Annotate your desktop
and apps like a pro
Powerful desktop annotation for teachers and professionals. Annotate directly over any app with a clean, distraction-free interface.
Powerful desktop annotation for teachers and professionals. Annotate directly over any app with a clean, distraction-free interface.
Powerful tools at your fingertips
Draw and annotate with various tools and colours with a clean, distraction-free interface.
Select any area of your screen and save it instantly.
Add text and solve math expressions automatically.
Customise colours, shortcuts, and more in settings.
Auto-save and manage your annotation whiteboards.
Stores all your whiteboards locally on your device, with automatic saving and easy organisation through folders and search.
Useful widgets that help you manage time while you work. Drag them anywhere on your screen to suit your setup.
FAQs
CYC Annotate is a desktop annotation and whiteboard tool for Windows to draw, type, add shapes, and place sticky notes over your screen (Mac support is planned for the future).
CYC Annotate is 100% free to download and use on Windows, with no hidden costs or subscriptions.
Press Ctrl + Shift + D to toggle the screen overlay toolbar, and press Ctrl + Shift + W while the overlay is active to launch a whiteboard (customisable in settings).
It pauses drawing so you can click through the canvas to interact with background applications (toggle instantly with Space).
CYC Annotate works entirely offline and never collects, stores, or transmits your personal data or screen content. For further information, please read our privacy policy.