Open it on screen. CapDrop auto-captures every page, turns it for you, and hands back one PDF you can Ctrl-F — even though there was never a file to download.
Courses, ebooks, and training portals show you the content — but give you no file, no export, no Ctrl-F.
CapDrop captures what’s on your screen, page by page, and binds it into a PDF you can Ctrl-F — even if no file ever existed.
Open your course, ebook viewer, or training portal. Draw a box over the content area.
Tell CapDrop which key turns the page. It presses it for you between every capture.
Every page captured, cropped, OCR’d, and bound — one file you can Ctrl-F.
Udemy, Coursera, company LMS — capture the slides as they play. Walk away with one searchable PDF per course.
DRM-free ebook readers, PDF viewers without export — CapDrop captures page by page so you can Ctrl-F the whole book.
Company knowledge bases and training portals that show you slides but won’t let you download them.
Video lectures with slides — capture each frame at the right moment. Your whole lecture in one searchable file.
Most tools capture a screen. CapDrop finishes the whole document — cropped, OCR-searchable, bound in one walk-away pass.
| CapDrop $19 | Free snipping tools | Paid capture suites | Built-in tools | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walk-away interval + auto-press a key | Yes | Manual / scripted | Rarely | No |
| Auto-crop margins & chrome | Yes | No | Varies | No |
| Bind a long run into one PDF | Yes (one click) | Assemble by hand | Sometimes | No |
| Searchable text layer across the whole PDF (OCR) | Yes (built in) | No | Varies | Single shot only |
| Pricing model | $19 once · lifetime | Free | Paid (sub or one-time) | Free · built-in |
| Setup to first finished PDF | Minutes | Assemble it yourself | Varies | Not designed for it |
General category comparison, not a claim about any specific product — capabilities vary by tool and version. Many free and paid tools capture beautifully; CapDrop’s focus is the done-for-you path from pages to one searchable, cropped document.
CapDrop captures what’s already on your screen. It does not crack, strip, or unlock anything — you stay responsible for capturing only what you have the right to keep.
CapDrop runs OCR (optical character recognition) on every captured page and lays the recognized words as an invisible text layer behind the image. The page looks exactly like the original, but you can Ctrl-F to find text, select and copy it, and your OS can index it. It is 100% local — the OCR runs on your PC, nothing is uploaded.
You can keep using CapDrop. The free engine still captures and turns pages and bundles them into an image-only PDF or GIF. The two things that lock are the paid differentiators: searchable text (OCR) and auto-crop. Buy a license and they switch on instantly.
No, and we will not add this. DRM-protected video players (Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, etc.) block screenshots at the OS level — CapDrop respects that block. Kindle reader app pages are similarly protected. CapDrop is for content you own or have the right to capture: recorded lectures from your school, slide decks you authored, training videos your company gave you, DRM-free PDFs and e-books you purchased, your own desktop work. We will not help you bypass copy protection on someone else's work.
Yes. Within 7 days, just email us — no questions, no forms. We usually process refunds within 2-3 business days.
Not yet. We are Windows-first because the unsolved screenshot workflow is biggest on Windows. Mac is on the roadmap once v1 is stable.
Yes. One license = up to 2 active PCs. Buying a new laptop? Deactivate the old one in your dashboard, activate the new.
Open the purchase confirmation email you received after checkout and click the "Access purchase" button — it takes you to a permanent page with your license key and benefits. Lost the email too? Email support@capdrop.app from the address you bought with, and we will resend the access link.
Email support@capdrop.app. I read every message myself, and bugs typically land in the next patch (1-2 weeks). To help us fix it fastest, please include: (1) your Windows version, (2) your CapDrop version (Settings → About), (3) steps to reproduce or a quick screenshot.
Your PC, full stop. We never see them. Want a custom folder? Settings → Save Location lets you choose where captures go. No cloud upload, no telemetry on capture content.
Yes. Settings → Default save format → PDF. Every new capture is written directly as a one-page PDF — no "Print to PDF" detour, no separate convert step. The floating card you drag is already a document, so it slots straight into government e-filings, tax portals, contract templates, and internal approval forms that reject image attachments. PNG and JPG stay available; flip between them any time.
Reach out — we will set up a custom bulk license. 5+ seats get roughly 20% off.
Anywhere that accepts dragged files. That is basically all of them — Slack, Discord, Teams, Notion, Gmail, Outlook, every chat app, every browser composer.
Yes. After 6 months we move to $29. Buy now and you are locked at $19 with all future updates included.
Most tools are great at capturing a screen — then hand you a folder of loose images and leave the rest to you. CapDrop hands you a finished, searchable document instead. • Free snipping tools: capture only — you still crop, OCR elsewhere, and stitch the PDF by hand. • Paid capture suites: powerful editors, but few do a walk-away interval + auto-keypress that binds a long run into one searchable PDF on its own. • CapDrop: set an interval + a page key, walk away, and get back ONE PDF — auto-cropped, with a real OCR text layer you can Ctrl-F. • $19 once. Lifetime. 2 PCs. 100% local. Single-shot drag-to-share floating cards included as a bonus.