Notch — a screen recorder that makes you look good

Record your screen on Mac and Windows, then ship it polished. Auto-zoom, annotations, multi-take recording, and multilingual captions in one offline app. Free for personal use · $49 one-time for commercial use · No sign-up, no subscription, no cloud.

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Notch is a desktop screen recording and video editing app for macOS 11+ and Windows 10+. It covers the whole path from capture to a finished video: record the screen, mic, system audio and camera, then trim, zoom, annotate, caption and export — without moving the footage into a separate editor and without uploading anything anywhere.

It is built for people who make software tutorials, course lessons, product demos, DevRel content, and localized video — where the recording has to look deliberate, not like a raw capture.

• Capture a screen or a single window with mic, system audio and camera in one setup.
• Auto-zoom that follows the action — Notch detects where you pause and zooms in automatically, with smooth transitions and zero keyframing.
• Cursor, click and keystroke highlights so every interaction is visible on screen.
• Audio-only and camera-only recording for voice-overs and talking-head clips.

• Multi-take recording: shoot a lesson section by section instead of restarting a 10-minute take because of one stumble.
• Reorder parts, drop the ones you don't need, cut mistakes out of any clip, add transitions between parts, and export a single video.

• 50+ gradients, mesh backgrounds and custom wallpapers, plus shadow, blur, rounded corners and padding.
• Style presets — save a visual setup once and apply it to every future recording in one click, so a whole course stays on brand.
• Annotations: text, arrows, shapes and blur zones, with enter/exit animations and precise timing on the timeline.
• Webcam overlay you control — 9 positions, custom size, mirror toggle, shown or hidden anywhere on the timeline.

• Add caption tracks in multiple languages and ship a localized version per audience.
• Export burned-in subtitles or a standalone SRT file for YouTube, Vimeo or your LMS.

• Trim dead time, cut mistakes with blur, darken or hard-cut transitions, and change speed from 0.25x to 2x.
• Export MP4 up to 4K (H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1) or a compact GIF — handy for docs, pull requests and Slack.

• Personal use — free. Hobby, education, open source, and content you don't monetize. All editing features, unlimited projects, export up to 4K (MP4 and GIF). No watermark, no time limit.
• Commercial use — $49 one-time. Required for paid work, business use and revenue-generating content. Adds your own logo or text as a watermark, early access to new features, and 6 months of priority email support.

Details on the pricing page.

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• Troubleshooting

We open-source pieces of the audio and video stack we build for Notch.

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Is it really one-time? Yes. Pay once, use forever — core features and future updates included, no recurring fees.

Do I need an account? No. No sign-up, no email, no friction.

Is my data sent to the cloud? No. Notch is a fully local desktop app; your recordings stay on your computer.

Does it work on both Mac and Windows? Yes — native builds for macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon) and Windows.