Snipping Tool comes with Windows, and for a quick snip it may be all you need. If you also want scrolling capture of long pages, captures pinned on top of your work, and screen recording with system sound and microphone, HanFlow Cap is one option: it captures a region, window, monitor or full screen with one key, lets you mark up a capture right away and records MP4, GIF or audio-only M4A, with no ads and no sign-in. Below is what each tool offers, based on their own pages, so you can choose for yourself.
What Snipping Tool does
Microsoft's support page describes any-shape, rectangle, window and full-screen snips, a delay of a few seconds, and markup with a pen, highlighter, eraser, shapes and crop. Text actions copy the text in a snip and can hide email addresses and phone numbers. It also records a rectangular part of the screen as a video snip, and recordings can be opened in Clipchamp for editing (Microsoft Support). The page does not mention scrolling capture of long pages.
What HanFlow Cap does
- Capture with one key: region, window, monitor and full screen (Ctrl+Shift+A, W, M, F), fixed-size capture and a delayed capture of 3, 5 or 10 seconds.
- Scrolling capture: save a long web page or document as one image.
- Pin to screen: keep a capture floating on top while you work.
- Edit right away: pen, rectangle, arrow, text, mosaic and crop, 8 shapes and undo.
- Watermark and print for captures, and a watermark for recordings.
- Save as PNG or JPG; record to MP4, GIF or M4A.
- No ads, no sign-in, 26 interface languages.
Screen recording with sound
HanFlow Cap records the screen with system sound and microphone. You can show or hide the cursor, pause, take a screenshot while recording, schedule a recording to start at a set time, overlay your webcam, record sound only as M4A, or record a GIF. To trim or cut a recording, use HanFlow Cut, the video editor from the same family; Cap itself does not edit recordings.
Which one to choose
- Choose Snipping Tool if you want what is already in Windows: quick snips with markup, copying text from a snip, and short video snips.
- Choose HanFlow Cap if you also need scrolling capture of long pages, monitor capture, pin to screen, and screen recording with system sound and microphone, a webcam overlay or a scheduled start.
- If you also work on a Mac, HanFlow Cap has a Mac version for macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
Trial and license
HanFlow Cap has a 30-day trial with every feature. See pricing for current licenses.
Frequently asked questions
Can HanFlow Cap take scrolling screenshots?
Yes. Scrolling capture saves a long page as one image.
Does HanFlow Cap copy text from a screenshot?
No. HanFlow Cap does not include text recognition. Snipping Tool's text actions can copy text from a snip.
Does HanFlow Cap record the screen with sound?
Yes. It records system sound and microphone to MP4, and can record sound only as M4A or the screen as a GIF.