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ClipHearth vs Descript
Both record your screen and let you edit a video by editing what was said. The difference is where the work happens.
| Topic | Descript | ClipHearth |
|---|---|---|
| Where the work happens | In the cloud | On your computer |
| How you pay | Monthly subscription | Once, or monthly |
| Systems | Windows and macOS | Windows, macOS, and Linux |
ClipHearth keeps your recordings and their speech on your computer, runs on Linux too, and is paid once. Descript has more AI features and is built for teams working in the cloud.
At a glance
| Topic | Descript | ClipHearth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan, then $24, $35, or $65 per person per month ($16, $24, or $50 billed yearly). No one-time purchase on its pricing page. | 39 € once for a lifetime licence on one computer, 12 € for each further computer (up to 10), or 9 € a month. |
| What a year costs | $192 a year for Hobbyist billed yearly, or $288 billed monthly. Creator and Business cost more. | 39 € in the first year and nothing after that for a lifetime licence. On the monthly plan, 108 € a year. |
| Free use | 1 media hour a month, export in 720p with a watermark. | Screenshots and screen recordings up to 3 minutes, without limit. A trial of 3 tasks per computer for everything else. No card, no account. |
| Systems | Windows 11 or later, macOS 14 or later, and a web version in the browser. | Windows 10 or later, macOS 12 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel), and Linux (.deb or tar.gz). |
| Account | Sign-in required. | None. A licence key arrives by e-mail. |
| Where your media goes | Uploaded to Descript's cloud in the background. | Stays on your computer. Nothing is uploaded for editing or subtitles. |
| Internet | Needed. Its system requirements list 50 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up as the minimum. | Needed for the trial and to activate a key. After that, a lifetime licence works offline for up to 40 tasks or 30 days before it checks in again. |
| Speech to text | Starts after the file is uploaded to the cloud. | Runs on your computer with a model you download once (57 MB to about 1 GB). Optional, and included in the licence. |
| Edit by text | Yes. | Yes, in the Studio's Words view. |
| Filler words | Removes "um" and "ah", and also words like "like". | Strikes hesitation sounds such as "ehm" and "um". Ordinary words are left alone. |
| Screen recording | Screen, camera, microphone, and computer sound, up to 4 hours a recording. | Screen, a window, an area, or a game. Also the camera, the microphone, and the computer's sound, each on its own track if you want. Click highlights, zoom on clicks, and your shortcuts shown as text. |
| Live streaming | No live streaming on its pages. It can import recordings of Restream livestreams to edit them. | Go live to Twitch, YouTube, Kick, your own server and more places at once, or stream and record together, with scenes, an upright stream for TikTok and YouTube Shorts, and live captions made on your computer. The first 3 minutes are free, as with a recording. |
| Camera background | Removes it without a green screen. | Removes or blurs it without a green screen, also after recording. |
| Captions and subtitles | Captions in 61 languages, AI dubbing in 30. | Word-by-word captions in four looks, plus subtitle files. Translation into 16 languages, with 19 more marked experimental, all on your computer. |
| AI voices and generation | AI voices and voice clones, Regenerate, Eye Contact, avatars, video from a prompt, and the Underlord co-editor. | No AI voices or generated video. You record your own voice, with noise clean-up on your computer. |
| Working as a team | Shared projects with roles, comments on share pages, team plans. | No shared editing. A project can be saved with copies of all its files and opened on another computer. |
| Also in the app | A web page to share each recording. | Screenshots with marks, blur, and text recognition. A converter for 12 video and 9 audio formats. A shared box that sends files between your computers, encrypted end to end. |
Choose ClipHearth if
- recordings and their speech should not leave your computer, for example with client work or internal training;
- you would rather pay once than every month;
- you are on Linux, or on Windows 10;
- you mostly record tutorials and demos and want screenshots and a converter in the same app.
Choose Descript if
- you work in a team and want shared projects, comments, and links to recordings;
- you want AI voices, Eye Contact, avatars, or a video started from a prompt;
- you prefer working in a browser.
Try both
Descript has a free plan. ClipHearth's screenshots and recordings up to 3 minutes are free, and the trial covers three tasks such as an export from the Studio. The guides Record a screen tutorial with your voice and camera and Edit a video by editing its text show the same workflow in ClipHearth.
Descript's details are from its own pages as of . Prices and plans change, so check its pricing page before you decide. Sources: Descript pricing, Descript screen recorder, Descript system requirements, Descript automatic transcription.