LittleSnapper 1.0 is released

SCOTT:

I think all that Nik was trying to say was that blog comments are the best place to receive support for a product.

You call him rude but turn around and say "LittleSnapper is over rated and over priced" which isn't very polite in my book.

PRICE CROWD:

The competitors here are Snapz Pro X which costs $29 without the movie option and Skitch which is currently still in beta after over a year. Unfortunately, this is making everyone think that Skitch is free forever and honestly it doesn't seem like Plasq knows exactly what they want to do. They know they want to monetize it but they are also talking about keeping a limited free version available. We'll see eventually. If they do decide to go completely non-free I'm gonna be curious to see what everyone thinks about the price. I suspect anything over $0.00 will have some people saying it is too high.

However, none of these does some of the things that LittleSnapper does or addresses the concerns of people who screenshot a LOT. This is like iPhoto for screenshots; Library, Editing, Markup, and Posting. No other screenshot app maintains and organizes a library of screenshots for you. They don't have non-destructive editing capabilities that can be undone 10 days later. In the case of Snapz there is no markup capability or posting options with the application. Skitch helped raised the bar for screenshot apps, LittleSnapper raises the bar higher.

If you don't have a need for this or these features don't provide value to YOU then this app may not be for you. Some people would say that $50 for a console game would be a complete waste of money whereas hardcore gamers might find $100 of value in it.

Let's judge the app on its merits and value. If you just need to screenshot something once in a great while, OS X has this built in. If you want more and do this frequently then you look at apps like LittleSnapper.

Why not just use the free, cross platform Jing Project? It does screenshots, notations, video (e.g. captures whatever you're doing on the screen into a movie)? And has online hosting. And free..

Bhavesh

Uhm guys, we're not talking about a screenshot application *only*, it's an app that can help you organize your tons of screenshots from browsing around using folders, collections, smart folders and tags.

It's amazingly useful for someone like me who always collects little design tidbits from around the web. I needed a place to gather them all. LittleSnapper is that place.

And of course, the DOM screen shot utility is fan-ta-stic.

So for a screenshot app AND a screenshot organizational app, I don't think the price is that steep. Plus, the interface is uber sexy.

I'm liking LS and indeed provides more features than Skitch (that I use in a daily base, even if I don't consider it perfect must specially since it doesn't organize the images). However, I do have to agree that 40$ is steep, specially for a just released app. I'll have to think and test it for awhile to see if it's worth it.

As a sidenote after reading some comments -- people have the right to say what they think. They think it's expensive and because of that they will not buy it? They can and should say so. They think otherwise? Same thing. I don't like bashing or fanboyism, but I like a well done critique, either positive or negative.

As for me -- like I said -- I haven't made my mind yet. I like it, I would use it extensively, but for 40$ it's not a no-brainer.

i'm having some very od issues with LittleSnapper :n(

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Hi Guys

Thanks for all your thoughts on LittleSnapper, it's been really interesting to read (both on TUAW and elsewhere) your feedback on the product. We're always looking to make LittleSnapper better, so I wouldn't be surprised if suggestions made make it into a future update.

With regards to pricing...

We spent a fair while looking at pricing for LittleSnapper. Yes, we're a company - and that means there's bills to pay. Unfortunately, 'good karma' as a result of releasing a free product doesn't pay those bills. We also think that, for the target market of designers looking to build up a pattern (or design) library, or for managing a library of screenshots LittleSnapper is actually very good value.

It's genuinely interesting to hear what folks think about product pricing - what with the debate on App Store pricing still on-going - so thanks for taking the time to give us some honest feedback. Whilst I can't say we'll act on all of it, it's certainly noted.

Cheers,

Nik

I can't believe it can't scale screen shots. That's a deal breaker.

The automatic hosting is nice for sharing online, and the DOM selection interesting. The annotation tools are good, too. But it needs scaling.

I'm still waiting for a Mac tool with the power and flexibility of SnagIt on Windows.

I miss the automatic URL-copied-to-clipboard to the recently snapped and uploaded image as in Jing. There you in settings can add [imagename] to the end of the URL.

It takes me one second to screendump, upload and paste URL to my IM-contact I'm helping out or showing something.

The interface in LittleSnapper is spiffy though.

YIKES, $40!?!?!?
Thats a bit steep... dontcha think?

Played with it but can't see me paying for this when all I need is what skitch already provides for free, if you want to charge this much for an App then it must be further up the scale than ALL the free alternatives. Great software but should be half the price.