Snaplight - Photo Highlighter

Name: Snaplight - Photo Highlighter
Rating: 4.1 (19 reviews)
Author: Tanner Christensen

Lifestyle

Free · In‑App Purchases

19 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Lifestyle
Developer

Tanner Christensen
Language

EN
English
Size

2.2
MB

Don’t just capture it. Snaplight it. Snaplight 2 is now completely free, with all features unlocked. If you love it, you can support future updates with an optional one-time donation. Snaplight is the fastest, easiest way to highlight anything in a photo or screenshot. Make your message clear, your ideas pop, and important details never get lost. Whether it’s a quote, a diagram, a funny message, or a design reference, Snaplight lets you spotlight what matters and instantly fade everything else. # Highlight anything in seconds • Instant precision. Pinch to zoom, undo/redo freely, snap back anytime. • Custom fades. Feather edges with adjustable blur for soft, subtle masks. • Bold and vibrant. Choose from 13+ colors or fine-tune opacity. • Smart text highlight. Instantly spotlight recognized text in any image. • Effortless sharing. One-tap save and share via AirDrop, Messages, and more. # Built for speed, loved for its design • No clutter. No ads. Just results. • Works beautifully on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • Designed for creators, students, professionals, or anyone who communicates visually. # Snaplight is perfect for • Calling out key info from slides, notes, or textbooks. • Creating clear, shareable visuals from messy screenshots. • Spotlighting designs, content, or ideas for your team. • Crafting clean, eye-catching posts for social media. # Free forever If you’d like to help support Snaplight’s continued development, you can make a one-time donation inside the app. No subscriptions, no pressure. Snaplight turns clutter into clarity, fast. Download Snaplight 2 today and see what stands out.

Ratings & Reviews

4.1

out of 5

19 Ratings

Needs to add mask colors
03/21/2018

50 year customer
I’ve been using this since the first version. A lot. My only pet peeve is the one grey/white. People have various vision issues. It would be more useful if the mask color could be varied lighter or darker depending on situation. Even black to redact. Even more useful is adding colors both to highlight visible text, say in yellow, and to the mask for contrast purposes. I find no other app that picks out text in a photo as easily. Now it’s a matter of what you do with it after selected.
Needs to add mask colors
03/21/2018

50 year customer

I’ve been using this since the first version. A lot. My only pet peeve is the one grey/white. People have various vision issues. It would be more useful if the mask color could be varied lighter or darker depending on situation. Even black to redact. Even more useful is adding colors both to highlight visible text, say in yellow, and to the mask for contrast purposes. I find no other app that picks out text in a photo as easily. Now it’s a matter of what you do with it after selected.
Good concept and 1.0 execution
04/05/2015

@LK64076007A
I was excited to see this app as I've wanted a way to easily overlay a dark mask on an image and selectively remove the mask to highlight certain sections. For an initial release it is solid. It is really only designed for screenshots or pictures of vertical paper and for de-masking (hi-lighting) rows of text. For this it works well. One problem I have is that I cannot always mark all the way to the end of a row on the right side of the screen, as there appears to be a margin effect. I'd love to see this fixed. As the app seems designed for vertical pictures or screenshots, when using other images, you get a highly zoomed in and cropped effect. I'd like the developer to consider the ability to more easily use other/any sized image. Currently, the hi lighting tool is only a horizontal bar. I'd like the ability to freely select any shape.As it stands now, this is a good, single purpose app that with a few tweaks can be great, and with a few more design changes could be a great general purpose tool. Well worth the price. --- I feel bad that gregh1981 spent his last dollar on the app. The good news is he can sell his iPhone and get a lot more dollars back.
Good concept and 1.0 execution
04/05/2015

@LK64076007A

I was excited to see this app as I've wanted a way to easily overlay a dark mask on an image and selectively remove the mask to highlight certain sections. For an initial release it is solid. It is really only designed for screenshots or pictures of vertical paper and for de-masking (hi-lighting) rows of text. For this it works well. One problem I have is that I cannot always mark all the way to the end of a row on the right side of the screen, as there appears to be a margin effect. I'd love to see this fixed. As the app seems designed for vertical pictures or screenshots, when using other images, you get a highly zoomed in and cropped effect. I'd like the developer to consider the ability to more easily use other/any sized image. Currently, the hi lighting tool is only a horizontal bar. I'd like the ability to freely select any shape.As it stands now, this is a good, single purpose app that with a few tweaks can be great, and with a few more design changes could be a great general purpose tool. Well worth the price. --- I feel bad that gregh1981 spent his last dollar on the app. The good news is he can sell his iPhone and get a lot more dollars back.
Crashing
06/06/2017

Newb78
Before the last update, I LOVED this app! I would have given it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ So many times I just wanted to highlight a small amount of text from within a lot of text and this worked perfectly!!! But now for some reason, every time I try to save what I have done, the app crashes and it doesn't save my work! I am running the latest iOS on my iPhone. I think it may need another update. I expect an app that I pay for to work :(

Developer Response
Hi Newb78, ensure you have enabled photo permissions for Snaplight to resolve this error. Go to the Settings app on your device, find "Privacy", then "Photos," scroll to select Snaplight and make sure Read and Write photos permissions are turned on.
Crashing
06/06/2017

Newb78

Before the last update, I LOVED this app! I would have given it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ So many times I just wanted to highlight a small amount of text from within a lot of text and this worked perfectly!!! But now for some reason, every time I try to save what I have done, the app crashes and it doesn't save my work! I am running the latest iOS on my iPhone. I think it may need another update. I expect an app that I pay for to work :(
Developer Response 02/21/2018
Hi Newb78, ensure you have enabled photo permissions for Snaplight to resolve this error. Go to the Settings app on your device, find "Privacy", then "Photos," scroll to select Snaplight and make sure Read and Write photos permissions are turned on.
Crashes every time
12/23/2017

rayann
When I first downloaded, this app was perfect! But soon after, it stopped working at all. The app will open, allow you to highlight but as soon as you try to save your pic, it crashes. I hope the app can be fixed. But until then, it’s useless.

Developer Response
Hi rayann, ensure you have enabled photo permissions for Snaplight to resolve this error. Go to the Settings app on your device, find "Privacy", then "Photos," scroll to select Snaplight and make sure Read and Write photos permissions are turned on.
Crashes every time
12/23/2017

rayann

When I first downloaded, this app was perfect! But soon after, it stopped working at all. The app will open, allow you to highlight but as soon as you try to save your pic, it crashes. I hope the app can be fixed. But until then, it’s useless.
Developer Response 02/21/2018
Hi rayann, ensure you have enabled photo permissions for Snaplight to resolve this error. Go to the Settings app on your device, find "Privacy", then "Photos," scroll to select Snaplight and make sure Read and Write photos permissions are turned on.