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Superscreen vs Kap.
A small, sharp menu-bar recorder built for short clips and GIFs, with a plugin system for where they go afterwards.
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The honest read
Where Kap is the better answer, and where it is not.
What Kap does well
- Free, open source and about as light as a Mac app gets.
- GIF export is a first-class citizen rather than an afterthought.
- Plugins send a finished clip straight to wherever you keep things.
Where it runs out of road
- No camera, no captions, no keystrokes, no zoom.
- Trimming the ends is the whole editor.
- Development has been quiet for a long stretch.
For a five-second GIF of a bug, Kap is perfect and free. Superscreen is what you reach for when the clip needs a voice, a face, a cut in the middle or a caption.
Feature by feature
The whole list, both ways.
Every row opens that feature in full, with the panel that shows it running.
| Feature | Superscreen | Kap |
|---|---|---|
| Countdown | Included | Included |
| Frame rate | Included | Included |
| Quality | Included | Partly |
| Cursor | Included | Included |
| Click highlights | Included | Partly |
| Camera bubble | Included | Not included |
| Audio | Included | Partly |
| Trim and cut | Included | Partly |
| Assets | Included | Not included |
| Captions | Included | Not included |
| Keystrokes | Included | Not included |
| Export formats | Included | Included |
| Performance | Included | Included |
| File names | Included | Partly |
| Cursor zoom | Included | Not included |
| Projects | Included | Not included |
- IncludedIncluded
- PartlyPartly
- Not includedNot included
Checked August 2026. Prices and features move — worth a look at the source before you decide.