App:SuperSnap V1.0 by PocketDevelop.comJeyo Mobile Companion 1.1KaonTech ScreenShooter 1.0CEToolbox Pocket Screen Capture v1.0WebIS Pocket Informant WebIS ScreenshotHanaHo Games PQV 3.0.10Photogenics 1.0 Release 139Conduits Pocket Artist 3.2PictPocket Cinema 4.0LimeLink CEPicture 2.7 / CECapture 1.0 (note that I'll only elaborate on the differences of the two titles - they're, essentially, very similar)BeniSoft ScreenShotCE 1.10Vidya Pocket Screen Capture 1.0.9Kilmist SnapShot 1.0VITO ScreenCapture 1.0RescoGetPDAScreeniPAQ built-in screen capture utilityMagic SS 1.1XnView 1.35Epiphan Screen Grabber (CECapture 1.0)Xoanan SnapIt 2.0Developer One Pocket ScreenSnap 6.10
Price$14.90$14.95$4.99Free$24.95 (the entire PI suite)free$19.99 (the entire PQV app)$49.99 (the entire Photogenics app)$49.99 (the entire Pocket Artist app)$39.99$ (440/34) / free$3.99$9.99$9.99$5.95$24.95; bundled with some PPC's freeComes with all PPC2k2+ iPAQ models in the ROMfreefreefree$9.95$9.95
Trial restriction?Watermark in the shot - useless except for testing?Watermark in the shot - useless except for testingn/a?n/a30-dayNo saving capabilitiesNo saving capabilities?15 days / n/a (free)?Watermark in the shot - useless except for testing7 Days14 days30 daysn/an/an/an/an/aOnly half of the screen?
Where does it run?PPCPCPPCPPCPPC (fully-fledged PIM app)PPCPPC (fully-fledged image viewer/converter app)PPC (fully-fledged image viewer/ converter / editor app)PPC (fully-fledged image viewer/ converter / editor app)PPC (fully-fledged image / video app)PPC (fully-fledged image viewer app) / PPCPPCPPCPPCPC + PPCPPCPC + PPCPPCPPCPPCPPCPPCPPC
Pic formatsBMP, JPG (with settable quality)BMP, JPGBMPBMPBMPBMPBMPBMP/ GIF/JPEG/ TARGANatively, only PSD (Photoshop)BMPBMP / JPG, no quality setting for the latter BMP/ JPG; with possible archiving. The latter would require separate RZIP registration (registering Resco File Explorer will NOT register it) which, unfortunately, is NOT available to individual customers; otherwise, it can only be used 5 times and will always display a dialog after every single shot. BMP/ JPG BMPBMPBMP / PNG / JPG; JPG quality freely settableBMP / GIF / PNG / TIF / JPG BMPBMP JPG (continuous quality setting)/ GIF/ BMP/ PNG (BW/16 /256 colors, 24bit; 1..9 compr.) / TGA; screenshot hereBMPBMPBMP
It stores the captured images in the file systemAnywhere (configurable)n/a (desktop)Anywhere (configurable)\Temp only (!)\My Documents only (!)\My Documents only (!)\My Documents only (!)Anywhere (manual save)Anywhere (manual save)\My Documents only (!)Root only (!)AnywhereAnywhereAnywheren/a (anywhere on the PC)Anywheren/a (anywhere on the PC)Root only (!)Anywhere (it uses the standard File Chooser dialog!)AnywhereRoot only (!)Anywhere; however, it has no file chooser dialog / button and, therefore, you’ll end up having to manually (!) enter the storage card pathAnywhere; you’ll need to select the target path in a drop-down list
OS compatibility with real device tests: PPC2k-?-+--+++?+-+++++?++?+ (and even Palm-size PC's!)-
PPC2k2 (tested on iPAQ 3660)-Supposed to work (Phone Edition only)++?- (!)+++?++++++++ (on iPAQ 36xx+ 2 )++++-
WM2003+Supposed to work (Phone Edition only)++++++++++++++++ (on, for example, iPAQ 2210)+++++
WM2003SE (tested on VGA PL720)+Supposed to work (Phone Edition only)+++++ (main program is a bit buggy)++++++++++++++++
WM5 (tested on HP iPAQ hx4700, Dell Axim x51v and HTC Wizard)++ (Phone Edition only; tested on the HTC Universal and the HTC Wizard)+++++ (main program is a bit buggy)? (The developer states it's incompatible; however, it worked with me)++++++++/+- (not VGA)/++ (on the hx4700, with Settings/ System/ iTask Settings (1 2)+/ ++/+/+++
