How Actra compares
Studio polish, without the studio price.
An honest look at where Actra and Screen Studio differ, and where they don't.
| Actra | Screen Studio | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Pay once (price TBA) | Subscription |
| App type | Native macOS | Electron-based |
| Distribution | Mac App Store · sandboxed | Direct download |
| Auto-zoom & cursor smoothing | Built in | Built in |
| Your recordings | Stay on your Mac | Also on-device |
Screen Studio is a superb, more advanced editor. If you live in a timeline and want the deepest manual control, it's worth every cent. Actra is for everyone else: the same polished, auto-edited look, paid for once, with nothing ever leaving your Mac.