Hivly Screenshot Annotator review
A free web tool for annotating screenshots privately and exporting them as PNGs.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Hivly Screenshot Annotator is a free browser-based tool for people who need to explain a screenshot without installing software. Solo users and small teams can paste, drag and drop, or upload an image, then add arrows, boxes, highlights, text, and blurred regions. It suits quick bug reports, documentation, and visual explanations where straightforward markup matters more than a broader image-editing workflow.
Its privacy approach is central to the product: image processing happens on the device, and the image is not uploaded. That makes Hivly a practical option for annotating screenshots that contain sensitive details, with the blur tool available to obscure them. The completed annotation downloads as a PNG. The workflow is compact and browser-based, so it fits users who want to mark up an image without an installation step; it is less suited to people who need formats beyond PNG or a wider set of editing capabilities.
Hivly describes the tool as free, with no accounts, trials, or locked features. It runs on the web and offers email as a support channel. Those choices make it easy to consider for basic, occasional markup, but buyers seeking a desktop application or a more extensive annotation environment should look elsewhere. Choose Hivly for free, on-device screenshot markup with common tools; skip it if platform choice or export flexibility is a priority.
Hivly Screenshot Annotator pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Add arrows, boxes, highlights, text, and blur to screenshots
- Paste, drag and drop, or upload an image in the browser
- Processes images on-device and exports annotations as PNG
- Where it doesn't
- Limited to the web platform
- Markup tools focus on basic screenshot annotation
- Exports are limited to PNG
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