Gifox vs Monosnap

Gifox

• Short GIFs for bug reports, support replies and presentations
• Mac users who want fine control over GIF size and quality
• Buyers who prefer a one-time license to a subscription

Monosnap

• Annotated screenshots with arrows, text and blur on Mac or Windows
• People who keep captures in their own Dropbox, S3 or FTP storage
• Home users who need screenshots and short clips at no cost

Gifox

• Mac only, for macOS 10.15 Catalina or later.
• The free Basic plan limits each screen recording to 10 seconds and adds a watermark.
• Gifox 3 is announced at $24 with one year of free updates; Gifox 2 licenses bought within 12 months of its release switch for free.
• Mac App Store and direct-download versions use different licensing and are not compatible with each other.

Monosnap

• The Free and Non-Commercial plans are for personal use only; any commercial use needs the Commercial plan.
• Free accounts are limited to 5 minutes of video recording, 2 GB of storage and 100 MB per upload, and lose the cloud integrations after 30 days.
• Mac App Store purchases are priced separately, at $4.49 a month or $44.99 a year for the non-commercial version.
• Apps are offered for Mac, Windows and Chrome only; no Linux or mobile app is listed.

Gifox

Free-area and window selection

Free-area mode captures any part of the screen, and window-snap mode records one app window at its exact pixel size.

Status bar menu

Recording, importing and sharing all run from the menu bar. Videos and image sequences dropped on it become GIFs, which can be dragged into other apps.

Integrated editor

Crops, cuts, trims, duplicates and rearranges recorded or imported videos, then exports them again without leaving the app.

Capture settings

Chooses what appears in a recording: the cursor, mouse clicks, keyboard input, the window shadow and the desktop picture.

Compression control

Sets playback speed and frame rate, the number of colors, resizing and dithering to trade output quality against file size.

Sharing to cloud services

Connects to Dropbox, Google Drive and Imgur to share a GIF from inside the app. Nothing is uploaded unless a recording is explicitly shared.

Monosnap

Screenshot capture

Captures the full screen, part of it or a selected window, with an 8x magnifier for exact crop edges, customizable hotkeys and delayed screenshots.

Annotation editor

Highlights details with a pen, text, arrows and shapes and blurs private information. A capture can also be opened in an external editor.

Video and GIF recording

Records screencasts and GIFs and can highlight details while recording. The Free plan allows 5 minutes of video; paid plans are unlimited.

Monosnap storage and short links

Uploads a capture or any dropped file to Monosnap's cloud and returns a short link. Storage is 2 GB on Free and starts at 10 GB on paid plans.

External storage integrations

Paid plans can send captures to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Evernote, Yandex.Disk, Amazon S3, FTP, sFTP or WebDAV. Free accounts get this for 30 days.

Team accounts and private links

The Commercial plan adds a team account and private links. Enterprise adds single sign-on, advanced access control and central settings control.

Gifox

• Gifox Basic$0

  Free forever, with 10-second watermarked screen recordings, unlimited file conversion and the crop, trim, split and clone editing tools.

• Gifox Pro$14.99

  one-time purchase per license, taxes included

  Everything in Basic plus unlimited screen recording and a removable watermark. The app is kept forever, including all minor versions.

• Gifox Co-founder$150

  one-time purchase, lifetime license for 1 Mac

  A limited crowdfunding license with Gifox 2 and 3, all future core upgrades and priority support. Tiers for 2 and 3 Macs cost $300 and $450.

Monosnap

• Free$0

  Personal and family use only: unlimited screenshots, 5 minutes of video recording, 2 GB of storage and a 100 MB limit per uploaded file.

• Non-Commercial$2.5

  per month, billed yearly; $3 billed monthly

  Still personal use only: unlimited video recording, 10 GB or more of storage, a 2 GB upload limit and integrations with external cloud services.

• Commercial$5

  per user / month, billed yearly; $10 billed monthly

  Licensed for commercial use, with a team account, private links, 10 GB or more of storage per member and the cloud integrations.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Single sign-on, advanced access control, settings control, a tailored SLA and custom contracts and invoicing, arranged through sales.

Gifox

• Lifetime license

  Pro is a one-time purchase at $14.99

  The pricing page says the app is yours forever, including all minor versions, with no subscriptions or repeating payments.

• Education

  30% off for students and teachers

  Students and teachers get a 30% discount by emailing the team from a .edu address, according to the pricing page.

• Lifetime license

  Founding licenses with lifetime upgrades

  A crowdfunding campaign sells a limited number of lifetime licenses at $150 for 1 Mac, $300 for 2 and $450 for 3, covering Gifox 3 and all future core upgrades. No refunds.

• Other savings

  Included with a Setapp subscription

  The pricing page says Gifox is also available in the Mac App Store and with a Setapp subscription.

Monosnap

• Annual discount

  Save up to 50% with yearly billing

  The pricing page lists Non-Commercial at $2.5 a month billed yearly against $3 monthly (16% off), and Commercial at $5 against $10 (50% off).

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime non-commercial license for $99.99

  The Mac App Store listing offers the paid non-commercial version as a lifetime purchase for $99.99, alongside monthly and yearly subscriptions.