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ClipHearth vs Screen Studio
Both record your screen, zoom in where you click, and cut a recording by its transcript, with the speech recognised on your computer. The difference is where they run and how you pay.
| Topic | Screen Studio | ClipHearth |
|---|---|---|
| Systems | macOS only | Windows, macOS, and Linux |
| How you pay | Monthly or yearly subscription | Once, or monthly |
| The look | Backgrounds, a smooth pointer, device frames | Backgrounds with a frame and a smoother pointer, no device frames |
ClipHearth records and streams on Windows, macOS, and Linux, is paid once, and has screenshots, a converter, and subtitle translation in the same app. Screen Studio gives Mac demos a finished look with very little work.
At a glance
| Topic | Screen Studio | ClipHearth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29 a month, or $9 a month billed yearly, with every feature in both. No one-time purchase in its pricing. Its terms say fees are non-refundable. | 39 € once for a lifetime licence on one computer, 12 € for each further computer (up to 10), or 9 € a month. 14-day money-back guarantee on a lifetime licence. |
| What a year costs | $108 a year billed yearly, or $348 billed monthly. | 39 € in the first year and nothing after that for a lifetime licence. On the monthly plan, 108 € a year. |
| Free use | Every feature except exporting video files. | 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 | macOS 13.1 or later. Apple silicon recommended; Intel MacBook Pro from 2018 and MacBook Air from 2020 also work. | Windows 10 or later, macOS 12 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel), and Linux (.deb or tar.gz). |
| Account and internet | A plan is activated with a code sent to your e-mail. Works offline. | No account: a licence key arrives by e-mail. After activation, a lifetime licence works offline for up to 40 tasks or 30 days before it checks in again. |
| Recording | Display, window, or area, with webcam, microphone, and the Mac's sound. iPhone and iPad over USB, in a device frame. | Screen, a window, an area, or a game, with camera, microphone, and computer sound, each on its own track if you want. Also the camera alone or the sound alone. |
| Live streaming | No live streaming on its pages. | 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. |
| Pointer and zoom | Automatic zoom from what you did, a smoothed pointer that can be restyled after recording, click ripples, and the keys you press on screen. | Zoom where you click, a zoom that follows the pointer, highlighted clicks, and your shortcuts shown as text. A pointer drawn larger and smoother after recording (always an arrow), its size and smoothing changed in the Studio. |
| Look | A wallpaper, gradient, or picture behind the recording, with shadow, inset, and presets. | A gradient, a colour, or your own picture behind any video, with room around it, rounded corners, and a shadow. No device frames. |
| Camera | Full-screen camera, split screen, camera overlay, screen only, and a cut-out camera. | Camera only, side by side, in the corner, or screen only, changed part by part on the timeline. The room behind you removed, blurred, or replaced. |
| Edit by text | Delete a sentence to cut it; ums and pauses are shortened. Speech is recognised on the Mac, with an optional cloud transcript. | Strike out words in the Studio's Words view, cut hesitation sounds and pauses in one go. Speech is recognised on your computer, and subtitles are translated there into 16 languages, with 19 more marked experimental. |
| Private details | Masks cover an API key or an e-mail address after recording. | Blur or pixelate any part of a video on the Marks row. In screenshots, Cover private details finds and covers e-mails, card numbers, and common API keys. |
| Editing | Trim, cut, speed up the slow parts, and layouts that animate from one to the next. | Several clips and photos on one timeline, 31 transitions, up to four layers, text, music, and voice-over. |
| Export | MP4 in 720p, 1080p, or 4K at up to 60 fps, and GIFs up to 1080p. | Recordings as MP4, MKV, MOV, WebM, or GIF, App Store preview sizes from the Studio, and a converter for 12 video and 9 audio formats. |
| Sharing | Shareable links in 1080p at 60 fps for videos up to 30 minutes, uploaded when you make one. Projects can be sent to a teammate. | No hosting or links. A project can be saved with copies of all its files, and a shared box sends files between your computers, encrypted end to end. |
Choose ClipHearth if
- you record on Windows or Linux, or your team mixes systems;
- you would rather pay once than every month or year;
- you also need screenshots, a converter, and subtitle translation in the same app.
Choose Screen Studio if
- you record on a Mac and want automatic zoom and device frames with little work;
- you want a link to share right after recording;
- you record iPhone or iPad apps over USB.
Try both
Screen Studio can be used without a plan, except for exporting video files. 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 Let a zoom follow the pointer and show shortcuts show the same workflow in ClipHearth.
Screen Studio's details are from its own pages as of . Prices and plans change, so check its pricing page before you decide. Sources: Screen Studio features and pricing, Screen Studio system requirements, Screen Studio download, Screen Studio captions, Screen Studio terms of service.