The workflow you already know

You take a screenshot. You open an image editor (or just use your phone’s markup tool). You draw an arrow pointing at the thing that’s wrong. You paste it into Slack with a message like “can you fix this part?” Your developer asks which part. You take another screenshot.

This is how most founders give website feedback. It works — until it doesn’t.

Quick comparison

	Simpl_Markup	Screenshots in Slack
Cost	$29.95/mo	Free
Click-to-comment	Yes, pinned to the exact element on the live page	No, arrows and circles on a static image
Multi-device review	Live interactive preview on desktop, tablet, mobile	Manual capture, one device at a time
Context	Cropped view of exactly what you pointed at	Full static image, hope they see the arrow
Tracking	Open → Resolved → Approved	Scroll through Slack history
Bidirectional sync	Yes	N/A
Searchable	Yes, by project	Buried in Slack threads

Where screenshots in Slack break down

The arrow problem

You draw an arrow pointing at a button. Your developer sees the arrow but isn’t sure which button — the one above it or the one below it? You take another screenshot with a bigger arrow. Three messages later, you’re both looking at the same thing.

With Simpl_Markup, you click directly on the element on the live page. A numbered pin appears at the exact coordinates. A cropped view of that area posts to Slack. There’s no ambiguity.

The device problem

Your developer says it looks fine on desktop. You check on your phone — it’s broken. Now you need to take a mobile screenshot, annotate it, paste it, and explain which page you’re looking at.

Simpl_Markup opens an interactive preview of your page across desktop, tablet, and mobile from any URL. All three are posted to the Slack thread immediately, and you can click directly on any of them to leave pinned feedback.

The tracking problem

After two weeks of feedback, you need to check: did they fix the thing you mentioned about the header? You scroll through Slack, searching for the image with the red arrow on it. Was it in #general or #website-feedback? Was it a thread reply?

With Simpl_Markup, every comment is tracked in a project with a status (open, resolved, approved). Filter by active comments to see what’s still outstanding.

The approval problem

When everything looks good, how does your developer know you’re happy? You say “looks good” in Slack? Which thread? For which set of changes?

Simpl_Markup has a one-click approval workflow. When you approve, every related Slack message gets updated. Everyone knows the review cycle is done.

Why screenshots in Slack still win sometimes

It’s free. If you’re giving feedback once a month on a simple site, $29.95/month may not be worth it.
Zero learning curve. Everyone already knows how to take a screenshot and paste it.
No tool to adopt. Your developer doesn’t need to sign up for anything.

When it’s time to upgrade

If any of these are true, the screenshot workflow is costing you more time than it saves:

You’re giving feedback more than twice a week
You have more than 2 people involved in reviews
You’ve ever had to re-explain what an arrow was pointing at
You’ve lost track of whether something was fixed
You’re reviewing the same site across multiple devices

Frequently asked questions

Is Simpl_Markup worth paying for if I only give feedback occasionally?

If you’re giving feedback less than a few times a month, screenshots in Slack are probably fine. Simpl_Markup is worth it when feedback is a regular part of your workflow and the back-and-forth starts eating hours.

Can my developer use Simpl_Markup without creating an account?

Slack users are auto-provisioned on first interaction. When your developer replies to a Simpl_Markup message in Slack, their account is created automatically.

Does Simpl_Markup replace Slack?

No. Simpl_Markup lives inside Slack. It replaces the paste-an-image-with-an-arrow workflow you already do in Slack with something faster and more precise: clicking directly on the live page.