Sophist Callout
Screenshots that explain themselves. Every mark in the picture gets a number and its own note, and both travel together when you copy or save.
Every number in the picture has its note. Copy, and both travel together.
What it does
Numbered marks, linked notes
Frames, badges, pointers and arrows are numbered automatically, and each number has its note. Delete or reorder one and the rest renumber themselves.
Four ways to capture
Draw a region, reuse a fixed frame with a 5-second timer, pick a window, or take the whole screen. Works over full-screen apps; Sophist Callout never ends up in its own pictures.
Screenshot series
Start a series and every click takes a picture. The steps open one below the other, with text above and below each picture, and leave as one long image or a PDF.
The whole web page
A browser extension for Chrome and Edge captures an entire page, including everything below the visible area, and opens it ready to annotate.
Projects and history
Every capture stays editable in the history. Group them into projects, put the steps in order, and export a project in one go. The library can live on a shared drive.
One file out
Copy puts picture and notes on the clipboard as one image, with the notes to the left, right or below. Save writes the same as a file.
What you need
- A Mac with Apple Silicon, or a PC with Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).
- On the Mac: permission for Screen Recording, which the app asks for at first launch.
Good to know
- Updates itself
- Sophist Callout checks for updates at launch and shows what is new before it installs anything.
- Signed on the Mac
- The Mac app is signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple. The Windows installer is not code-signed yet: Windows may warn on first start. Choose “More info”, then “Run anyway”.
- Your pictures stay local
- Captures and notes are stored on your computer or in a folder you choose. Nothing is uploaded.
- English and German
- The app follows your system language and can be switched in the menu.