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Every recorder on the Mac, measured against the same list.

The 16 features on this site, checked one by one against the 11 applications people actually weigh Superscreen against. Pick one for the long read, or take the whole table below.

The field

What each one is really for.

None of these are bad software. They are aimed at different jobs, and the honest answer is that a few of them beat Superscreen at theirs.

Loom
5/16
Mac, Windows, browser · Free, or from $15 a person a month
A recorder wrapped around a share link. You stop recording and the video is already uploading, with a URL and a viewer count waiting for you.
Superscreen vs Loom
Screen Studio
11/16
macOS · From $9 a month, billed yearly
The demo-video app. It reframes and eases your cursor automatically, so a plain screen capture comes out looking like it was animated.
Superscreen vs Screen Studio
CleanShot X
4/16
macOS · About $29 once, cloud extra
The best screenshot app on the Mac, with recording attached. Quick captures, quick annotations, quick links.
Superscreen vs CleanShot X
ScreenFlow
13/16
macOS · From about $199 once, paid upgrades
A proper non-linear editor with a screen recorder bolted to the front. Everything is possible, and everything takes a while.
Superscreen vs ScreenFlow
Camtasia
13/16
macOS and Windows · Subscription, from about $179 a year
The training-video standard. Templates, quizzes, asset libraries and an editor built for lessons rather than clips.
Superscreen vs Camtasia
QuickTime Player
2/16
macOS, included · Free, part of macOS
The recorder you already have. It captures a screen or an area to .mov and lets you trim the ends.
Superscreen vs QuickTime Player
Descript
9/16
macOS and Windows · Free tier, then about $19 a month
An editor that treats video as a document. It transcribes what you said, and deleting a sentence in the transcript deletes it from the recording.
Superscreen vs Descript
Tella
6/16
Browser, with a Mac app · Free tier, then about $19 a month
A recorder that runs in a tab. Backgrounds, layouts and automatic zoom, finished as a share link rather than a file.
Superscreen vs Tella
Kap
5/16
macOS · Free and open source
A small, sharp menu-bar recorder built for short clips and GIFs, with a plugin system for where they go afterwards.
Superscreen vs Kap
Zight
4/16
macOS, Windows, browser · Free tier, then about $10 a month
The old CloudApp, renamed. Screenshots, GIFs and screen recordings that turn into a shareable link the moment you stop.
Superscreen vs Zight
OBS Studio
8/16
macOS, Windows, Linux · Free and open source
A broadcast desk. Scenes, sources, filters and an encoder you can tune to the bit — pointed at a file instead of a stream.
Superscreen vs OBS Studio

Side by side

All of it, in one table.

Every row opens that feature in full. Every column head opens that comparison on its own.

Every Superscreen feature, against Loom, Screen Studio, CleanShot X, ScreenFlow, Camtasia, QuickTime Player, Descript, Tella, Kap, Zight, OBS Studio
Feature	Superscreen	Loom	Screen Studio	CleanShot X	ScreenFlow	Camtasia	QuickTime Player	Descript	Tella	Kap	Zight	OBS Studio
CountdownThree seconds before the first frame	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Not included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Not included
Frame rateSixty for motion, thirty for size	Included	Partly	Included	Partly	Included	Included	Not included	Partly	Partly	Included	Partly	Included
QualityHalf the file, the same picture	Included	Not included	Included	Partly	Included	Included	Not included	Not included	Not included	Partly	Not included	Included
CursorKeep the pointer in or out	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Click highlightsA ring blooms at every click	Included	Not included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Partly	Not included	Partly	Partly	Not included	Not included
Camera bubbleA round camera in any corner	Included	Included	Included	Not included	Included	Included	Not included	Included	Included	Not included	Included	Included
AudioYour voice and the Mac, separately	Included	Partly	Included	Partly	Included	Included	Partly	Included	Partly	Partly	Partly	Included
Trim and cutTrim the ends, cut the middle	Included	Partly	Included	Partly	Included	Included	Partly	Included	Included	Partly	Partly	Not included
AssetsDrop in sounds, images and screens	Included	Not included	Partly	Not included	Included	Included	Not included	Included	Partly	Not included	Not included	Included
CaptionsSubtitles written on the device	Included	Included	Partly	Not included	Included	Included	Not included	Included	Partly	Not included	Partly	Not included
KeystrokesShortcuts drawn as real keycaps	Included	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included	Included	Not included	Not included	Not included	Not included	Not included	Not included
Export formatsExport .mov, .mp4, .webm or .gif	Included	Partly	Included	Partly	Included	Included	Partly	Included	Partly	Included	Partly	Included
PerformanceA few percent of one core	Included	Partly	Partly	Included	Not included	Not included	Included	Not included	Partly	Included	Partly	Partly
File namesTemplates that sort recordings for you	Included	Not included	Partly	Partly	Partly	Partly	Not included	Not included	Not included	Partly	Not included	Included
Cursor zoomZoom that follows the cursor	Included	Not included	Included	Not included	Partly	Partly	Not included	Partly	Included	Not included	Not included	Not included
ProjectsEvery recording in one library	Included	Included	Included	Partly	Included	Included	Not included	Included	Included	Not included	Included	Partly

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Checked August 2026. Prices and features move — worth a look at the source before you decide.

Every recorder on the Mac, measured against the same list.

What each one is really for.

Loom

Screen Studio

CleanShot X

ScreenFlow

Camtasia

QuickTime Player

Descript

Tella

Kap

Zight

OBS Studio

All of it, in one table.