Capture like Snipping Tool
Use a hotkey, drag a region, or grab the full screen. TileSnap keeps the capture flow fast and familiar.
Windows screenshot utility for AI chat
TileSnap
See something. Show something. Get an answer.
Capture the exact thing on your screen, crop out the noise, mark up what matters, redact secrets, and paste an AI-ready screenshot without opening an editor.
Avoid giant full-resolution dumps. No cloud upload required.
* Windows may warn "Unknown publisher" during install, TileSnap isn't code-signed yet. See why.
AI-ready copy
Scaled copy goes to clipboard.
Original stays saved locally.
Preview shown with the 1024px preset.
Up to 22.9x fewer tokens
vs. a raw 4K screenshot, see the math below
30 free captures a day
No signup wall, no credit card
Switch resolution after capture
No redo, no re-crop, just pick another preset
Screen-to-AI workflow
Point at your screen and say: "look at this."
A broken layout, a stack trace, a weird settings panel, a game bug. TileSnap turns that moment into one clean screenshot for AI.
Clipboard-first workflow
The fastest path from screen to AI chat.
Paste the lighter version
Auto, 512px, 1024px, and 1536px presets resize only when needed. No artificial upscaling.
Keep the original
The full-resolution screenshot is saved in the background, so you can paste small and still recover detail later.
Copy visible text
Turn readable screen text from errors, logs, menus, and settings panels into clipboard text for AI agents and quick notes.
Real token math
Image models count pixels differently.
OpenAI's GPT-4o family charges high-detail images in 512px tiles. Claude scales more gradually with image size. Newer models like Gemini 3 and GPT-5.6 use automatic token-budget systems instead, so there is no single exact pixel multiplier that applies to every provider.
Example: 4K screenshot to 512px preset
Using a concrete 3840 x 2160 screenshot resized by TileSnap to 512 x 288. Estimates are based on OpenAI's and Anthropic's own published vision-token formulas.
| Provider | Original 4K | TileSnap 512px | Reduction |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI high detail (GPT-4o) | 1105 tokens | 255 tokens | 4.3x fewer |
| Claude current top models | 4784 tokens | 209 tokens | 22.9x fewer |
Gemini 3 and GPT-5.6 are left out of this multiplier table on purpose: both use automatic token-budget systems rather than a clean public pixel-to-token formula. Smaller screenshots still help there too, just without one exact number to quote.
* This is a best-case example, real-world savings vary with your screen size and chosen preset.
Positioning
Snipping Tool is for taking screenshots. TileSnap is for making them AI-ready.
Snipping Tool
Capture, mark up, save, and share.
TileSnap
Do all of that, then make the screenshot ready to paste into AI.
Simple pricing
Free enough to feel useful, paid when it becomes part of your day.
Free
$0
- 30 AI-ready captures per day
- All presets, up to 1536px
- Crop, highlight, and arrow markup
- Originals saved locally
Personal Pro
$19one-time
- Everything in Free, unlimited captures
- Choose what gets saved: skip originals, keep scaled copies, or both
- Custom theme color for toolbar and markup
Yours forever. One-time payment, no subscription, no account. Occasional internet access is required to validate the license.