1 Press the shortcut
From any window, press Alt Shift S. Your screen dims and Snipwise gets ready to capture. You can change the shortcut in Settings.
FEATURES
Drag. Select.
Understand.
Snipwise sits quietly in your tray. When something on your screen doesn't make sense, press a shortcut, drag over it, and get an explanation or an answer. Then keep asking.
For Windows 10 and 11. macOS is coming soon.
THE BASICS
From confusing to clear in four steps
2 Drag over what you need
Draw a box around a question, a block of code, a chart, a paragraph or an error message. Press Enter to capture the whole screen instead, or Esc to cancel.
3 Get your answer
Your snip is explained straight away, and the reply appears as it is written. Out of the box Snipwise explains what it sees. You can pick a different default in Settings.
4 Keep going
Ask a follow-up, attach a picture, or tap a quick prompt to solve, summarize, translate or pull out the text. The whole conversation stays with the snip.
WHAT IT CAN DO
Seven ways to use a snip
Pick the one that fits. You can switch to another on the same snip without capturing it again.
Explain
Walks through the question, code, chart or error message in plain language, then gives the answer.
Solve
Works through every problem step by step and puts the final answer on its own line.
Quick answer
A line or two of working and the answer. Nothing more.
Practice
Writes a new question like the one you snipped, with the answer after a divider so you can try first.
Summarize
Boils a page or passage down to a few bullet points with the key ideas and numbers.
Extract text
Copies the text, tables, code and math out of the picture exactly as written.
Translate
Translates the text on screen into the language you choose in Settings.
MAKE IT YOURS
Customizable
Snipwise bends to the way you work. Change the keyboard shortcuts, switch the theme, and decide what a snip does and where the answer appears. It all lives in Settings, and Snipwise remembers your choices.
Make the shortcuts yours
Not a fan of Alt, Shift and S? Click a shortcut in Settings, press the keys you would rather use, and that is the new shortcut. You can change the snip shortcut, the hide shortcut and the others.
Dress it your way
Pick one of five themes, from deep black to Glass, which lets your desktop show through. Switch whenever you like, and Snipwise keeps your choice.
Choose what a snip does
Pick the action that runs the moment you snip: Explain, Solve, Quick answer, Practice, Summarize, Extract text or Translate.
Your quick prompts
Show only the quick prompts you use under the chat, so the ones you reach for are the ones in reach.
Your language
Have answers written in English or Spanish, and type any language you like for Translate.
Where answers appear
Open the answer window next to what you selected, or keep it where you left it.
Keep it on topPro
Pin the window in front of the others while you work, and click the pin again to let it go.
Hide it when you sharePlus
Keep Snipwise out of screen sharing and recordings while you still see it on your own screen.
Start with Windows
Launch quietly in the tray when Windows starts, so your shortcut is always ready.
Calm or lively
Turn the smooth animations on or off to suit how you like an app to feel.
WHAT EACH PLAN INCLUDES
Built to stay out of your way
Every plan can snip, ask follow-ups and keep a history. The paid plans add more ways to make Snipwise yours. See prices and credit allowances.
Free
Everything you need to start
- Snip anything with one shortcut
- All seven ways to use a snip
- Follow-up questions, and pictures with your question
- Recent and saved snips, with search
- Your own quick prompts
- Answers in English or Spanish
- Hide the window with a keystroke
- The Standard level
Hide it in a keystroke
Press Alt, Shift and H to hide Snipwise, and again to bring it back. It is always one shortcut away, and you can change every shortcut in Settings.
Add pictures
Paste, drop or attach up to two more pictures to a snip, then ask about all of them together.
Your own quick prompts
Choose which quick prompts show under the chat, so the ones you use are the ones in reach.
English or Spanish
Have answers written in English or Spanish, and tell Translate which language you want. The default is English.
Pro
Everything in Free, plus
- Everything in Free
- Five themes: Default, Night, Dark, Mono and Glass
- Keep the window on top of other windows
- A bigger monthly allowance and daily cap
- Discounted extra credit packs
Five themes
Default, Night, Dark, Mono or Glass, which lets your desktop show through. A shortcut can freeze a blurred picture of what is behind the window so the text stays easy to read.
Keep it on top
Pin the window so it stays in front while you work in another one. Click the pin again and it goes back to behaving like any other window.
Plus
Everything in Pro, plus
- Everything in Pro
- Hide Snipwise from screen sharing and recordings
- The Flash and Deep levels, for harder questions
- The biggest allowance and daily cap
- The lowest-price extra credit packs
Hide it from screen sharing
Presenting or recording? Switch on Stealth mode and Snipwise asks Windows to keep it out of screen sharing and recordings, while you keep seeing it on your own screen. It will not show up in your own snips either. It relies on Windows, so it may not work with every program or device, such as a phone camera.
Flash and Deep levels
Pick a stronger level for harder questions: Flash is sharper on tricky ones, and Deep is for the toughest. They use more of your credits per reply.
YOUR SNIPS
Come back to them later
Snipwise remembers your snips, so you never have to capture the same thing twice.
- Recent. Your latest 100 snips are kept on your computer, with the conversation that went with each one.
- Saved. Tap the bookmark on a snip to keep it. You can save up to 50, and saved snips stay until you remove them.
- Search. Find an old snip by typing a word from it.
- Look closer. Expand a snip to zoom in, or copy the picture to paste it somewhere else.
- Keep it handy. Start Snipwise with Windows so the shortcut is always ready, and have the answer open right next to what you snipped. Both are optional, in Settings.
CHOOSE YOUR POWER
Three levels of thinking
Every reply uses some of your plan's credits. A harder-thinking level uses more, so use it when it matters. See what each plan includes.
Standard
Fast answers for everyday questions.
1 credit per replyOn every plan, including Free.
Flash
Sharper on trickier questions.
4 credits per replyOn the Plus plan.
Deep
For the toughest questions.
28 credits per replyOn the Plus plan.
GOOD TO KNOW
Your snips, your computer
Your snips and the replies you get are saved on your own computer, not on Snipwise's servers. To write a reply, the snip is sent over an encrypted connection to the AI service that answers it. Read the Privacy Policy for exactly what happens to it.
Snipwise's replies come from AI, and AI can be wrong. Check anything important before you rely on it, and follow the rules of your school, workplace or exam about using AI tools.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
See the plans
Start on the Free plan, or pick a plan with more credits and the stronger levels.