What Is Keep It Shot?

Keep It Shot is a lightweight macOS utility designed to intelligently rename, categorize, and search your screenshots — using on-device AI. It's not another screenshot tool. Instead, it steps in after you've taken the screenshot, making file chaos disappear with smart naming and instant keyword-based search.

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Key Features

1. AI-Based File Renaming

Tired of files named like Screen Recording 2025-05-15.mov? Keep It Shot uses artificial intelligence to generate meaningful names for your images and videos. It extracts:

  • Text (via OCR)
  • Descriptions of visual content
  • Keywords relevant to the screenshot

These are used to rename the file and build a private local search index.

Everything happens on your device. No cloud, no remote servers, no privacy risks. The app builds a fully offline search index so you can locate screenshots just by typing keywords like:

  • error message
  • login page
  • invoice 2024

It’s fast, secure, and works without internet access.

3. One-Click and Automatic Renaming

You can batch rename folders full of old screenshots in two clicks. Or activate auto-renaming so every new screenshot is instantly processed and renamed based on its content.

Don’t like the new name? You can revert to the original with a single click.

Who Is It For?

Keep It Shot is ideal for:

  • Productivity power-users who take dozens of screenshots per day
  • Designers and QA testers managing visual workflows
  • Writers, educators, researchers who need searchable visual archives
  • Anyone frustrated by the default screenshot naming system on macOS

Limitations

  • macOS only (no Windows or Linux support)
  • Not a screenshot tool — works alongside the one you already use
  • Optimized for screenshots; other image types may not benefit as much

How to Get It

Keep It Shot is available:

  • As a standalone download from keepitshot.com
  • As part of the Setapp subscription bundle

A free plan is available with limited features — no ads, no cloud.

Keep It Shot solves a small but painful problem: finding and organizing screenshots. With local AI, offline search, and batch renaming, it turns a mess of generic filenames into a searchable visual archive — quietly and efficiently.

If screenshots are part of your workflow, this might be one of those “why didn’t I use this sooner?” kind of tools.

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