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xScope for Mac

Onscreen graphic measurement tools.

$49.99
In English
4.2
Based on 27 user rates

xScope overview

xScope is powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, inspecting, and testing on-screen graphics and layouts. Its tools float above your desktop windows and can be accessed via a toolbar, menubar, and/or hot keys.

Mirror
  • Remote Viewing - Easily view Photoshop, files or windows on your iOS or AirPlay device
  • Templates - Automatically shows icon or wallpaper mockup on iOS
  • Chromeless UI - No overlaid chrome to get in the way while you work
  • Security - Toggle user authentication requests on/off via Preferences
  • Download the xScope Mirror App for iOS at https://xscopeapp.com/ios
Text
  • Powerful Search - For name or tag in any of the 100,000+ Unicode characters
  • Decipher Text - Deciphers text entities, encodings, constants, and more!
  • Convert Format - Output text as a string, entities, URL encoding, and more!
  • Measure Glyphs - Shows line, character or web layout: including font metrics and CSS
  • Character Palette - A handy place to collect commonly used Unicode characters
Dimensions
  • Find the dimensions of anything on screen instantly
  • Find distance between objects quickly and easily
  • Create screen shots of any measured element
Rulers
  • Powerful on-screen rulers for pixel measurements
  • Two rulers with synchronization for easy on-screen comparison
  • Hold down control to snap to edges of onscreen content
  • Fully adjustable horizontal and vertical lengths
  • Full 360 degree rotation range
  • Displays deltas for rotated rulers
Overlay
  • Enhances Your Web Browser - Attaches to window to make development easier
  • Alignment Marks - Check positioning and distances in px/em/pt and percentages
  • Mockup Image - A transparent design comp over your HTML and CSS code
  • Grids with Breakpoints - Grid systems that stay in sync with your media queries
  • Cycle Breakpoints - Quickly check your design at all sizes used in your CSS
  • Full-page Screenshot - Get a picture of your whole web page
  • Works with iOS Simulator - Great for testing in Safari or developing native apps
Screens
  • Easily see the usable real estate for any screen size
  • Organized by platform including iOS, Android, Mac, Windows and TV
  • Pre-defined screen templates or create your own
  • Displays title and game safe areas for 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio TVs.
  • Simulate user vision problems including color blindness and presbyopia (old age)
  • De-retinizer to simulate normal display when using Retina display
  • Define custom area settings for any OS or browser
Loupe
  • Magnify any portion of the screen under your mouse
  • Displays color under your cursor in RGB, HSB, HEX, CSS3 rgb() and HTML
  • Quick measurement of magnified image using Dimensions
  • Reference color format: work with a hex color while viewing RGB format
  • Collect a running list of color swatches with Shift-Cmd-C
  • Save out or import .ACO color swatch files for easy reference
  • Simulate user vision problems including color blindness and presbyopia (old age)
  • Displays co-ordinates of mouse cursor for reference
  • The content of the window or the mouse position can be locked
Guides
  • Vertical and horizontal guides that float on top of all else on the screen
  • Displays guide position in pixels when placed
  • Displays distance between guides in pixels
  • Save and load guide positions for later reference
  • Supports multiple monitors
Frames
  • Adjustable marker boxes float on top of the screen
  • Hold down control to snap to edges of onscreen content
  • Cmd-Shift-5 to shrink a selection around on screen content and create a frame
  • Display preset grids to help compose frame layouts
  • Create, move, duplicate and edit frames at will
  • Save and load frame positions for later reference
Crosshair
  • Reports the coordinate position of the mouse cursor
  • Change origin from the upper-left (design work) to lower-left (development work)

What’s new in version 4.7

New Features
  • Internal changes for capturing screen:
    • Implemented with modern framework that's faster and more reliable
    • Increased the refresh rate of the Loupe, Dimensions, and Screens
    • Better performance of automatic contrast adjustment at crosshairs
    • Screen recording indicator in Sonoma will appear when in use
  • Clear Guides at Mouse:
    • Hover over a guide and remove it with Shift-Cmd-D [Yay Adrianna!]
    • Add new guides with Shift-Cmd-H & V respectively
    • Works best with "Create new guides at current mouse position" setting
    • Use shortcut at guide intersection to clear both horizontal & vertical
  • Added options for reticles on Loupe centerline:
    • Open Settings to add tick marks or grid crosses at 10 or 8 unit intervals
    • Spacing matches display measurement setting (points or pixels)
    • Use for quick alignment or spacing checks
Improvements
  • Improved detection with Dimensions tool:
    • Works better on subtle patterns, gradients, and materials
    • Separate detection for solid colors, gradients, and photos
    • New controls in Settings to adjust sensitivity of detected background types
    • Lets you sample your design and adjust accuracy of measurement
    • Shrinking a frame via Dimensions uses gradient sensitivity
  • Better support for Dark Mode with settings adapting for:
    • Default colors for Guides, Frames, and Overlay
    • Overlay for creating frames interactively (e.g. shrinking a frame)
    • Crosshair cursor for maximum contrast
  • Loupe now uses setting for Dimensions measurement color
  • Default hotkey for creating frame from Dimensions is now Shift-Cmd-0 (conflicted with system shortcut)
  • Updated xScope's in-app Help
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed a bug in Loupe that degraded contrast detection in some cases
  • Fixed a bug that ignored setting for dark icon in Dock
  • Updated labels in color space menus
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xScope for Mac

