I Built a Skitch Alternative 2 Months Ago. It Now Has Twice the Tools.

There's no pen tool. I found a bug, took a screenshot with my own tool, drew an arrow, placed some text. So far so good. But I wanted to circle this curved area freehand. I looked for a pen tool. It wasn't there. I made this thing. And it doesn't have what I need. Two months ago, I wrote about building a Skitch alternative in one day. That version had 5 tools: arrow, text, rectangle, mosaic, and numbered circles. "This is enough," I thought. It wasn't. Using it every day revealed what was missing. This is the story of growing from 5 tools to 9. PureMark Annotate — Opens in your browser. No install, no login, nothing leaves your device. annotate.puremark.app What I Added Tool Why I Needed It Pen (freehand) Rectangles can't outline curved shapes Marker (highlight) Needed semi-transparent emphasis without hiding text Straight line Less assertive than arrows for "from here to here" Ellipse Rectangles look awkward around non-rectangular targets Beyond tools, I fixed friction points I discov