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Screen recorder for Mac
You record. Notch does the rest — zoom, cursor, background, camera. Free for personal use, on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
What you get on a Mac
Everything the screen capture app adds while you record.
Auto-zoom that follows your cursor
The view zooms toward whatever you point at, with eased motion instead of abrupt jumps.
Smooth cursor and click highlights
Your cursor moves fluidly in the export, and each click gets a highlight viewers can follow.
Backgrounds, padding and rounded corners
Set your recording on a background with padding and rounded corners, straight from the app.
Your camera as a bubble or full frame
Show your face in a corner bubble, use the full frame, or leave the camera off.
Screen, microphone and system audio in one recording
Capture the screen together with your microphone and system audio — no extra drivers.
Record in takes and keep the best one
Record segment by segment, redo the part that went wrong, and keep the take that worked.
Captions without the cloud
Speech-to-text runs on your Mac, so captions are free and work offline. They come in many languages, and you can export them burned into the video or as a separate SRT file. Read more about captions in Notch .
Export or share
Export a file
Export an MP4 up to 4K or a GIF — a normal file you can drop into docs, tickets, emails, or anywhere else.
Publish a link
Or publish a link that already looks finished, with no extra step. 5 GB is free with a free account, and your first two links need no account.
How it compares on a Mac
| Notch | Screen Studio | QuickTime Player | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price model | Free personal / $49 one time commercial | Subscription | Free, built in |
| Auto-zoom | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| System audio | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Camera overlay | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Windows version | ✓ | — | — |
Prices and features as listed on each vendor's site; check before you buy.
Frequently asked questions
Yes — Notch is free for personal use. For work, the Commercial license is $49 one time.
Yes. It records system audio together with your microphone, with no extra drivers to install.
Yes. There is a separate download for each — pick yours on the download page.
Yes — record a single window or the whole screen.
Not to record or edit. To keep the links you publish, you create a free account; your first two links work without one.
Only if you publish it. Recording, editing, and speech-to-text all happen on your Mac.
Screen capture on your Mac.
Runs on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. Free for personal use, or a $49 one-time Commercial license for work.
Download for Mac