Compare · macOS, included

Superscreen vs QuickTime Player.

The recorder you already have. It captures a screen or an area to .mov and lets you trim the ends.

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Free, part of macOS

Matches 2 of 16 features

The honest read

Where QuickTime Player is the better answer, and where it is not.

What QuickTime Player does well

Nothing to install, nothing to pay, nothing to sign in to.
It writes a clean .mov, which is the same master format Superscreen writes.
Effectively no overhead on the machine.

Where it runs out of road

It cannot record what the Mac is playing — no system audio, microphone only.
No camera bubble, no click highlights, no zoom, no captions.
Trimming the ends is the entire editor, and nothing is remembered between recordings.

QuickTime is the honest baseline, and for a ten-second clip with no sound it is fine. Everything past that — the Mac’s own audio, a camera in the corner, a cut in the middle, a caption — is where Superscreen starts.

Feature by feature

The whole list, both ways.

Every row opens that feature in full, with the panel that shows it running.

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

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PartlyPartly
Not includedNot included

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