# PicPick review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Windows screen capture, image editor and design tools in one app Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. PicPick is a Windows screen capture tool bundled with an image editor, a screen recorder and design utilities such as a color picker, pixel ruler and whiteboard. It is free for personal, non-commercial use, and a Pro license is required for commercial and business use. - **Category:** Desktop Utilities - **Made by:** NG WIN - **Website:** https://picpick.app/ - **Runs on:** Windows - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use a Mac or Linux, since only Windows is listed. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, PicPick has a free plan, and paid plans start at $30 per year (Professional, listed as a limited-time price). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free for personal, non-commercial use with the capture, image editor and design tools, manual updates and no technical support. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Personal, non-commercial use only. Screen capture, image editor and design tools, with manual updates and ads. | | Professional | $30 per year, per user | Commercial and business use, auto updates, priority support and no ads. Shown as $30, down from a crossed-out $36. | Read from https://picpick.app/en/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with PicPick before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Lifetime license, limited-time offer** (Lifetime license): The pricing page says a one-time lifetime license is available as a limited-time offer, with no recurring fees. Source: https://picpick.app/en/pricing/ ## Key features - **Many capture modes:** Full screen, active window, scrolling window, region, fixed region and freehand, with hotkeys, auto-save and multi-monitor support. - **Screen recording:** Record the full screen, a window or a region with system audio and microphone, saved to a local file. - **Ribbon-style image editor:** Annotate with text, arrows, shapes and callouts, and apply shadows, blur, watermarks, frames and mosaics. - **Design utilities:** Includes a color picker, pixel ruler, magnifier, protractor, crosshair and whiteboard. - **Share and send:** Send captures to Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, FTP or email, or get a shareable web link. ## Good for - Windows users who want capture, editing and a color picker in one app - Writers of tutorials and documentation who annotate screenshots - Personal users, who can stay on the free version ## Worth knowing - Windows only; the download page lists Windows versions and no Mac or Linux build. - The free version is limited to personal, non-commercial use, and work use needs Pro. - A Pro license is per user, installable on up to two computers for that user. - The page mentions a limited-time lifetime option but does not show its price. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. PicPick captures the screen, edits the image and records video, and it is free for personal use. But it runs on Windows only, work use needs the Pro licence at $30 a year, and the free version has no support. - **Value for money: B.** Free for personal use, and Professional is $30 a year, shown as a limited-time price, about $2.50 a month and so around the cheaper quarter of this category. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free for personal, non-commercial use with the capture, editor and design tools. Work use needs paying, and support and automatic updates are Pro. - **Features: B.** Many capture modes, a ribbon-style editor, screen recording, color picker, pixel ruler and whiteboard. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job. - **Ease of use: B.** Install and press a capture hotkey with nothing to set up. No store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: D.** Windows only. The download page lists no Mac or Linux version. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from PicPick's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among desktop utilities - PicPick's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 69 of the 186 other desktop utilities we grade, and level with 46. - It stands best on features (B, above 113 of 186) and worst on platforms and integrations (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $2.50 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $2.99 for the category: 14 of the 36 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 7 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/utilities ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing PicPick does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 5 things listed below take a company. It costs $30 a year. - You could not: Capture tools hooked into the operating system. - You could not: Recording the screen with its sound, and somewhere to keep the video. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: A real app for Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive **Tags:** Screenshots, Screen recording, File sharing ## Alternatives - [Snipaste](https://toolgpa.com/tools/snipaste): Screenshot tool that pins images to the screen as floating windows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/picpick-vs-snipaste) - [ShareX](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sharex): Free, open-source screenshot and screen recording for Windows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/picpick-vs-sharex) - [Greenshot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/greenshot): Free, open-source screenshot tool for Windows with an editor. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/greenshot-vs-picpick) - [FastStone Capture](https://toolgpa.com/tools/faststone-capture): Windows screen capture, annotation and screen recorder. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/faststone-capture-vs-picpick) - [Screenpresso](https://toolgpa.com/tools/screenpresso): Windows screenshot and video capture with a built-in editor. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/picpick-vs-screenpresso) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://picpick.app/en/pricing/ - https://picpick.app/en/download/ - https://picpick.app/en/features/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/picpick Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).