, and more. See CopyThat Decorator →
Your first year of updates is included. Updates are optional after your first year: $10 a year per license if you add them when you buy, $20 a year if you add them later. Skip them and the version you have keeps working forever.
Bonus: Free PDFthat program ($25 value) so you can let that Acrobat subscription go bye-bye.
We ship updates weekly. Over the coming year we plan to further enhance the image and vector tools, so you can do more of your work inside one program instead of many. Your copy keeps working forever.
Founding testers pay $35 — apply for a spot →
Also planned: a way to bring in your favorite suppliers’ products for fast mock-ups.
Try every feature free for 15 days. Bought it? 15-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. Something wrong? Email us and a person sorts it out.
| Three years of each | CopyThat | Snagit Individual |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $39 | $39 |
| Year 2 | $0 or $10 | $39 |
| Year 3 | $0 or $10 | $39 |
| Stop paying | Keeps working | Won’t open |
Snagit Individual: $39 a year; a lapsed subscription stops the app (techsmith.com, checked October 7, 2026). Snagit is a trademark of TechSmith Corporation.
- $39 and $49 are the prices, charged today — never a struck-through number nobody paid.
- Not sure which edition? Take CopyThat; move up later by paying the difference.
Buying for a team? Seat discounts for 4 or more. Email support@copythatnow.com with how many.
Compared with Snagit
Snagit is a good screenshot tool. Here is where the two differ.
| Feature | CopyThat | Snagit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $39 once | $39 a year (US), subscription only since 2025 |
| Keeps working if you stop paying | Yes, forever | No: access ends when the subscription ends |
| Cloud account required | Absolutely not | Yes: a TechSmith account; internet at activation and every 90 days |
| One key and the picture is on the clipboard, saved too | Yes | Capture, then choose where it goes |
| Capture modes | Region, window, full screen, scrolling, timed, fixed size | Region, window, full screen, scrolling, timed, fixed size |
| Copy the text out of any picture (OCR) | Yes, read on your PC | Yes |
| Screen recording | Yes: microphone and computer sound, then GIF | Yes, and stronger: a video editor that trims and combines clips |
| Webcam in recordings | No | Yes |
| Approval stamps with your name and today’s date at placement | Seven, built in | Stamp images from its asset library |
| Mac version | No, Windows 10 and 11 | Yes, Windows and Mac in one license |
| PDF editor included | PDFthat, free | No |
Snagit facts from techsmith.com and support.techsmith.com, checked October 7, 2026. Snagit is a trademark of TechSmith Corporation.
See three years of cost next to Snagit, Zight, Droplr, PicPick and Movavi ›
Who’s behind this
Why it exists.
Thirty-five years running my own business, then a year next to an AI — typing paragraphs about a window open in front of me. Both problems had the same shape: the picture should already be on the clipboard.
The short answers.
Is CopyThat worth it?
If you take screenshots every week and ever need one again, yes. It is $39 once, what Snagit charges for one year. Try the whole app for 15 days with no card first.
How do I make Print Screen open CopyThat?
On Windows 11, Print Screen opens Snipping Tool by default. CopyThat asks which key you want and can switch Windows’ shortcut off for you; Capture settings gives it back, and so does uninstalling. To do it by hand: Settings › Accessibility › Keyboard, then turn off “Use the Print screen key to open screen capture”.
What happens if you change your pricing?
Nothing you already bought changes. Your key never expires and the version you have keeps working forever. If you are on the update plan, we email you before every renewal charge and you can cancel online any time at copythatnow.com/plan; cancelling never breaks the app.
Is it a subscription?
No. $39 once for the app. Updates after your first year are optional; skip them and the version you have keeps working forever.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. The full app for 15 days, no card, no account. When it ends nothing is deleted and nothing uninstalls; saving waits for a key.
How it starts
Every feature, 15 days, no card.
Type your address and the signed installer link lands in your inbox. On day 16 the app keeps working; saving waits for a key.
One email with the link, no autoresponder. We may follow up about your trial; we never sell or share your details (privacy). support@copythatnow.com.
Sent. Check your inbox. Or download it right now.
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Using AVG or Avast? It may warn about the installer while it runs. That is a false alarm on a brand-new release, and we have reported it to Avast. If it asks, choose Allow.