Mac App Store · macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon

Press ⌘⇧X .
Annotate any screen.

A focused Mac menu bar app for cursor highlighting and screen annotation. Five shapes, one shortcut, no permissions. Made for the moment after "as you can see here."

Download on the Mac App Store See the five tools →
$9.99 once No subscription No permissions
 Presenter Pointer |   R  Rectangle  R  Rectangle   S  Line  S  Line  h/v   A  Arrow  A  Arrow   C  Circle  C  Circle   P  Spotlight |  Esc
Presenter Pointer · macOS 13+

Annotate any screen on your Mac.

A focused menu bar app for cursor highlighting and screen annotation. Press ⌘⇧X to draw on Keynote, PowerPoint, Zoom, or anything else.

Activate
⌘⇧X
From any app, any screen.
5 shapes
R · A · C · S · P
Rectangle, Arrow, Circle, Line, Spotlight.
Exit
Esc
Annotations clear instantly.
$9.99 once No subscription No permissions Mac App Store
▭
Rectangle
R  ·  drag to draw
↗
Arrow
A  ·  drag to draw
○
Circle
C  ·  drag to draw
╱
Straight Line
S  ·  H/V only  ·  drag
Five tools

One key per shape.
Press, drag, done.

Tools switch with single keystrokes while the overlay is active. Shapes auto-fade after a beat — or stay until you press Escape. No menus to navigate, no settings to configure.

R
Rectangle
Drag to highlight any area — a chart, a button, a paragraph of text. The most common annotation shape.
A
Arrow
Draw a precise arrow pointing at exactly what you mean. No ambiguity, no awkward "that thing over there."
C
Circle
Encircle the data point that matters. The number that changes the conclusion.
S
Line
Snaps to horizontal or vertical automatically. No wobble, no imprecision.
P
Spotlight
Dim everything except your focus. Adjustable radius. The audience sees only what matters.
How it works

Three keystrokes.
That's the whole app.

Presenter Pointer lives in your menu bar. The keyboard is the interface — no window to open, no mode to configure.

Activate

From any app, anywhere on your Mac. The transparent overlay appears instantly on every connected display. Your presentation app keeps focus.

⌘ ⇧ X

Draw

Switch tools with single keys while the overlay is active. Drag to draw. Shapes auto-fade after a beat, keeping your screen clean.

R A C S P

Exit

Press Escape. Annotations clear, focus returns to Keynote, PowerPoint, or whatever you were presenting. Nothing lingers.

esc
Compatibility

Works with everything
you present in.

The overlay draws above any application. Whatever your screen-sharing software captures includes the annotations.

Keynote PowerPoint Google Slides Zoom Google Meet Microsoft Teams Webex Loom Figma Any window. Any app.
Pricing

One price.
Once. Yours.

No subscription, no account, no upsell. Buy it, own it, use it as long as your Mac runs.

$9.99

One-time purchase. Mac App Store.

  • Five annotation toolsR A C S P
  • Adjustable spotlight radiusincluded
  • Multi-monitor overlayincluded
  • Custom colorsincluded
  • All future updatesforever
  • No data collectionever
Download on the Mac App Store

Universal binary. macOS 13 Ventura or later. Refunds via Apple's standard process.

Comparing options

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Honest comparisons against Mouseposé, Presentify, and Logitech Spotlight. We'll tell you when a competitor is the better choice for your use case.

vs Mouseposé Subscription cursor highlighter, focused on screencasts and click visualization. → vs Presentify Freehand drawing alternative at $6.99 with Apple Pencil + iPad support. → vs Logitech Spotlight $112-$129 hardware remote — different category, sometimes complementary. → Buyer's guide 2026 All five major options reviewed honestly, with picks by use case. →