Comparison of Screen recording softwares to create screencasts (capture screen as videos). It is useful to make video tutorials, demo or presentation of a new online service, startup...
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Link | Screenpresso | ScreenPal | ActivePresenter | Adobe Captivate | Adobe Presenter Video Express 11 | FlashBack | Camstudio | Camtasia Studio | FastStone Capture | Fraps | HyperCam | iShowU HD Pro | Jing | Krut | Open Broadcaster Software | Qarbon Viewletbuilder | ScreenFlow | Screenr | TipCam | TurboDemo | UltraVnc screen recorder | VLC | Webinaria | Wink | WeVideo screen recorder | ScreenMix - Screen Recorder by Mixilab |
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| Website | screenpresso.com/fr/ | screenpal.com | atomisystems.com | adobe.com/... | adobe.com/... | flashbackrecorder.com | camstudio.org | techsmith.com/... | faststone.org | fraps.com | hyperionics.com | shinywhitebox.com/... | techsmith.com/... | sourceforge.net | obsproject.com | qarbon.com/... | telestream.net/... | screenr.com | utipu.com | turbodemo.com/... | uvnc.com/... | videolan.org/... | webinaria.com | debugmode.com/... | wevideo.com/... | mixilab.com/... |
| Latest version | 1.5.2.0 (.NET4) | 5 | 8.0.1 | 11 | 3.2.2.2096 | 2.7.2 | 8.0.2 | 7.9 | 3.4.7 | 2.27.00 | 2.2.9 | 2.4.10231 | 0.9.3 | 7.3.14 | 3 | 2.1.5 (win) | 2 | 2.1.28.0 | ||||||||
| Release date | Feb. 11th 2012 | Mar. 1st 2012 | Oct. 18th 2012 | Jun. 15th 2012 | Dec. 19th 2011 | Oct. 19th 2013 | Jul. 24th 2012 | Dec. 23rd 2004 | Oct. 22nd 2011 | Mar. 14th 2012 | Feb. 8th 2013 | Oct. 3rd 2011 | Jul. 18th 2008 | Jul. 14th 2008 | Nov. 3rd 2020 | |||||||||||
| Distribution | Freeware | Online Service | Proprietary software | Proprietary software | Proprietary software | Open Source | Proprietary software | Proprietary software | Proprietary software | Freeware | Proprietary software | Proprietary software | Open Source | Open Source | Proprietary software | Proprietary software | Online Service | Proprietary software | Proprietary software | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source | Freeware | Proprietary software | ||
| Price | € 0 (PRO 28.89 € - SITE 1190 €) | $ 0 - $10 / month | $ 0 - $349.95 - $449.95 | $ 799 - 1165,20 € | $ 199 US | $ 0 - $199 | $ 0 | $ 299.000 | $ 19.95 one month test old version free but no video | € 29.95 | $ 0 | $ 29.95 (and $59.95 PRO) | $ 0 or 14.95$/year (pro version) | $ 0 | € 0 | $ 399 - $599 | $ 99.000 | $ 0 , $19/mo, $49/mo, $99/mo, $289/mo | $ 0 - $99 | $ 199 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 12.99 (The Price and Discount depend on your Microsoft Store Region) | ||
| Languages | 19 langues : Anglais Français Allemand Espagnol Japonais Russe Chinois simplifié Chinois traditionnel Turc Georgien Portuguais Brésilien Arabe Italien Ukrainien Polonais Danois Hongrois Flamand | English | English | English, Français, Español, Deutsch, Italiano | English French German Japanese Korean Portuguese (Brazilian) Spanish Arabic | English | English, Français | English, Français, Deutsch, Korean, Japanese | English | English | English | English | English | English | English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Danish, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Turkish | English, Japanese | English | English | English | an ar ast be bn_IN bs ca cs cy da de de_LU el en en_GB es et fa fr gd gl gu he hi hr hu is it ja km kn ko ky lt lv ml mr my nb nl or pl pt pt_BR ro ru si sk sl sr sv te th tr tt uk ur vi wa zh zh_TW | English | English, Français, Español, Deutsch, Italiano Danish, Serbian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified/Traditional Chinese | English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese | |||