VGA compatibility with real device tests:SE (standard) VGA +-; forcing \Windows\CommMan.exe works-; forcing \Program Files\ ScreenShooter\ screenshooter. exe works-; forcing \Program Files \Pocket Screen Capture\ psc.exe works (+)++- (even crashes WM5 VGA devices); forcing doesn't help- (forcing doesn't help)++-; Program Files\ Limelink\ CEPicture_en .exe (with CECapture, CECapture .exe in the same directory) must be explicitly forced into VGA mode; then, +++- (pixel halving) by default ; forcing \ Program Files\ Kilmist Corporation\ Kilmist SnapShot\ Kilmist SnapShot. exe helps (+)- (pixel halving); forcing \ Windows\ ScreenCapture. exe doesn't help (-)+- (QVGA only - pixel halving when taking VGA captures); forcing \ Windows\ GetScreen. exe doesn't help (the desktop-based client is only able to handle QVGA images) (-)+++- (pixel halving); forcing \Program Files\ Screen Grabber\ ScreenGrabber.exe helps (+)- (pixel halving); forcing \ Program Files\ SnapIt\ SnapIt.exe helps (+)+
Native VGA ++++++- (even crashes WM5 VGA devices)- (!)++++++++- (only the upper left quarter of the screen is saved - as with the forced SE VGA case)++++++
App:SuperSnap V1.0 by PocketDevelop.comJeyo Mobile Companion 1.1KaonTech ScreenShooter 1.0CEToolbox Pocket Screen Capture v1.0 WebIS Pocket Informant WebIS ScreenshotHanaHo Games PQV 3.0.10Photogenics 1.0 Release 139Conduits Pocket Artist 3.2PictPocket Cinema 4.0LimeLink CEPicture 2.7 / CECapture 1.0 (note that I'll only elaborate on the differences of the two titles - they're, essentially, very similar)BeniSoft ScreenShotCE 1.10Vidya Pocket Screen Capture 1.0.9Kilmist SnapShot 1.0VITO ScreenCapture 1.0RescoGetPDAScreeniPAQ built-in screen capture utilityMagic SS 1.1XnView 1.31Epiphan Screen Grabber (CECapture 1.0)Xoanan SnapIt 2.0Developer One Pocket ScreenSnap 6.10
Non-portrait orientation support: Right-hand landscape: images taken are correctly oriented?+ (program must be restarted if you change the orientation while it’s running)+++++- ; it will switch the system to Portrait while taking the image. GAPI Landscape game screens are saved OK.++++ (make sure you exit the screenshot app(s) when you change the orientation though!)+ (with the GAPI checkbox disabled - as is the default)++++- (unable to save non-Portrait screens). GAPI Landscape game screens are saved OK.+++ (note that the previous, 1.31 version was unable to take shots of non-Portrait screens)+++
Left-hand landscape (HTC Wizard etc); images taken are correctly oriented?+ (see above)+++++- (see above)++++ (also see remark above)+ (with the GAPI checkbox disabled - as is the default)++++- (see above)+++ (also see above)+++
Pocket PC-based: Built-in image viewer?-n/a (desktop-based)----+++++++; no thumbnails (image must be selected from a drop-down menu by filename); however, draggable+ with thumbnails & slide show & dragn/a (PC-based)+ (excellent; the best!)n/a (PC-based)(OS-level)-XnView itself--+
Auto shots+ (unique: every time the screen content changes)n/a (desktop-based)---- (scriptable!)-----+ +, 1... 60 sec interval, settable by 1 sec -n/a (PC-based)-n/a (PC-based)------ by default; works great with custom script
Direct programmatic invocation to make screenshots in auto mode?-n/a (desktop-based)---+ (!) Works great with nScriptm!+ (!) Works great with nScriptm!- (in-app only and there is no separate Hide + upon restart, take a screenshot mode)- (in-app only and there is no separate Hide + upon restart, take a screenshot mode)- (in-app only and there is no separate Hide + upon restart, take a screenshot mode)- (in-app only and there is no separate Hide + upon restart, take a screenshot mode)(not needed: already available)(not needed: already available)-: Much as, after choosing Options/Hide mode, a new screenshot is taken upon invocation, a dialog box after this is always displayed and can't be hidden.n/a (PC-based)-n/a (PC-based)Unfortunately, so far, I haven't found how iTask invokes this. It's not a system-level alias (unlike, say, MSINBOX or MSPIE; also see HKEY_LOCAL _MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Shell\ Rai). It's referring to Capture the number '4' in the Registry but I couldn't find out nothing else.Unfortunately, it always displays a Save As confirmation dialog - you can't get rid of it.