Pick Screenix for Chrome if
- You want auto zoom and a polished cursor without a subscription
- Your recordings happen inside Chrome
- You need 4K or 120 fps exports
- You want the video rendered as you record
The Screenity alternative with auto zoom included.
Screenity is a great free recorder with annotation tools, and its editor and auto zoom are part of Pro at $10 a month. Screenix includes auto zoom, a redrawn smooth cursor and 4K export for free, and costs once, not monthly.
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The short answer
Pick by what you need after you press stop.
Updated October 2026
- Screenity's free extension records tabs, windows or the full screen with drawing, blur and click highlights, and downloads locally.
- Its editor, auto zoom, backgrounds and share links are Screenity Pro: $10 a month or $120 a year, with 1080p exports.
- Screenix includes auto zoom, a smooth redrawn cursor, backgrounds and 4K/120 fps exports for free, with a watermark that $19 once removes.
- Screenix records Chrome tabs only. Screenity can also record your whole screen and other apps.
Side by side
Screenix for Chrome vs Screenity
| Feature | Screenix for Chrome | Screenity |
|---|---|---|
| What it records | Chrome tabs, following tab switches | Tab, window, full screen or region |
| Auto zoom on clicks | Free | Pro |
| Smooth redrawn cursor | ||
| Click highlights | Ripple, highlight, halo, burst | Highlights and spotlight |
| Drawing and blur while recording | ||
| Editor with backgrounds | Free | Pro |
| Webcam, mic and tab audio | ||
| Max export | 4K, up to 120 fps | 1080p (Pro editor) |
| Open source | Recorder is GPL-3.0 | |
| Price | Free, or $19 once | Free, Pro $10/month or $120/year |
Screenity details from screenity.io and its pricing page, checked October 2026.
Which one fits
Which one fits
Pick Screenity if
- You need to record your whole screen or desktop apps
- You want to draw and blur on screen while recording
- You prefer open-source software for the recorder
What you pay for
Polish without a monthly plan
Screenity's recorder is free, and polishing the recording happens in Screenity Pro's web editor. Over two years, Pro costs $240. Screenix includes the editor, auto zoom and every export option in the free version, and the only purchase is a $19 license to remove the watermark.
The cursor
Highlights vs a redrawn cursor
Screenity highlights clicks and can spotlight the cursor, but the cursor itself is the one your operating system drew. Screenix records the page without it and draws a smoothed macOS-style cursor with motion blur and click effects, which you can restyle after recording.
What you get
Every detail of a good demo,
handled for you.
Auto 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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
No. Screenity's free extension records and downloads. Auto zoom is part of the Pro editor, at $10 a month or $120 a year.
No. Screenix for Chrome is a closed-source product with a free version and a one-time license.
No. It records Chrome tabs and follows you between tabs in the same window. Screenity can record the full screen.
If the product runs in a browser, Screenix gives you auto zoom, a smooth cursor and backgrounds for free, plus 4K exports. If you need to show desktop apps, Screenity can capture them.
Yes. Recordings are stored in your browser and exported on your computer. Nothing is uploaded unless you create a share link.
Auto zoom without the monthly bill.
Record a tab with auto zoom and a smooth cursor for free, and pay once if you love it.
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