| Tutorial | screenpresso.com/... |  |  | fraps.com/... | shinywhitebox.com/... | qarbon.com/... |  | screenr.com/... | balesio.com/... | nicolargo.com/... |  | mixilab.com/... | ||||||||||||||
| Last update | Apr. 15th 2015 3:48:00 PM | Mar. 16th 2023 8:43:50 AM | Nov. 24th 2016 9:50:34 AM | Sep. 16th 2022 8:10:04 PM | Jun. 15th 2016 9:48:36 PM | Sep. 16th 2022 8:35:31 PM | Sep. 16th 2022 8:10:04 PM | Dec. 5th 2020 4:22:54 PM | Mar. 16th 2023 9:04:48 AM | Mar. 16th 2012 10:12:18 PM | Sep. 16th 2022 8:43:16 PM | Aug. 25th 2015 2:25:37 PM | Sep. 16th 2022 8:10:04 PM | Aug. 7th 2012 9:54:08 PM | Aug. 25th 2015 2:25:37 PM | Mar. 8th 2013 10:50:28 AM | Aug. 25th 2015 1:35:17 PM | Feb. 5th 2015 12:06:10 PM | Aug. 7th 2012 9:54:08 PM | Jul. 27th 2011 8:09:53 PM | Aug. 7th 2012 9:54:08 PM | Oct. 15th 2014 9:26:59 AM | Jul. 27th 2011 8:26:47 PM | Jun. 14th 2023 8:16:33 AM | Sep. 19th 2022 8:21:14 PM | Dec. 9th 2022 10:26:19 AM |
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| Windows | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes Beta & Beta Multiplatform | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| macOS | - Only for iOS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | - Beta Multiplatform | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ||||
| Linux | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | - Beta Multiplatform | Yes ViewletBuilder 4 | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||||
| Features | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Webcam recording | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes With PC | No | Yes | Yes | - webcam pro version only | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Record microphone audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Record system audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes wav | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Video Editing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Pro Version | Yes For pros, lots of features. | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | - VLMC Beta | Yes | Yes It is possible to edit a screen recording with Animotica - video editor by Mixilab | |||||||||
| Type of generated files | MP4, WMW, OGV, WEBM | SWF, Windows media, quicktime | AVI, MP4, WMV, WebM, FLV, HTML, PDF, JPEG, PNG, DOC/DOCX, XLS/XLSX, PPT/PPTX, AJAX, and SWF | HTML5, MP4, EXE, SWF, PDF | MP4, HTML5, AICC and Scorm compliance | SWF, QuickTime, AVI, Windows Media Video, EXE | AVI, SWF | H.264, Windows Media, AVI, SWF, FLV | saves images in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIFF and PDF formats. Built-in screen recorder saves videos in WMV (Windows Media Video) format. | AVI, H.264 | AVI | SWF, MPEG-4 AVC (pro version only) | MOV, WAV | Flash SWF, MP4, FLV, AICC and SCORM compliant packages, HTML, PDF, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, EXE, VVL, ZIP | QuickTime, Flash | AVI, EXE, GIF, PDF | Ouch !... Too many. see videolan.org/... | AVI, FLV | SWF, PDF, HTML, EXE, PostScript | MP4 | ||||||
| Other features | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Screen annotations | - Annotation only on screen capt | Yes | - Limited to Sreen presentation | Yes to be placed while recording | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pause/Resume | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Follow Mouse | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
| Mouse highlighting | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Custom presets | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Custom backgrounds | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Upload to web | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes YouTube, Blip.TV and Howcast built-in | Yes YouTube, Facebook, ViewletCentral, FTP | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Embed watermarks | - on free tool | - On free tool | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Record Keystrokes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
