A Lightshot alternative for Windows that keeps your screenshots on your machine.
Lightshot is free and refreshingly simple, with quick share links via prnt.sc. QuipShot keeps the speed but takes privacy and depth further: nothing is uploaded to a public gallery, plus scrolling capture, on-device grab-text and true HDR colour.
QuipShot vs Lightshot, side by side
Lightshot nails fast, simple sharing. QuipShot keeps everything local and adds the capabilities Lightshot leaves out.
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| Capability | QuipShot Windows · native | Lightshot Windows / Mac · free |
|---|---|---|
| Free | ||
| Quick selection and in-place annotation | ||
| Every shot stays on your machine by default | ||
| Scrolling capture with blended seams | ||
| Grab text off the screen, on-device | ||
| True colour from HDR and high-DPI displays | ||
| Reliable on games, video and GPU-drawn apps | ||
| Full editor with layers you can re-edit | ||
| Drag the finished shot straight into any app | ||
| Instant public share link | ||
| Pricing model | $20/mo, one flat tier | Free |
full support partial / with caveats not supportedReflects typical out-of-the-box behaviour, June 2026.
When Lightshot is the better choice
No tool wins on everything, and we won't pretend otherwise. Here's where the other one is genuinely the right call.
You want it free.
Lightshot costs nothing and never asks for a subscription.
You just want a fast public share link.
Lightshot's one-click upload to a prnt.sc URL is genuinely quick for casual sharing.
You want the simplest possible tool.
Lightshot does selection, a few annotations and share, and not much else to learn.
Reverse image search matters to you.
Lightshot can search the web for similar images from a capture, which QuipShot doesn't do.
Lightshot is great for quick, casual, share-it-now screenshots. If you handle anything you'd rather not see land on a public URL, or you want scrolling capture, on-device text grabbing and HDR-true colour, QuipShot keeps it all local and does more.
Get QuipShot on your own Windows PC
One flat tier, every feature included, your screenshots never leave your machine. See the capture flow, the five ways to capture, and how it stacks up on the homepage, browse the changelog, or jump straight in.
- No cloud
- No telemetry
- No analytics
- No bundled browser · under 25 MB
- Windows 10 & 11
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