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ScreenOtter
ScreenOtter — A Mac app for screen recordings and screenshots. A zoom on every click, captions made on your Mac, and eight camera layouts. Free to use, pay once.
About ScreenOtter
Capture, annotate, record and edit in one native Mac app. Automatic zooms, camera layouts, on-device captions, a teleprompter, and exports up to 4K.ScreenOtter is a native Mac app for screen recordings and screenshots. Your recordings come back already edited.
Record an area, a window, or a whole display, with your camera, microphone, and your Mac's sound. Open the recording, and there's a zoom on every click. The pointer moves smoothly. Your camera sits in one of eight layouts, and you can change it after you record.
Cut mistakes by deleting words from the transcript. Speed up typing in one click. Blur private data, and the blur follows it as the page scrolls. Add captions made on your Mac, music, and a voiceover. Read your script from a teleprompter that follows your voice and never shows in the video. Export an MP4 up to 4K at 60 fps, or a looping GIF.
Screenshots are copied to your clipboard the moment you take them. Add curved arrows, text, numbered steps, blur, and a backdrop, then paste them anywhere.
Everything runs on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded, and you don't need an account. Every feature works in the free version, with exports up to 720p and a small badge. One payment unlocks full quality, with every future update included. No subscription.
- Who it is for
- Mac users who record product demos, tutorials, and bug reports, and who take screenshots for docs and support.
- Problem it solves
- Editing a screen recording often takes longer than recording it. You add zooms by hand, cut mistakes, write captions, and blur private data, often in a second app that needs a subscription and an upload.
- The solution
- Record an area, a window, or a whole display, with your camera, microphone, and your Mac's sound. Open the recording, and there's a zoom on every click. The pointer moves smoothly. Cut mistakes by deleting words from the transcript. Speed up typing in one click. Blur private data, and the blur follows it as the page scrolls. Add captions made on your Mac, then export an MP4 up to 4K at 60 fps, or a looping GIF.
- What makes it unique
- Everything runs on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded, and you don't need an account. Every feature works in the free version, with exports up to 720p and a small badge. One payment unlocks full quality, with every future update included. No subscription.
Features
A zoom on every click
Added automatically, plus 3D zooms.
Eight camera layouts
With background removal and face tracking.
Captions made on your Mac
In your language.
Edit by editing the transcript
Delete words to cut mistakes.
A teleprompter that follows your voice
It never shows in the video.
Screenshots with arrows and steps
Curved arrows, numbered steps, blur, and backdrops.
Details
- Platforms
- macOS
- Pricing
- Freemium
- One-time purchase
- Built for
Mac users who record product demos, tutorials, and bug reports, and who take screenshots for docs and support.
- Building since
2026
Technology
ScreenOtter screenshot showing a recording program with a woman
1 / 2Website performance
Recorded mobile lab measurements and finalized weekly standings from IndieTools Speed.
ScreenOtter website speed overview
In IndieTools' mobile lab test on November 14, 2026, the ScreenOtter website scored 99 out of 100 (good). All 5 lab metrics were rated good.
Measured (UTC)
- LCPLargest Contentful Paint
- 980 ms
- Good
- TBTTotal Blocking Time
- 113 ms
- Good
- CLSCumulative Layout Shift
- 0.005
- Good
- FCPFirst Contentful Paint
- 980 ms
- Good
Not ranked in a finalized week yet.
ScreenOtter lab metrics
| Metric | Result | Status | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile lab testMid-range phone on a throttled 4G connection, two runs averaged. | |||
| Performance score Good No trend yet | 99 / 100 | Good | No trend yet |
| First Contentful Paint Good No trend yet | 980 ms | Good | No trend yet |
| Largest Contentful Paint Good No trend yet | 980 ms | Good | No trend yet |
| Speed Index Good No trend yet | 2.59 s | Good | No trend yet |
| Total Blocking Time Good No trend yet | 113 ms | Good | No trend yet |
| Cumulative Layout Shift Good No trend yet | 0.005 | Good | No trend yet |
| Unthrottled observationsTimed on the test machine's own fast connection, so they read lower than the lab metrics above. | |||
| Page load No trend yet | 1.67 s | No trend yet | |
| Server response No trend yet | 3 ms | No trend yet | |
ScreenOtter performance history
History appears after a second comparable lab run.
ScreenOtter Speed ranking
Not ranked yet. Ranks appear once a week with this product is finalized.
Stored lab observations from controlled test runs, not real-user Core Web Vitals or a guarantee of search rankings. Weekly standings remain attached to their finalized edition.Method psi-mobile-two-sample-mean-v1, 2 samples per reading. Lab results can vary between runs.
Domain Rating
Domain Rating by Ahrefs- DR4 (primary model)
- 0
First DR4 reading
- DR3
- 11
First DR3 reading
Model difference−11. DR4 is 11 points lower than DR3.
Measured · screenotter.com
What do DR4, DR3 and the model difference mean?
- DR4:
- Ahrefs' newer model. It gives more weight to links from sites with organic search traffic and rates a subdomain on its own links.
- DR3:
- The previous model, shown in the Ahrefs app until 1 December 2026.
- Model difference:
- DR4 minus DR3 for the same domain. The models calculate differently, so this is not growth or a drop; the “since” lines compare each model with itself.
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