Display, window and area capture
A compact floating toolbar with camera, microphone and system-audio menus, plus a pixel-accurate area picker for Retina and multi-display setups.
Mac prototype: display, mic, system audio and camera capture are builtRecord beautifully.
Edit effortlessly. Share anywhere.
A free screen recorder and editor that keeps everything on your computer. Smooth zooms, polished cursors, webcam layouts, backgrounds and local captions, with no account, no watermark and no subscription.
Mac prototype available now (Apple Silicon and Intel). Windows is not available yet.
Product demo .screenrecproj
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Design concept for the editor, drawn for this page. It is not a screenshot, and the app is still being built.
Planned features
One app, from capture to export
The desktop apps are in development. This is what we are building, and what is already started.
Automatic and manual zoom
Zoom events that follow clicks and cursor activity. Adjust the level, switch between auto and manual, and edit each event on the timeline.
Mac prototype: built, being testedCursor, rebuilt
Size and style, click effects (None, Circle, Ripple), smoothing, shake removal, hide when idle and loop-to-start.
Mac prototype: built, being testedWebcam layouts
Nine-position placement, size and roundness, square, horizontal, vertical or original shape, mirror, and layout changes over time.
PlannedCanvas, crop and backgrounds
Auto, 16:9, 1:1, 4:3, 9:16, 3:4 and 4:5. Wallpaper, gradient, colour or your own image, with padding, blur and rounded corners.
PlannedMasks for sensitive data
Time-bounded regions that cover private details, with a clear warning that blur alone may not hide text. Solid cover is the safe option.
PlannedAudio you control
Mute or clean up the microphone, add your own background music, and keep each audio source on its own track.
PlannedLocal captions
Transcripts generated on your device with an open Whisper model. You choose the language and model size; nothing is sent to a server.
PlannedExport without limits
720p to 4K, MP4 or MOV, 24 to 60 fps, social ratios. No watermark and no export cap. 4K at 60 fps depends on your hardware.
Mac prototype: MP4 export works in testsWallpapers and free music
26 original wallpapers in 7 categories, plus 8 original background-music loops released under CC0 (public domain). Add your own image or audio too.
Mac prototype: built, being testedOptional share links
Upload a finished video to a free file host and get a link to send. Links expire on their own (1 hour, 24 hours or 3 days) and the host deletes the video. Your last 5 links are listed in the app. Off by default, and you confirm before anything leaves your Mac.
Mac prototype: new, being testedHow it works
Record. Refine. Share.
Record
Pick a display, window or area. Screen, webcam, microphone and system audio are saved as separate tracks, with cursor and click events kept alongside.
Refine
Open the project in the editor. Everything is non-destructive, so zoom, crop, camera, cursor and background can change without recording again.
Share
Export to a folder you choose. The preview and the export use the same rendering, so what you see is what you get.
Privacy
Your recordings stay on your computer unless you share them
There is no account to create and nothing is uploaded automatically. If you choose Get shareable link, that one video is sent to a free third-party file host you can see before you confirm.
- No sign-in, subscription, watermark or export cap.
- No analytics or telemetry in the app.
- Projects and media stay on your disk, in a plain project folder.
- Cursor tracking records position and clicks only. It never records what you type.
- Internet is optional: only for downloading caption models or checking for updates.
Download
Try the Mac prototype
An early build for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. It records, edits and exports on your computer. It is not a finished product, so expect rough edges. Windows is not available yet.
Mac Prototype 0.5.0
- Requires
- macOS 14 or later · Apple Silicon and Intel Macs (universal)
- File
- DMG, 9.5M
- SHA-256
- 369ed08387d9a806957e6d9079ee2c6867d1e6355eb361551cfd1cbf43891c24
- Note
- Not notarized. On first open, right-click the app and choose Open (macOS 15: System Settings, Privacy & Security, Open Anyway).
Windows Coming soon
- Version
- None released
- Planned
- Windows 10 or 11, x64, EXE or MSI
- Note
- Windows capture is not built or tested yet.
Install and test
From download to your first recording in 5 steps
- 1.Download the Mac file above and open it. Drag Ultimate Screen Recording onto the Applications folder.
- 2.Open it. The first time, macOS says it can't verify the app (we can't pay for Apple's notarization yet). Right-click the app, choose Open, then Open again. On macOS 15 or later: try to open it, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
- 3.Allow access. In the app, click Request for Screen Recording (and Microphone and Camera if you want them). Turn the app on in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording.
- 4.Quit and reopen the app (⌘Q, then open it again). macOS only applies Screen Recording after a restart of the app. The Permissions box should now say Granted.
- 5.Record. Click Open recorder (or press ⇧⌘R), pick Display, Window or Area, then Start recording. When you stop, choose Open in editor.
The app says it "can't be opened" or "is damaged"
That is macOS blocking an app it hasn't notarized. Use right-click → Open, or System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway. If you prefer the terminal: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Ultimate Screen Recording.app".
It still says Screen Recording is "Not requested" after I turned it on
Quit the app completely (⌘Q) and open it again. If it still doesn't work, run tccutil reset ScreenCapture local.ultimatescreenrecording.app in Terminal, open the app, click Request, switch it on again, then quit and reopen. Every new version of this unsigned app looks like a new app to macOS, so after an update you may need to do this once.
How do I update?
In the app choose Ultimate Screen Recording → Check for Updates…. It only contacts this website when you click it. Then download the new version and replace the app in Applications.
I found a problem
Thank you for testing. In the app choose Help → Report a Problem…: it copies diagnostic details (app version, macOS, chip, permission status, display sizes; no recordings or personal data) and opens a GitHub issue form to paste them into. Or open an issue here.
Does it work on Intel Macs?
The download is a universal build. The Intel half has been tested running under Apple's Rosetta translation, but not yet on a physical Intel Mac, so tell us how it goes.
Free music
Eight background tracks you can use anywhere
Every track is original, composed and synthesised by our own code with no samples or third-party material, and released under CC0 (public domain). Use them in any video, commercial or not, with no attribution. They are built into the app (Audio panel), and you can listen or download them here.
Download all 8 tracks (zip, 5 MB) · Files you import into the app yourself are not covered by this license.
FAQ
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. The plan is no subscription, no account, no watermark and no export limit. There are no paid services behind it.
Can I download it now?
A Mac prototype for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs is available above. There is no Windows build yet. The Mac build is not notarized, so macOS will warn you the first time you open it.
What works today?
A macOS prototype has a floating recorder (display, window or area, with camera, microphone and system-audio menus), records into separate files, keeps cursor events, and has an editor with backgrounds, zoom, cursor effects, masks, trim and MP4 export. It has 40 automated tests, but it has not been tested on a wide range of real recordings, there is no installer, and Windows is not started.
Does it upload my videos?
Not unless you ask. Recording, editing and export happen on your device. The optional Get shareable link button uploads one video to a free third-party host (Litterbox) and gives you a public link that expires on its own. It asks for your consent first, and the link-sharing feature is new and still being tested.
Is it a copy of another app?
No. It is an independent project with its own code, icons, name and look. It draws on the same kind of workflow that polished screen recorders use.
Why will the installer show a warning?
Notarization and code signing cost money and need paid developer accounts. If we ship unsigned builds, macOS and Windows will warn you on first launch, and the release notes will explain how to open them.