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Free screen recorder
Easily record your screen with the best free screen recorder for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Chromebook.
Capture any area of your screen, add audio from your microphone, and add and resize video from your webcam. No account required.
Free & easy to use
No sign up required
Create & share unlimited videos
Record screen & webcam
Highly rated by our community
Intuitive, powerful, & free screen recording
Easily record video and audio
Capture any part of your screen, webcam, or both to record as many videos as you want for free. Add music, audio narration, captions, and more. Trim the start and end of your recording. Save to your computer (as MP4, AVI or FLV file), or upload directly to YouTube or ScreenPal.
Choose from 3 ways to record your video for free
Record screen
Select part of your screen or your full screen, allowing you to capture your browser, computer programs, desktop activity, and audio.
Record webcam
Capture your webcam and audio to record yourself speaking. Add a virtual background to enhance your message or build your brand.
Record both
Record your screen and webcam for picture-in-picture video. Move your webcam or make the background transparent to focus on the screen.
Customize your video with free screen recorder tools
Our free screen recorder gives you everything you need to start creating your own screen or webcam videos. Free screen recorder features include:
Record screen, webcam, or both
Record area, window, or full screen
Record audio voice narration
Remove, blur, or replace background
Trim recordings
Add music (including free stock music)
Quick share
Get creative with green screen effects
Add a captions file
Draw (text, colors, shapes, more)
Zoom in while recording
Create animated GIFs
Record anywhere with virtual backgrounds
Record with confidence with webcam virtual backgrounds. Build your brand, amplify your message, or just have fun with our easy and free background removal tool. Blur, remove, or replace your background with a new image.
Enrich your recording with free drawing tools
Engage and educate any audience with our free drawing tools! Easily draw, highlight, add rich text and shapes, or doodle to capture attention. Create tutorials, engaging lectures, demos, personalized feedback, and more.
How to screen record:
Launch
Launch the screen recorder and record your screen, webcam, or both.
Customize
Edit your recording with built-in screen recorder tools or send it to the video editor.
Save or share
Save to your computer or upload
to YouTube or ScreenPal.
See what customers say about our screen recorder:
One of the best apps for screen recording
“Very easy to install the app and capture videos and screenshots. It allows to edit the videos and provide shareable link. As a QA engineer, I can easily record the videos of the bugs and issues and share it with developers and team members.”
– Purvi R. (Capterra.com)
All the essential features but super easy to use
“The easiest screen capture software I’ve used, and in 20 years as a corporate trainer I’ve used a lot of them. Capturing the screen is very similar to other software of this type. It’s the editing features that make the big difference.“
– Kelly P. (Capterra.com)
Easy to use screen recorder
“Makes it so easy to record any part of your screen and edit your recordings. I use it for recording some of my tutorial videos or making digital product review videos for YouTube.”
– Tolu A. (Capterra.com)
My go-to screen recorder
“I’m delighted with it. I’ve been using it since V1 to share tutorials with my team, record webinars, VSLs, online trainings and group meetings. It is like the powerpoint for video/screenshots.”
– Geoffrey J. (Capterra.com)
Millions use ScreenPal to create recordings:
Training videos
Create employee training videos, tutorials, demo videos with the screen recorder and voice recorder. Add annotations and highlight your screen for emphasis and engagement.
YouTube videos
Record YouTube videos to grow your channel. Make how-to videos and tutorials with the webcam and screen recorder. Plus record your microphone, system audio or both.
Instructional videos
Make instructional videos for K12 and higher education. Teachers can make and annotate screencasts and add captions for accessibility. No account required.
Video presentations
Turn any slide deck or online meeting into a video. Easily screen record Powerpoint presentations and Google Slides presentations for video lessons and webinars.
Capture streaming video
Record virtual events, live webinars, video meetings and calls, and other streaming video for business, education, or home use. Record both microphone and system audio.
Gameplay recordings
Record gameplay on PC or Mac with the screen and audio recorder. Capture and layer webcam for picture-in-picture, record computer audio, and upload directly to YouTube.
Upgrade for all you need in a screen recorder and more
Our full video creation suite offers advanced screen recording, seamless video editing, unlimited hosting & robust content management.
Unlimited screen recording time
Interactive storyboard mode
Record computer or system audio
Blur any part of your video
Easy, integrated video editing
Advanced script recording mode
Change your webcam shape and size
Easy drag-and-drop video builder
Automated Speech-to-Text captions
Expanded stock music library
Hide your webcam or cursor
Automatically remove silences
Enhance your recordings with our full editor
Accomplish more with your screen recording when you seamlessly connect with our full video editor. Create engaging, professional-quality videos with text, animations, overlays, and transitions. Remove silences, cut and crop, and blur information. Add stock video, images, music and sound effects.
Create on the go with our screen recorder app
Record and edit videos on mobile
