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24 alternatives to I made a screen recording app to make demos like an Apple commercial
Hey HN! I made ShotGlass, a Mac app for screenshots, screen recordings, and cinematic demos. I was tired of jumping between four apps to make one product demo. Screenshots, recordings, annotations, and After Effects for anything cinematic. I also saw the MacBook Neo commercials (recording playing on a 3D MacBook in a scene) and wondered why no screen recorder just did that. So ShotGlass does all of it: multi-window capture, annotations, zooms, transitions, and dropping a recording onto a 3D MacBook with a simulated lens. It's free to try, a one time purchase and everything stays local. I…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 5 we have checked on their own sites, 4 of them free or with a free tier.
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CleanShot X▲951Mac-native app for screenshots, recordings and collaboration
2020 · cleanshot.com · its alternatives →
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CleanShot▲566Discover a superior way to capture your Mac's screen 🚀
2018 · cleanshot.com · its alternatives →
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Smooth Recorderfrom $9/mo▲257Mac screen recordings that look edited when you hit stop
20d ago · smoothrecorder.com · its alternatives →
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3D device frame screen recording for macOS
Mar 2026 · smoothcapture.app · its alternatives →
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CleanShot 2.0▲236Discover a superior way to capture your Mac's screen 🚀
2018 · cleanshot.com · its alternatives →
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Easiest way to share your screen captures on macOS ⚡️
2021 · cleanshot.com · its alternatives →
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Screentell▲164I’m an indie dev, and every time I launch or ship anything, there’s this familiar mini-hell: “now I need to record a decent demo…” You probably know the drill: - install yet another screen recorder - mess with audio input / system audio - accidentally capture your messy tabs or notifications - re-record because you forgot to hide something sensitive - open a separate editor just to crop, zoom, or add a simple arrow After doing this a few too many times, I realized I was spending way more time fighting tools than making the actual demo. And most of my needs were pretty simple: short…
Jan 2026 · screentell.com · its alternatives →
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Capso▲269Free open-source screenshot & screen recorder for Mac
Apr 2026 · awesomemacapp.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I've been working on this project for the last 5 months, inspired by Screen Studio but runs 100% in the browser. Here is a demo of the editor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7-etsFZgPI One of the big challenges of using the browser is getDisplayMedia, the API for recording screens, doesn't provide mouse coordinates for security reasons. Mouse coordinates are important for auto-focus animations. So I trained a YOLOv11 model to detect mouse cursors and I run inference in real time while you record. Also, I created my own Remotion-style renderer because I started with…
2025 · screenrecorder.me · its alternatives →
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Claquette▲224Seamlessly record your Mac's screen, microphone and camera
2016 · peakstep.com · its alternatives →
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Shotomatic▲278Save the target state before each accepted click on Mac, mark the action, edit the steps, and export a clear visual guide with Shotomatic Action Capture.
2025 · shotomatic.com · its alternatives →
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Screenify Studio▲105Polished product demos on Mac recorded by an AI agent
Aug 2026 · screenify.studio · its alternatives →
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Snaprfree tier, from $9.99/mo▲105Screenshot, record, annotate & edit video in one app
Apr 2026 · snapr.pineple.com · its alternatives →
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Shotbase ▲85Capture, edit, organize, and share in one place
Sep 2026 · shotbase.com · its alternatives →
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Retinafree▲147Screen recorder w/ auto-zoom, smooth cursors, + AI graphics
May 2026 · blendpixel.com · its alternatives →
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- 19FSFree screen recording Mac app that uploads while you recordfree tier, from $7.47/mo▲56
It's meant to be lite and fast. Hope you like it
2014 · recordit.co · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I've always found Screen Studio recordings superb. Unfortunately I'm not on a Mac, so I've developed my own tool that works in the browser for all OS. I hope you'll find it useful, and I'd be delighted to hear your feedback.
2024 · smooth.video · its alternatives →
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ScreenBuddyfree tier, from $49.99/mo▲79ScreenBuddy turns a real screen recording into a launch film — scenes, brand templates, auto-zoom, local captions. Mac & Windows. Try free; $49.99 once.
Apr 2026 · screenbuddy.xyz · its alternatives →
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Reframed▲10Open-source Screen Studio alternative for macOS
Feb 2026 · reframed.dev · its alternatives →
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