Teach on top of
anything.

Circle the answer, highlight the key line, sketch the diagram — right on your screen, live. Pointly is the free Mac screen-annotation app teachers use for online lessons, tutoring, and classroom demos.

Built for the way teachers present

• Draw over any app — a PDF, a slide deck, a browser, a math worksheet — without switching windows.
• Spotlight to focus the class on one paragraph, figure, or step.
• Whiteboard Canvas — summon a full-screen grid to work a problem from scratch.
• Laser pointer & arrows to guide eyes during a live lesson.
• Text & callouts for clear labels and instructions.
• Clear in one click or export the annotated screen for your notes.

Works with Zoom, Meet, Teams & recordings

Because Pointly draws on top of your whole screen, everything you mark up appears in any screen share or recording — Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, QuickTime, OBS, and more. Perfect for remote teaching, flipped-classroom videos, and tutorials.

Simple enough to use mid-lesson

Toggle the overlay with a single hotkey (⌘⇧P), draw, then flip to interact mode to keep clicking through your slides. No fiddly setup, no account — just teach.

Free for every teacher

The core tools are free forever. Pro features — Spotlight, Laser Pointer, Whiteboard Canvas, Presenter Zoom, and more — unlock for €12.99/year or €39.99 lifetime if you want them.