- (in-app only)- (Today screen only)- (Can only be invoked with a hardware button, NOT with restarting the app, unlike with PQV or Developer One Pocket ScreenSnap)+ If you start the program and, then, Options/Hide it, it'll work. You'll want to switch off (Options / Skip confirmation on save...) confirmation for scheduling to really work. \Program Files\ ScreenSnap 6\ScreenSnap_6.exe must be invoked.
Gaming: Recommended/usable for game screenshots? +; remember to start shooting in system-level Landscape mode+---+ (with custom scripts)+ (with custom scripts)It does have a timerIt does have a timer--To a certain degree because of the speed issues as opposed to Vidya and the three other scriptable solutions. Note that, while this title has an explicit GAPI checkbox; most other screenshooters implicitly support GAPI too. This checkbox only seem to instruct the program NOT to take into account the current OS-level screen orientation.+ YES! Both the speed and the auto shot functionality are great- (no auto shots / timers)+ (if the given game works with an active AS connection)- (no auto shots / 10+ sec timers)+ (if the given game works with an active AS connection)- (no auto shots / 3+ sec timers)- (no auto shots / timers)- (no auto shots / 15+ sec timers)- (no auto shots / timers)- (no auto shots / timers and the confirmation dialog makes it impossible to make decent scripted auto shots)+ (working just great with custom scripts)
2700G tests+ works great, tested with the PowerVR Demon/a (no PPC PE devices have 2700g)n/tn/tn/t+ Works great; tested with SCE, Toy Golf and the PowerVR Demo. Much faster than BeniSoft ScreenShotCE 1.10 and appr. equally faster than Vidya & the other scriptable apps.n/a (not usable on VGA devices)n/tn/tn/tn/tTo a certain degree - only recommended for static shots+ (most dynamic auto shots will be OK)- (no auto shots / timers)+ (just make sure you start the game in native VGA mode so that the screenshot will also be hi-res as opposed to the SE (standard) VGA case)- (no auto shots / 10+ sec timers)- (not recommended: will always be low-res, even when started in native VGA mode as opposed to ViTO's app)n/a (no 2700G in iPAQ devices)- (no auto shots / timers)n/tn/tn/tWorks great; most ToyGolf shots turned out to be great
Menu/button: One-time timer+ (10s)n/a (desktop-based)-+; 5s only+; 5s only--++ --- (!)- (!)-n/a (PC-based)10sn/a (PC-based)+-1/5/10/15s --1/2/ 3/4 /5/10/ 15... 60 sec
Hardware key (PPC-only apps)?+n/a (desktop-based)+ (Button 1 only; can NOT be reassigned)--++ (must be configured in the OS-level Button applet)--only able to use the Action button + ; only 4+1 buttons+ (not from inside the app; must be manually done in the Button applet as can also be seen in the Help)+; allows for using all the buttons, including hold buttons (x51v; PL720; iPAQ 3660)+; doesn't offer all the available buttons (x51v, PL720). Remember to use Options / Hide to start "stealth" mode; it's only then that you can take shots with the buttonn/a (PC-based)- (when assigned on OS level, the dialog will always be displayed - not ideal for games etc)n/a (PC-based)+ (timer)+-Its icon is on the tray and, therefore, barely usable for anything than capturing the Today screen+ (all 6 buttons on the x51v) + (redefinable but only 5 buttons can be used: x51v PL720
