Screen Recording Software Reviews

Every tool bought with our own funds and tested over 30 days. Separated by stack half: async tools for quick shares, production tools for polished output.

Async tools

Quick share · link first

Loom 9/10

£0 free (25 videos, 5 min cap) → $15/user/mo Business async

Async teams sending quick walkthroughs and screen shares

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Riverside.fm 8/10

$0 free (2 hrs/month) → $15/user/mo Standard → $24/user/mo Pro async

Teams recording remote interviews, podcasts, and polished video calls

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Production tools

Edit · polish · publish

Camtasia 9/10

£179.88/year individual → £140-160/user/year at 20-50 seats (Vendr) production

Tutorial creators, corporate trainers, and course producers who need polished, edited output

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OBS Studio 8/10

£0 — forever. GPL-2 open-source. No paid tier, no watermark, no upload. production

Power users, streamers, and anyone who needs free local recording with no watermark

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ScreenFlow 8/10

$169 one-time (ScreenFlow 11) + paid major upgrades every ~18-24 months production

Mac-only creators who want production-quality editing at a one-time price

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