Pick Screenix for Chrome if
- Most of what you record is a web app, a website or a SaaS dashboard
- You'd rather pay once than renew every year
- You also record on a Windows or Linux machine
- You want the video rendered while you record
The Screen Studio look on your Mac, without the subscription.
Screen Studio is now subscription-only. If what you record lives in a browser, Screenix for Chrome gives you auto zoom, a smooth macOS cursor and a webcam bubble on your Mac for a single payment.
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The short answer
For browser demos, you can pay once instead of every year.
Updated October 2026
- Screen Studio costs $29 a month or $108 a year, and exporting needs an active subscription.
- Its one-time license was removed for new customers in October 2025.
- Screenix for Chrome is free with a small watermark, and $19 once removes it, with every future update.
- Screenix records Chrome tabs only. For desktop apps, the terminal or an iPhone, Screen Studio is still the right tool.
Side by side
Screenix for Chrome vs Screen Studio on a Mac
| Feature | Screenix for Chrome | Screen Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 once | $29/month or $108/year |
| Export without paying | Yes, with a watermark | No |
| What it records | Chrome tabs, following tab switches | Full screen, windows, iPhone and iPad |
| Auto zoom on clicks | ||
| Smooth macOS-style cursor | ||
| Motion blur and click effects | ||
| Webcam bubble | Movable after recording | |
| Video ready at stop | Instant mode | |
| Transcript editing, captions, AI voiceover | ||
| Max export | 4K, up to 120 fps | 4K, up to 60 fps |
| Also works on | Windows and Linux | macOS only |
Screen Studio details from screen.studio, checked October 2026.
Which one fits
Keep Screen Studio, or switch?
Pick Screen Studio if
- You record desktop apps, Xcode, the terminal or your iPhone
- You rely on transcript editing, captions or AI voiceover
- You record long full-screen tutorials
Why people look for an alternative
A great app that became a yearly bill
Screen Studio set the standard for polished product videos on the Mac. Since October 2025, new customers can only subscribe, and the app won't export without an active plan. For people who record a few demos a month, that's $108 a year for occasional use.
If those demos happen in a browser, Screenix for Chrome covers the parts that make Screen Studio videos look good: zooms that follow your clicks, a smoothed cursor with motion blur, a webcam bubble and a framed background. You pay $19 once to remove the watermark.
Made for macOS eyes
The cursor Mac viewers expect
Screenix records the page without your system cursor and redraws a crisp macOS Tahoe-style arrow, or the dark variant, at any size. It glides between positions, bumps on clicks and fades when you rest, so the result looks like it was made on a Mac, even if you recorded it somewhere else.
- macOS Tahoe and macOS Dark cursors, plus 14 other themes
- Squircle corners and a glass border on the frame and the camera
- Wallpapers, gradients or a solid color behind the recording
The limit
Tabs only, on purpose
Screenix captures the Chrome tab in front of you and follows you to other tabs in the same window. It doesn't record the rest of your Mac. That's what lets it hide the real cursor and draw a perfect one, but it means Screen Studio stays the better choice for anything outside the browser.
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. 16 cursor themes, all adjustable.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
For browser recordings, yes. Screenix for Chrome is free with a watermark and $19 once without it. For full-screen Mac recording, Screen Studio or a desktop app is still needed.
Not for new customers. Screen Studio removed its one-time license in October 2025; existing license holders keep their updates for a limited time.
Yes. Screenix runs inside Google Chrome, so it works on any Mac that runs Chrome, Apple silicon or Intel.
No. Screenix for Chrome records browser tabs only, and follows you between tabs in the same window.
A Chrome license activates one browser. You can buy several keys at once, and Screenix yearly, lifetime and team keys also activate a browser.
Pay once. Keep the polish.
Record your web app on your Mac with auto zoom and a smooth macOS cursor, for a single payment.
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