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title: "Screen Studio vs Screenrecplus"
description: "Side-by-side on Mac: automatic zoom, studio frame, 9:16, .screenstudio files, and $25 lifetime vs Screen Studio at $108 a year or $29 a month. No transcription."
date: 2026-09-08
---

Screen Studio and Screenrecplus both make directed screen recordings on a Mac. The split is price and what you refuse to rent.

## Price

Screen Studio bills $29 a month, or $9 a month on a yearly plan ($108 a year). Screenrecplus is $25 once. Lifetime access, including [updates from this site](/download). Year one you keep $83 vs yearly and $323 vs monthly. After that they bill again.

Read the short version: [Screen Studio alternative](/screen-studio-alternative) and [pricing](/pricing).

## Zoom and edit

Both follow clicks with automatic zoom and let you place a frame by hand. Screenrecplus stores the mouse path next to the take, rebuilds zooms from clicks, and lets you stretch each zoom block on the timeline. Split, cut, and a waveform live in the same window.

## Export

Screenrecplus exports 16:9, 9:16, square, or original. Zooms keep their intent when the aspect changes. That is the path for YouTube, a docs site, and Shorts from one recording.

## Files you already have

Drop a `.screenstudio` package on Screenrecplus. Mouse path, zooms, cuts, and extra audio come along offline. How to: [import Screen Studio files](/guides/import-screen-studio-files).

## What Screenrecplus does not do

No Whisper. No speech-to-text upload. No iPhone over USB as a capture source. If captions-from-cloud or phone continuity are the reason you pay Screen Studio, stay. If you want a directed demo and a tool you own, download Screenrecplus.

## Privacy

Projects sit in Movies/Screenrecplus. Voice is mixed on the Mac. Nothing leaves for captions.

Next: [automatic zoom](/guides/auto-zoom-mac-screen-recording) or [download for Mac](/download).