$49.99
In English
Version 4.7
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4.2

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Aargl
Aargl
Oct 20 2018
4.3.3
0.0
Oct 20 2018
0.0
Version: 4.3.3
There's an issue in OS 10.9 where the prefs won't display. (v4.3 was ok)
Uncoy
Uncoy
Jun 4 2018
4.3.1
3.0
Jun 4 2018
3.0
Version: 4.3.1
On the other hand, between xScope with its "cool" techy interface and Art Director's Toolkit, I've always preferred the latter. Unfortunately I own xScope in a current version while ADT pricing and upgrade policy have always been pretty dodgy. So I'm pretty happy someone is offering a competitively priced alternative. xScope does turn up on promotions, including at Macupdate, which is why I mentioned pricing positively. Retail is too much, unless you really like techy interfaces.
Veryvito
Veryvito
Mar 23 2017
4.3
3.5
Mar 23 2017
3.5
Version: 4.3
Pricy, but better than you think it is... I've been looking for alternatives to this for years now, but finally bit the bullet and purchased xScope. NO regrets -- and now that I know I'll keep it around, I find I use it much more than I actually thought I would. The Guides and Dimensions panels save SOOOO much time when laying out UI components. My only gripe is the annoyance of its always-present Dock and Task Switcher icons. I prefer system-wide utilities to sit quietly in the background until I conjure them via keyboard shortcut or menubar icon; otherwise, it's yet another thing competing for my attention on a developer's already-crowded Dock . Not sure why IconFactory developers insist that this is "the only way to do it," when Apple clearly documents how to make menubar-based applications that don't require the Dock icon (a la Annotate/Glui, for instance).
anonymous-gerbil-5319
anonymous-gerbil-5319
Dec 1 2016
4.3
3.0
Dec 1 2016
3.0
Version: 4.3
"Will Email when discounted"
Guest
Guest
Apr 2 2016
4.2
0.0
Apr 2 2016
0.0
Version: 4.2
Great program but kind of a memory hog. Haven't touched it in a few hours and it's sitting on over 500Mb.
kalexan
kalexan
May 28 2021
4.5.1
4.0
May 28 2021
4.0
Version: 4.5.1
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Sep 7 2018
5.0
Sep 7 2018
5.0
Version: null
Uncoy
Uncoy
Jun 4 2018
3.0
Jun 4 2018
3.0
Version: null
Veryvito
Veryvito
Mar 23 2017
3.5
Mar 23 2017
3.5
Version: null
anonymous-gerbil-5319
Dec 1 2016
3.0
Version: null
Bento de Espinosa
Bento de Espinosa
Apr 1 2016
5.0
Apr 1 2016
5.0
Version: null
Mizage-Sales
Mizage-Sales
Nov 15 2014
5.0
Nov 15 2014
5.0
Version: null
sebasll
sebasll
Oct 24 2014
2.0
Oct 24 2014
2.0
Version: null
Colin-☕
Colin-☕
May 3 2014
5.0
May 3 2014
5.0
Version: null
Dteare
Dteare
Jan 5 2014
5.0
Jan 5 2014
5.0
Version: null
Philosopherdog
Philosopherdog
Oct 29 2013
3.0
Oct 29 2013
3.0
Version: null
dsimer
dsimer
Sep 11 2013
3.0
Sep 11 2013
3.0
Version: null
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Oct 17 2012
5.0
Oct 17 2012
5.0
Version: null
asimo
asimo
Oct 17 2012
5.0
Oct 17 2012
5.0
Version: null
marcgibert
marcgibert
Aug 16 2012
5.0
Aug 16 2012
5.0
Version: null
CV18
CV18
Aug 16 2012
2.0
Aug 16 2012
2.0
Version: null
Huhaa
Huhaa
Jun 29 2012
5.0
Jun 29 2012
5.0
Version: null
alonso78
alonso78
Mar 20 2012
3.5
Mar 20 2012
3.5
Version: null
MaximilianGoetzfried
MaximilianGoetzfried
Jul 14 2011
5.0
Jul 14 2011
5.0
Version: null
Diverk
Diverk
Feb 25 2011
5.0
Feb 25 2011
5.0
Version: null
anonymous-earthworm-5853
Mar 6 2010
5.0
Version: null
hced
hced
Jan 10 2010
5.0
Jan 10 2010
5.0
Version: null
Abelle
Abelle
Dec 21 2009
5.0
Dec 21 2009
5.0
Version: null
Maclover1-1
Maclover1-1
Aug 7 2009
5.0
Aug 7 2009
5.0
Version: null
Justinnorman
Justinnorman
Jul 4 2006
5.0
Jul 4 2006
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Oct 27 2005
2.3
Oct 27 2005
2.3
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Nov 15 2003
5.0
Nov 15 2003
5.0
Version: null