An Awesome Screenshot alternative for Chrome
ScreenBadger captures the visible area, a region, or the full page, then lets you add arrows, text, numbered steps, highlights, blur, and redaction. When a still image isn’t enough, record the tab and edit the video with automatic zooms.
Free forever · No credit card · Works in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, and Opera
ScreenBadger
Record a tab for up to 60 minutes, get automatic zooms that follow your clicks, blur private details, trim and caption on a timeline, and export MP4 or GIF. Recordings stay in your browser, and Cloud adds share links when you need them.
Awesome Screenshot
Awesome Screenshot is a long-standing screenshot and screen recording extension, with apps for Mac, Windows, and iOS. It takes full-page screenshots in one click, offers annotation tools, and records your screen and camera. You can save captures locally or share them to tools like Slack, Trello, Asana, Jira, and Google Drive.
Side by side
| Feature | ScreenBadger | Awesome Screenshot |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | Free, one-time Pro, or Cloud subscription | Free, or from $5 per month |
| Free recording quality | Watermark-free MP4 up to 720p | Up to 720p; 4K on Professional |
| Free recording length | Up to 60 minutes | Up to 5 minutes saved locally, or 20 cloud recordings |
| Platform | Chrome extension (Chromium browsers) | Browser extension, Mac, Windows, iOS |
| Full-page screenshots | Yes | Yes |
| Screenshot annotation | Arrows, text, numbered steps, highlights | Yes |
| Screenshot blur and redaction | Yes | Not listed |
| Watermark on screenshots | Never | Not listed |
| Screen recording | Tab or entire screen, up to 60 minutes | Screen and camera |
| Automatic zoom in recordings | Yes | Not listed |
| Video editing | Trim, split, speed, captions, callouts | Cut, text, and shapes; under 1 hour per recording on Free |
| Sharing | Copy or download; links with Cloud | Links and app integrations |
| Where captures live | In your browser | Local disk or cloud |
Competitor details checked October 2026 from their public website and may have changed. Sources: www.awesomescreenshot.com, www.awesomescreenshot.com/pricing
Which one is right for you?
The verdict
Awesome Screenshot covers quick captures across many platforms and connects to popular work tools. ScreenBadger focuses on the browser, with stronger editing for both screenshots and videos, including blur, redaction, and auto zoom. If most of your captures come from web pages, ScreenBadger keeps everything in one extension.
FAQ
Yes. The screenshot studio is free and never adds a watermark. Copy a capture to the clipboard, or download it as PNG or JPEG.
Yes. You can capture the visible area, a selected region, or the full scrolling page, then annotate it in the screenshot studio.
Yes. It records a browser tab or your entire screen for up to 60 minutes with tab sound, microphone, and camera, and opens it in an editor with automatic zooms, trimming, and privacy blur.
Choose Awesome Screenshot if you capture outside the browser or rely on its integrations. Choose ScreenBadger if you work in Chrome and want annotated, redacted screenshots and edited videos from one tool.
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