Able to capture menus? (Via HW button or timer)+ (both button and timer)n/a (desktop-based)+ (button)+ (timer)+ (timer)- (pressing the OS-assigned key closes the actual menu)- (pressing the OS-assigned key closes the actual menu)+ (timer)+ (timer)+ (Action button)+ (hardware key)- (!) (only via the awkward serial shot feature)+ (HW button)+ (HW button)+ (PC-based)+ (timer)+ (PC-based)+ (timer)- (HW button exits menu and there's no timer)+ (timer)-- (button doesn't work and there is no timer)+ (button)
App:SuperSnap V1.0 by PocketDevelop.comJeyo Mobile Companion 1.1KaonTech ScreenShooter 1.0CEToolbox Pocket Screen Capture v1.0WebIS Pocket Informant WebIS ScreenshotHanaHo Games PQV 3.0.10Photogenics 1.0 Release 139Conduits Pocket Artist 3.2PictPocket Cinema 4.0LimeLink CEPicture 2.7 / CECapture 1.0 (note that I'll only elaborate on the differences of the two titles - they're, essentially, very similar)BeniSoft ScreenShotCE 1.10Vidya Pocket Screen Capture 1.0.9Kilmist SnapShot 1.0VITO ScreenCapture 1.0RescoGetPDAScreeniPAQ built-in screen capture utilityMagic SS 1.1XnView 1.31Epiphan Screen Grabber (CECapture 1.0)Xoanan SnapIt 2.0Developer One Pocket ScreenSnap 6.10
PC-based: Video?n/a-n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a-n/a-n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Manual orientation change to take pics of for example Thunderhawk & games? Correct orientation?n/a-n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a-n/a- (unable to save non-Portrait screens)n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Remote (not just ActiveSync), IP-based connection? EDGE-based test if existsn/a-n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a- (local AS only)n/a-n/an/an/an/an/an/a
VerdictPretty good if you need continuous changed-screen shotsThe only desktop-based screenshot-capable app to have real SE VGA capabilities. If you already have it, why not use it? Unfortunately, it works with Phone Edition devices only.Not really worth its price - even some of its free alternates are betterAnother free but not really capable application. At least it’s VGA and Landscape-compliant. Otherwise, it offers nothing particular.If you already have PI on your Pocket PC, you may find it usefulThe best free solution for automatic (scripted), periodic screen captures.It's the best to completely forget it unless you have a QVGA device and want to take auto screenshots with custom scripts.If you already have it on your Pocket PC, you may want to use it. QVGA only!If you already have it on your Pocket PC, you may want to use it. Otherwise, not recommended.Not recommended because of the very high ($39.99) price and because most of its functionality it offers is implemented by either the free TCPMP and some much more superior & cheap image viewers.If you already have it, you can use it everywhere where timing isn't needed (that is, NOT in games). Otherwise, not recommended, mostly because of the lack of Landscape support.The second best after the Vidya app. The best if the lack of timers (which isn't that big a problem if you use auto shots) and non-BMP/JPG output isn't a problem. The only REALLY usable PPC-only app for, say, in-game auto screenshots (unless you use scripting with PQV / Developer One)A pretty mediocre app - nothing to write home aboutAs far as simple PC - PPC-based screenshot apps are concerned, better than GetPDAScreen because of the support for landscape and native VGA); if only it supported SE VGAThe image viewer app is the best of its genre; unfortunately, the screenshot taker module leaves a lot to be desired. It's in no way as good as most of the alternates.If you don't need landscape / VGA support, you may find it OKPretty nice, particularly because it's in ROM. Not a match to Vidya, though.Not as good as many think.A mediocre screen capture utility in an excellent image viewer / converter.By far the worst - only able to take screenshots of the Today screen.Not recommended.If you need periodical screenshots and already have the application, stick with it