| Zooming | - PRO | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pen or highlighter tool | - on screen capture | - PRO | - Limited to Screen presentation | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Panning | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Record fullscreen | Yes and area etc... | Yes | Yes | Yes and area | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Your reviews | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall rating | 5.0/5 1 rating | no rating | 5.0/5 4 ratings | 4.3/5 3 ratings | no rating | no rating | 2.8/5 4 ratings | 4.3/5 3 ratings | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | 1.0/5 1 rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | 5.0/5 1 rating |
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User reviews and comments
Mixilab on Dec. 9th 2022 9:55:22 AM rated ScreenMix - Screen Recorder by Mixilab: Overall rating 5/5 
Mixilab on Dec. 9th 2022 9:55:19 AM rated ScreenMix - Screen Recorder by Mixilab: Sound quality rating 5/5 
Mixilab on Dec. 9th 2022 9:55:12 AM rated ScreenMix - Screen Recorder by Mixilab: Images quality rating 5/5 
EtuESPE on Nov. 24th 2016 9:13:50 AM rated ActivePresenter: Evaluation 4/5 
thestu on Feb. 5th 2015 6:45:48 PM rated Camstudio: Overall rating 1/5 
renedudu on Oct. 15th 2014 8:42:29 AM 
Vincent Dalmeyda on Mar. 5th 2014 10:44:34 AM rated Jing: Overall rating 1/5 
Vincent Dalmeyda on Mar. 5th 2014 10:43:59 AM rated Camstudio: Overall rating 2/5 
Vincent Dalmeyda on Mar. 5th 2014 10:43:17 AM rated Camtasia Studio: Overall rating 5/5 
Danielle on Aug. 2nd 2013 4:06:27 PM 
JPS on Apr. 22nd 2013 2:19:15 PM rated Camtasia Studio: Overall rating 4/5 
JPS on Apr. 22nd 2013 2:16:52 PM rated ActivePresenter: Images quality rating 5/5 
JPS on Apr. 22nd 2013 2:15:58 PM rated ActivePresenter: Overall rating 5/5 
Frank Hoonakker on Jan. 23rd 2013 7:04:36 PM rated Adobe Captivate: Overall rating 3/5 
Frank Hoonakker on Jan. 23rd 2013 7:04:25 PM rated Adobe Captivate: Images quality rating 1/5 
mustang on Nov. 4th 2012 9:25:03 AM suggested on ActivePresenter to set Editor to mustang-1hey2oeu 
mustang on Nov. 4th 2012 9:24:54 AM suggested on ActivePresenter to set Viewer to unlisted 
mustang on Nov. 4th 2012 9:24:38 AM suggested on ActivePresenter to set Name to EURUSD 
mustang on Nov. 4th 2012 9:24:11 AM suggested on ActivePresenter to set Viewer to unlisted 
mustang on Nov. 4th 2012 9:24:01 AM suggested on ActivePresenter to set Editor to mustang-1hey2oeu
see older commentsLa version gratuite est suffisante pour faire du montage vidéo simplement avec ajout d'enregistrement de la voix en direct.
Installé 2 fois, et désinstallé 2 fois, car lorsque je choisis l'option permettant de sélectionner une zone de l'écran, celui-ci se transforme en clignotant. Impossible d'arrêter cela ni de faire quoi que ce soit, et pas d'autre solution que d'éteindre en faisant "reset", et puis désinstaller le programme !. Pour info : je suis sous windows 7.
Il serait bien d'y ajouter faststone capture ( faststone.org ) qui permet de capturer écrans et video en framerate et un éditeur interne pour créer des grafitis sur les video.
pour du gratuit, on ne va pas se plaindre
nécessite une grosse congif et que l'enregistrement dure largement moins d'une heure, formats de sortie limités
veritable studio, seul le prix peut être décourageant.
Comparatif très intéressant. Pour des tutoriels en informatique, j'utilise AVS4YOU. Pour une cinquantaine de dollars, vous avez un éditeur de vidéo, de son, de photo et des convertisseurs de vidéo, de son etc....
very good ergonomics but no interaction possible with the user
Excellent encoding
Terrific !