Safe Screen Share is usually listed next to us as though we were substitutes. We are not, and the difference is not subtle: it is a browser extension and we are a Windows application. One question settles which of us you need, and it takes about five seconds to answer.
We make one of the two, so weigh this accordingly. Prices and feature copy were read from their own pages on 5 September 2026. We have not tested their software and nothing here claims anything about how well it works.
The question that decides it
It is not “is the private thing in a browser”. A browser window is a window, and Hushglass covers one exactly as it covers any other — WhatsApp Web, a bank tab, your inbox, a second browser window you forgot about. You do not need an extension for those.
The question is narrower than that:
Do you need part of a page hidden while the rest of that same page stays visible and shared?
If yes, buy the extension. That is the one job we genuinely cannot do, and it is covered in detail below.
If no — if the private thing is a whole window you would rather was not on screen — then we cover it, at a lower price, and we cover everything outside the browser as well. An extension cannot: the WhatsApp desktop client, Slack, Outlook, a terminal, a banking application, a folder of client files. That is not a criticism, it is the boundary every extension has, and Safe Screen Share is clear that it is one.
What Safe Screen Share is
An extension for Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Arc and Vivaldi that blurs sensitive content inside web pages — pattern-matched things like emails, card numbers and API keys, plus regions you pick by hand, plus an AI-assisted mode and a meeting mode that applies automatically during calls. It can also hide the tab title and favicon.
$49 lifetime for three active browsers and two blur profiles, or $59 lifetime for unlimited browsers and profiles. No free tier, and a 14-day money-back guarantee on both.
| Safe Screen Share | Hushglass | |
|---|---|---|
| Form | Browser extension | Windows application |
| Covers | Pages in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Arc, Vivaldi | Any window on the desktop |
| Reaches desktop apps | No | Yes |
| Hides part of a page | Yes | No |
| Runs on | Anywhere those browsers run | Windows 10 v2004+ |
| Lifetime | $49 / $59 | $39 |
| Free tier | None — 14-day refund | One window, no expiry |
What it does that we cannot
This is a real capability gap on our side and it is worth being precise about.
They work at the level of a field. We work at the level of a window.
If you need to share a dashboard while covering one API key on it — the rest of the dashboard visible and useful to everyone on the call — that is exactly what they are built for and exactly what we cannot do. Same for a spreadsheet with one salary column hidden, or a CRM record with the customer’s phone number covered while the rest of the ticket is discussed.
Our unit is the whole window. It is either covered or it is not. For anything requiring surgical coverage inside a page, a page-level tool is correct and we are the wrong shape entirely.
Before you buy for that, though, check that it is really your case. It is a narrower situation than it first sounds, and there is one test:
Does someone on the call need to see the rest of that same page, right now, while the private part is hidden?
If yes, you need field-level redaction and you should buy the extension. If no — if the page is simply open and you would rather it were not on screen at all — then covering the whole window does the job, and that is the far more common shape. “Hide my inbox”, “hide the bank tab”, “hide WhatsApp Web” are all whole-window problems that read like page problems.
Worth knowing what the whole-window answer costs and buys, if it turns out to be yours: $39 against $49 or $59, and it covers every desktop application as well — Slack, Outlook, a terminal, a banking client — plus two computers on one licence and a free tier that never expires. The extension covers none of that, at a higher price.
They also work on macOS and Linux, because their browsers do. We are Windows only. If you are on a Mac, they are the only paid option on this page that exists for you.
What we do that they cannot
Everything outside the browser, which for most people is where the private thing actually lives. Desktop chat clients, mail apps, password managers, terminals, file explorers, note apps, banking software. None of that is a web page.
Whole-window coverage rather than blur. Viewers see an opaque screen reading Private content protected, not a blurred version of your content. There is a longer piece on why that distinction matters — briefly, a visual blur applied to a page changes your copy of the page too, and covering a window from the capture path does not.
Automatic protection of new windows on Pro. Protect a chat application and its pop-out windows, dialogs and new conversations are covered within about a second, with nothing to configure.
One consequence to know, because this post is about browsers and it lands here: a browser is a single process, so protecting one browser window on Pro protects all of them, including one you meant to present. That is deliberate — over-covering is the safe direction for a privacy tool — and the escape is one click: unprotect the window you are presenting, and the automatic scan then leaves it alone for as long as it is open. Worth knowing before your first call rather than during it.
A free tier with no clock. One window, protected for as long as you want, no account and no card. They have no free tier at all — the entry price is $49, with a fourteen-day refund if it does not earn its keep.
$39 lifetime against their $49 or $59, with two computers on one licence.
They are not really our competitor, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest
We ran into Safe Screen Share because it ranks for the same searches we do. That is a search-results overlap, not a product overlap, and if you have arrived here trying to choose between us you may have been sent by a query rather than by a genuine similarity.
For a lot of people the honest answer is neither one nor the other but a clear look at where the risk actually is. If it is one field on a web page, buy the extension. If it is an application window, look at us. And if it is genuinely both, they do not conflict — they act on different things, so running both is a reasonable thing to do and we would rather say that than argue you into a purchase.
What we would rather you knew before paying us
- Our installer is not code-signed yet, so your browser will probably warn you about the download. The SHA-256 and exact byte count are published on the download page so you can verify the file, and the mechanism is explained here. If you would rather not click through a warning at all, the same app is on the Microsoft Store, free. A Store install is signed by Microsoft, so neither your browser nor Windows warns you on the way in. An extension installed from a browser’s own store avoids this problem entirely, which is a genuine advantage of that distribution model over ours.
- Windows 10 version 2004 or later, only. No macOS, no Linux, no plans.
- Four languages so far. The app is in English, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese since version 1.0.6, and follows your Windows language; any other language still gets the English.
- We cannot hide part of a page, as above.
- Protection requires sharing your entire screen. Share the protected app as a single window and it will be visible.
The short version
Part of a page covered while you keep sharing the rest: buy the extension. On a Mac: buy the extension, it is the only one here that runs for you.
Desktop application, whole window, on Windows: that is us, at $39 once with a free tier that never expires.
Try the free tier first. It covers one window — a browser window included — for as long as you want, with no card. If it turns out you genuinely need one field on a shared page redacted rather than a whole window covered, you will have found that out for nothing, and we will have pointed you at the right tool.
Frequently asked questions
Can a browser extension hide the WhatsApp or Slack desktop app?
No. An extension can only act on pages inside its own browser, so it can cover a web app in a tab and nothing outside one. The WhatsApp or Slack desktop client, Outlook, a terminal, a banking application, File Explorer — none of those are web pages, so no extension reaches them. That is the boundary every browser extension has rather than an oversight in any particular one.
Can Hushglass hide just part of a page, like one column of a spreadsheet?
No, and this is the thing an extension does that we cannot. Hushglass works on whole windows — the unit is a window, not a region inside it. If you need to share a dashboard while covering one API key on it, or present a spreadsheet with a single salary column hidden, a page-level tool is the right shape and we are the wrong one.
Which one works if I am on a Mac?
The extension. Hushglass relies on a Windows capture flag introduced in Windows 10 version 2004, and there is no equivalent on macOS, so we do not exist for you. Any browser extension that operates on page content works wherever its browser runs.
Is it worth running both?
For some people, yes, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise. They solve different halves of the same worry — one redacts individual fields inside a page you are deliberately sharing, the other covers whole windows you would rather were not on screen, browser windows included. If your risk is genuinely both, they do not conflict, because they act on different things. For most people it is only the second, and that is the cheaper half.
