Mobile Phones > Android The 8 Best Screenshot Apps for Android Improve your Android screen capture, no root required By Coletta Teske Whitehead Coletta Teske Whitehead Twitter Writer Central Washington University Coletta Teske is a Lifewire writer focusing on consumer electronics. She has 30 years' experience writing for Adobe, Boeing, Microsoft, and many others. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on April 6, 2020 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Android Switching from iOS When you need a picture of what’s on your Android device's screen, take a screenshot. It’s as simple as pressing a button and there are several apps that will make this even easier. Take your pick from any of these screenshot apps for Android. The screenshot apps featured in this article work on Android devices running Android 5.0 and up. 01 of 08 Take an Android Screen Capture using the Buttons on Your Phone or Tablet bagussugianto / Twenty20 What We Like It’s fast and easy. No apps to open. What We Don't Like Need image editing apps. It can be awkward pressing the two buttons. The quickest way to take a screenshot on Android is to press the Power and Volume Down (or Home) buttons at the same time. Hold the buttons until you hear a click and see the screen grow smaller. Screenshots taken this way are stored on your device. Use the Gallery app or another file manager app to browse for the image files. Your device may have advanced features to control how you take a screenshot. Check your device's settings. 02 of 08 Tap Once to Take a Screenshot With Screen Grabber What We Like Files saved as JPEGs. Automatic sharing. What We Don't Like No image editing features. Screen Grabber is one of the easiest screenshot apps for Android we found. There aren’t any cool editing features, but the simplicity and automatic sharing earns this small app a place on the list. Screen Grabber places a floating button on the screen. Tap it to take the screenshot and wait for your device to vibrate. To turn Screen Grabber off, swipe down from the top of your screen and tap the Screen Grabber notification. Download Screen Grabber for Android 03 of 08 Automatically Crop Screenshots With Screenshot Crop & Share What We Like Automatically crops navigation and status bars. Quickly save, share, and edit images. What We Don't Like Files are saved in the camera roll. Navigating the app is confusing. When you need a screenshot app that will take a screenshot of your full screen or one that will cut out specified parts of a screen, check out Screenshot Crop & Share. For an in-app purchase of $1.50, Screenshot Crop & Share will also capture parts of a web page or other scrolling content that aren’t visible on the screen. When you first start Screenshot Crop & Share, you’re taken to the app’s main settings. If you’d rather not press your device’s buttons to take a screenshot, enable Floating Bubble. Download Screenshot Crop & Share for Android 04 of 08 Edit Images With the Screenshot Capture Recorder Snapshot App for Android What We Like Clean and simple interface. View image details in the file viewer. What We Don't Like No option to save in other formats. Lack of navigation buttons. Are you looking for a simple screenshot app that has editing capabilities? Give Screenshot Capture Recorder a try. Screenshot Capture Recorder allows you to take screenshots your way, with the app giving you the choice to press your device's buttons, shake the device, or use an added overlay button to get your shot. And, with editing capabilities, you can crop the screenshot, draw on it, or add text. When you open Screenshot Capture Recorder, set up the app to fit your needs. You can change the size of the floating button, take a screenshot by shaking your device, and turn off notifications. Download Screenshot Capture Recorder for Android 05 of 08 Take Video Screenshots With Super Screen Recorder What We Like Can convert a video into a GIF. Records video at high quality. Can shake the device to stop recording. What We Don't Like App doesn’t rotate with the device. Slightly difficult to navigate. Large download size. Another easy to use screenshot app is Super Screen Recorder. Super Screen Recorder adds a floating ball to the left side of the screen. It also adds controls to the Notifications list. When it comes to editing capabilities, Super Screen Recorder is pretty limited, only allows you to crop and rotate images. The app also records your screen actions, and its video editing capabilities are limited to cropping and adding text and stickers. Download Super Screen Recorder for Android 06 of 08 Take Still Shots and Videos With the DU Recorder Screenshot App What We Like Quick and easy to edit screenshots. Controls are in the notifications area. What We Don't Like Need to read the manual. The capture icons are small. Static screenshots don’t always get the point across; sometimes it takes a video to tell the whole story. When you want to take pictures of your screen and record video of your screen actions, try DU Recorder, which makes it possible to take screenshots, record screen videos, and edit those images. Download DU Recorder for Android 07 of 08 Capture Entire Web Pages With Screen Master What We Like Doesn’t capture secure web pages. Small download size. Save files to any location. What We Don't Like App doesn’t rotate with the device. Doesn’t work with the blue light filter. Another screenshot app that’s easy to use and contains lots of features is Screen Master. Screen Master contains all the image editing tools you’ll need to crop images, pixelate sensitive information, draw shapes, and share images with others. Screen Master also makes it easy to crop images into shapes, add emoji stickers to screenshots, stitch screenshots together, and add a variety of text effects. Another cool feature is the ability to capture entire web pages. Download Screen Master for Android 08 of 08 Take Screenshots Your Way With the Screenshot Touch Screen Shot App What We Like The control buttons are in the Notification area. Files can be saved to any location. Choice of file formats. What We Don't Like Floating icon sometimes disappears. Cannot adjust the shake sensitivity. Finding a screenshot app that's easy to use and full-featured can be a challenge, but Screenshot Touch manages to pack a lot of features in a small package. Screenshot Touch captures whole web pages, records video in MP4 format, crops images, contains drawing tools, and provides sharing options. Download Screenshot Touch for Android Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! 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