Pick Screenix for Chrome if
- You want a smooth, redrawn cursor without installing a desktop app
- You need your webcam, mic and tab audio without upgrading
- You want the MP4 rendered while you record
- You'd like 120 fps exports or a lower one-time price
The Cursorful alternative with the cursor built in.
Cursorful and Screenix both zoom in on your clicks inside Chrome. Screenix also redraws a smooth macOS-style cursor, records your webcam, mic and tab audio, and exports 4K at up to 120 fps, all in the extension, for a lower one-time price.
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The short answer
Similar idea, different defaults and price.
Updated October 2026
- Cursorful's extension offers click animations; cursor smoothing, sway and custom cursors need its Pro desktop app.
- Screenix redraws a smoothed cursor with motion blur, sway and seven themes in the extension itself.
- Cursorful Pro is $79 one-time and unlocks mic, camera and 4K. Screenix includes all three for free and costs $19 once to remove the watermark.
- Cursorful's free tier has no watermark but is for non-commercial use at 1080p. Cursorful Pro also includes Mac and Windows desktop apps.
Side by side
Screenix for Chrome vs Cursorful
| Feature | Screenix for Chrome | Cursorful |
|---|---|---|
| What the extension records | Chrome tabs, following tab switches | The browser window |
| Auto zoom | Every click, editable | 2+ clicks within 3 s, editable |
| Smooth cursor in the extension | Pro desktop app only | |
| Cursor themes | 7 | Pro desktop app only |
| Mic and webcam | Free | Pro |
| Tab audio | Not stated | |
| Video ready at stop | Instant mode | |
| Max export | 4K, up to 120 fps | 1080p free, 4K Pro |
| Free tier | Full features, small watermark | Non-commercial, 1080p, no watermark |
| Desktop apps | Linux (separate license) | Mac and Windows with Pro |
| Paid price | $19 once | $79 once per seat |
Cursorful details from cursorful.com, checked October 2026. Its price has changed several times.
Which one fits
Which one fits your workflow
Pick Cursorful if
- You want a watermark-free free tier for personal projects
- You need to record Mac or Windows desktop apps with the Pro apps
- You want on-device captions
The cursor
Why a redrawn cursor matters in the browser
Both tools zoom toward your clicks, but the cursor decides how polished the result feels. Screenix captures the tab without the system cursor through Chrome's DevTools screencast, so it can draw a crisp, spring-smoothed cursor with motion blur, sway, shadows and click effects at any zoom level.
Cursorful's extension records the browser with click animations; its smoothing and custom cursors are part of the Pro desktop apps.
Scope
Both are built for the browser
Screenix records the tab in front of you and follows you to other tabs, links and reloads in the same window. It doesn't record your desktop or other apps. If you regularly record desktop software on a Mac or Windows PC, Cursorful Pro's desktop apps cover that.
What you get
Every detail of a good demo,
handled for you.
System cursorScreenix cursor
The cursor, rebuilt
A cursor that looks animated by hand
Screenix records the page without your system cursor, then draws a crisp macOS-style one in its place, with spring smoothing, click bumps, motion blur and a soft fade when you stop moving. Seven cursor themes, all adjustable.
Add to ChromeAuto zoom
Zooms that follow your clicks
Screenix zooms in on every click and pans with the cursor, so viewers see what you did without squinting. Keep the automatic zooms or move, resize and add your own on the timeline.
Add to ChromeFollows your tabs
Switch tabs and the recording comes with you
Open a link, jump to another tab or reload the page. Screenix keeps recording whichever tab is in front in the same window, so a whole flow fits in one take.
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Your camera, exactly where it belongs
Add your webcam as a bubble you can drag anywhere, round or square, with your microphone and the sound of the tab you started on.
Add to ChromeKnow before you install
Tabs only,
and it follows you between them.
Screenix for Chrome records the tab in front of you, so it can draw a perfect cursor over pure page pixels.
Records browser tabs
Screenix captures the page in the tab you're on, at full quality, without your system cursor.
Follows you between tabs
Switch tabs, open links or reload in the same window and the recording keeps going in one take.
Tab audio from the first tab
Your mic and camera record throughout. Page sound comes from the tab you started on.
Not your whole screen
It doesn't capture your desktop, other apps or other windows. On Linux, the Screenix desktop app does.
FAQ
You have questions.
We have answers.
Yes, if you record in Chrome. Screenix offers editable auto zoom like Cursorful, plus a redrawn smooth cursor, free webcam and mic, Instant mode and 120 fps exports.
Screenix is $19 once per browser. Cursorful Pro is $79 once per seat and includes desktop apps.
Free exports carry a small Screenix watermark. The $19 license removes it. Cursorful's free tier has no watermark but is limited to non-commercial use.
No. Screenix for Chrome records browser tabs only. The Screenix desktop app records the full screen on Linux.
Yes. Every zoom is a clip on the timeline that you can move, trim, rescale or switch to a fixed manual area.
Auto zoom, plus the cursor to match.
Try Screenix for free and see the redrawn cursor on your own recording.
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