PagewingThe best page marker and screen annotation tools for Chrome
Pick Epic Pen if you present from a Windows PC and need to ink over slides, a video call or any app, not only the browser. Pick ZoomIt if you want that free, with zoom, on Windows or Mac. Pick Pagewing if what you mark up is on the web: it draws over any page in Chrome with pen, highlighter, shapes, text and a laser pointer, keeps your marks for next time, and turns the page into a screenshot or a PDF, in one subscription with a PDF editor and short links. Page Marker and Web Paint Tool are free, simpler extensions for a quick drawing you screenshot.
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Epic Pen
Best for: presenters and teachers on Windows who draw over any app
A Windows desktop app that puts a layer of ink over the whole screen, so you draw over slides, video calls, games and any program while still clicking through to them. Basic is free; Pro adds text, shapes, a whiteboard and fading ink.
- Price
- Basic free; Pro is a subscription with a 14-day trial, priced in your local currency on its pricing page
- Free plan
- Pen, highlighter, eraser, screenshots, hotkeys and 16 colors, with in-app promotions
- Runs on
- Windows 10 and 11 desktop app; not a browser extension
- Draws over any window, not only the browser
- Pen pressure and multi-touch
- Whiteboard, blackboard and fading ink on Pro
- Windows only
- Ink stays on the screen, so it doesn't scroll with a page
- Text, shapes and arrows need Pro
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ZoomIt
Best for: technical presenters who want zoom and drawing for free
Microsoft's free Sysinternals utility for presentations: zoom into part of the screen, draw and type over it, run a break timer, and record the screen to MP4 or GIF, all from hotkeys. A Mac version is on GitHub.
- Price
- Free
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Windows (also in PowerToys) and macOS 14 or later; not a browser extension
- Free and tiny
- Zoom, draw, type, timer and screen recording in one
- Pen and touch on tablets
- Hotkeys to learn; no toolbar
- Drawings vanish when you exit the mode
- Nothing is saved per page
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Pagewing
Best for: anyone marking up web pages in Chrome for a screenshot, a PDF, a screen share or next time
A page marker in the Chrome side panel: pen, highlighter, laser pointer, lines, arrows, shapes, text, numbered steps and emoji stamps over any web page, with any color, opacity and fill. Marks scroll with the page, stay put as a feed loads more, come back when you return, and become a screenshot or a PDF of the page in one click.
- Price
- Free plan; Premium and Pro remove the limits for every tool at once
- Free plan
- Every tool free, with saved marks kept on 10 pages
- Runs on
- Chrome on Windows, Mac, Linux and ChromeOS
- Marks saved per page and shown again when you return
- Screenshot or PDF of the whole page with your marks
- One subscription also covers a PDF editor, screenshots and short links
- Draws over web pages only, not other apps
- Chrome only
- A young product; the free plan keeps marks on 10 pages
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Page Marker
Best for: a quick drawing on a page that you screenshot and move on from
A free Chrome extension with a marker, highlighter, eraser, text and line tool over any web page or PDF, with shortcuts for each and a save to your computer.
- Price
- Free
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Chrome extension
- Free and simple
- Keyboard shortcuts for every tool
- Works on PDFs open in the browser
- Saves a picture of the page rather than marks that return next time
- No shapes or arrows
- Its listing notes very tall pages can be refused
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Web Paint Tool
Best for: shapes and arrows on a page without paying anything
A free Chrome extension (listed as Web Paint Tool - Page Marker & Editor) with a pencil, highlighter, marker, shapes, arrows and text over a web page, plus a screenshot of the result. Donations are optional.
- Price
- Free; donations optional
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Chrome extension
- Free, with shapes and arrows
- Screenshots of your drawing
- No account
- Few reviews so far
- No laser pointer, and no PDF of the marked page
- Several extensions share the Web Paint name
Prices and features as read on each app's own site in October 2026, billed monthly in US dollars unless said otherwise. They change: check there before you decide.
Pagewing against each page marker and screen annotation tool
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Questions
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Is Epic Pen a Chrome extension?
No. Epic Pen is a desktop app for Windows 10 and 11 that draws over the whole screen. To draw on a web page inside Chrome on any operating system, use an extension such as Pagewing's page marker, Page Marker or Web Paint Tool.
Does Epic Pen work on a Mac?
No. Its maker says Epic Pen is only available for Windows. On a Mac, ZoomIt for Mac is free, and Pagewing's page marker works in Chrome.
Which tool keeps my drawings when I come back to a page?
Pagewing keeps each page's marks on your device and draws them again when the page loads, with a list of marked pages you can search and export. Epic Pen and ZoomIt clear their ink when you leave drawing mode, and Page Marker saves a picture instead. Web Paint Tool's listing says its annotations survive a reload.
Can I draw over a video call or slides?
Epic Pen and ZoomIt draw over anything on the screen, including a video call or a slide deck. Extensions draw inside the browser tab only, so with Pagewing you'd share the Chrome tab or window you're marking up.
Can I save a marked-up page as a PDF or an image?
Pagewing captures the visible area, the full page or an area with your marks into its screenshot editor, and saves the whole page as a PDF with the page's address and date on it. Epic Pen, ZoomIt, Page Marker and Web Paint Tool take a screenshot of what's on screen.
Is Pagewing free?
Yes. Every tool works on the free plan, with a few limits. Premium removes the limits and adds features like share links, PDF signatures and cloud storage, for every tool at once. Pro adds Office conversions, bookmark cleanups and AI summaries and branding for recordings on top. You only add a card if you decide to upgrade.
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