Ambrosia Software is a predominantly Macintosh software company located in Rochester, New York

New York

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. Ambrosia produces utilities and games. Its products are distributed as shareware

Shareware

The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...

; demo versions can be downloaded and used for up to 30 days.

Ambrosia's best-selling program is the utility Snapz Pro X

Snapz Pro X

Snapz Pro X is a utility program for Mac OS X developed by Ambrosia Software. It is designed to record movie-like screenshots of a computer monitor doing various actions, such as a user moving their mouse across the screen, clicking on desktop icons, typing text, et cetera...

, according to a 2002 interview with company president Andrew Welch, although the company is better known for the production and the distribution of games.