Important note on Shapes 4 and compatibility Shapes 4 is not a free upgrade from prior versions of Shapes. Shapes has always been very inexpensive, and up to this point I've offered many, many new features via free updates. With Shapes 4, it's unfortunately time to finally break that cycle. Shapes 4 is $9.99. As Shapes was previously so inexpensive, there is no upgrade pricing available for Shapes 4.

Shapes 4 will not support the old .shapes file format from earlier versions of Shapes. You will not be able to edit or open files created in earlier versions of Shapes using Shapes 4.

Shapes 4 supports a new file format, called .shapesdoc which is not supported by earlier versions of Shapes. The new file format handles embedded images far more efficiently than the old format.

Given all of that, Shapes 4 should basically be thought of as a brand new app. After 5 years of free updates for a $5 app, I feel that this is within reason. Thank you for your continued support of indie Mac software developers.

If you purchased a prior version of Shapes through this website after July 1, 2014, please send an email to support@shapesapp.com, and I will offer you a special upgrade price.

Shapes is an elegant Diagramming app for Mac OS X, that is both simple and powerful. Shapes gives you all of the most important features you need in a Diagramming tool without all the extra cruft, at an affordable price.

Shapes is great for Programmers and Web Designers looking for a simple tool for quickly designing Charts, laying out Wireframes, or visualizing Model Relationships.

Shapes lets you get to work quickly by giving you just the important tools you need in a slick, single-window, thoroughly Mac-native UI.

Shapes also includes full support for modern Mac OS X features like Quick Look, Full-Screen Mode, Autosave, and Version Browsing. Export your compositions in SVG or common image formats like PNG, JPEG, TIFF or multi-page PDF.