Record a Screencast in Your Browser, Get an AI Transcript
A screencast is a video of your screen, usually with voice narration, used for tutorials, bug reports, demos, and training. This screencast recorder runs in your browser and captures the screen with audio, then turns the recording into a transcript and a summary once you stop.
Recording is the easy part. This tool also transcribes what you said, summarizes the recording, splits it into chapters, and lets you search or ask questions about it afterward, on the free plan as well as the paid ones. 501 demo recordings were made on ScreenApp in the last 90 days.
You do not install anything. Open the page, pick what to record, and press record. It works the same way in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.
What you get with every recording:
- A transcript with speaker identification and timestamps, in 100+ languages
- A one-paragraph AI summary of the recording
- chapters with timestamps
- search across recordings by name or transcript
- AI chat with any recording, with answers that point to a moment in the recording
- transcript and caption translation
- Free plan: 2 transcriptions of recordings up to 45 minutes each, with AI chat on it
How to Record a Screencast
- Pick what to capture. Choose your full screen, one window, or a single browser tab, then turn on microphone or system audio if you need them (screen, window, browser tab, microphone and camera, with system audio).
- Record. A small floating bar lets you pause, resume, or stop while you talk through what’s on screen.
- Get the AI output. When you stop, the recording uploads and produces a transcript, a summary, and chapters. Share a link or download the MP4.
Recording quality depends on your microphone and connection more than on the tool. See how we measure accuracy for the transcription side.
Screencast Recorder vs Other Apps
| Feature | ScreenApp | Screencastify | ScreenPal | Clipchamp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan recording limit | 2 transcriptions, up to 45 min each | 10 videos, 30 min cap | 15 min | 30 min |
| Watermark on free recordings | no watermark on any recording or export | Not stated | Not stated | no watermark |
| AI transcript or subtitles (free) | Yes | No | paid tier | AI subtitles |
| Paid plan | $19/month annual | $7/month annual | $10/month | Not stated |
Sources, checked 2026-09-12: ScreenApp pricing, screencastify.com/pricing, screenpal.com/plans, clipchamp.com/en/screen-recorder/, screenpal.com/screen-recorder, clipchamp.com/en/pricing/
- vs Screencastify: the free plan caps out at 10 videos of 30 minutes each, with no AI features at all. Captions and transcripts need the Pro plan at $10 a month annual; unlimited-length recording without AI is the Starter plan at $7 a month annual. ScreenApp’s free plan, 2 transcriptions of recordings up to 45 minutes each, already includes the transcript and summary.
- vs ScreenPal (formerly Screencast-O-Matic): many people searching for a screencast tool still remember it as Screencast-O-Matic before the rebrand. Its browser recorder caps free recordings at 15 minutes, and speech-to-text captions are a paid upgrade. ScreenApp includes the transcript and summary on the free recording.
- vs Clipchamp: Clipchamp records up to 30 minutes free and includes AI subtitles at no cost, but has no AI summary or chapters, and Microsoft does not publish a standalone price for the paid tier since it ships inside Microsoft 365.
Full plan details, including Max, are on pricing.
Who Uses a Screencast Recorder
Developers record a bug as it happens, then send the link so the receiver can read the transcript instead of scrubbing through the video to find the error.
Teachers build lesson walkthroughs with searchable transcripts, so a student who missed class or needs the material in another format still has it.
Support teams capture the exact steps that reproduce a problem, turning a ticket into a video with a transcript rather than a paragraph trying to describe what happened on screen.
Product managers share async walkthroughs of a feature or a design review, with chapters so a teammate can jump straight to the relevant part.
Sales reps send personalized demos of a product to a prospect, with chapters that let the viewer skip to the part that matters to them.
Students record presentations and study reviews, then read the transcript back instead of replaying the whole video.
