The #1 screen recorder for product demos, tutorials, onboarding, bug reports, sales videos, launch videos, courses, README GIFs, changelogs, social clips.
The #1 screen recorder for product demos, tutorials, onboarding, bug reports, sales videos, launch videos, courses, README GIFs, changelogs, social clips.product demos
No 5-minute limit, and Free never runs out. Pro is €9.99 a month when you want Dolly Cloud, no logo, 4K and GIF.
Free
€0
Free for good. Everything on your Mac.
Pro
€7a month€9.99a month
Billed yearly, cancel any timeBilled monthly, cancel any time
Lifetime
€99€49once
Founders price for the first 500 buyers, then €99
Team
€11.99per user a month
From 3 users. Coming soon.
PayPay
Code by email, Stripe checkout · VAT included · 30-day refundPro renews each month or year until you cancel. Lifetime is paid once. Prices in EUR, VAT included.
Free is a complete free screen recorder for Mac, not a trial. Here is how every plan stacks up.
| Dolly | Screen Studio | Cap | Loom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free · Pro €7 a month · Lifetime €99 once | $29 a month, or $108 a year | Free · $29 a year · $58 once | Free · from $18 a user a month |
| Free version can export | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan time limit | None | — | None locally, links 5 min | 5 minutes |
| Free plan export | Up to 1080p, small logo in the corner | No free plan | — | 720p, watermark, 25 videos |
| One-time price | Yes | — | Yes | — |
| Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Planned | — | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic zoom | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| Several takes on one timeline | Yes | — | — | — |
| Share links with comments | With Pro (Dolly Cloud) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stop and the link is on your clipboard | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| Record an iPhone or iPad | Coming soon | Yes | — | — |
| Videos stay on your computer | Unless you share a link | Unless you share a link | Partly | — |
| Let an AI assistant record demos (MCP) | Pro and Lifetime | — | — | — |
Prices as listed on each product's website in October 2026, before tax. Features as advertised; "Partly" means only some of it; "—" means we couldn't verify it. Loom Free limits from Layerpath, checked 7 September 2026.
Now, on a Mac with Apple silicon. Windows follows.
Dolly isn't notarized by Apple yet, so macOS asks once. On macOS 15 or later, click Done, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway. On macOS 13 or 14, right-click Dolly in Applications and choose Open, then Open. You never do this again, not even after updates. Step-by-step install guide.
Dolly needs screen recording permission. Switch Dolly on in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording, then quit and reopen Dolly. How to.
Not yet. The Windows recorder is in the works; the editor is already cross-platform.
Only when you click Get link. Recording, editing and export happen on your own Mac. Get link uploads a web copy of that one video to make its link; nothing else leaves your Mac. How Dolly links work.
Yes. Get link puts a short link on your clipboard right away; it plays as soon as the video is ready, on a clean page with comments, reactions, a transcript and chapters. Dolly links are part of Dolly Cloud, included in Pro, with insights, a password, an expiry date and a button of your own. Anyone can watch them, no account needed.
Yes. Set After recording to Get link (or choose Stop and Get Link in the recording pill). ⇧⌘2 stops, and the share link is on your clipboard in under a second while the video uploads behind it. From the editor, ⇧⌘L does the same.
Not yet: it's coming soon. Recording an iPhone or iPad over a cable, in a phone or tablet frame, comes once it has been tested on real devices. More.
Everything stays editable: zooms, cursor, background, cuts and speed. Your raw recording is never changed.
No. Free records as long as you like, as often as you like, and exports up to 1080p with a small Made with Dolly logo in the corner. Coming from Loom's 5-minute limit? See Dolly as a free Loom alternative.
Free costs nothing: no time limit, the full editor, export up to 1080p with a small Made with Dolly logo in the corner, and Quick Share. Pro is €7 a month billed yearly, or €9.99 month to month: Dolly Cloud (Dolly links, your team's workspace, Dolly MCP), no logo, 4K at 60 fps, GIF and Connect your AI. Lifetime is €99 once (€49 for the first 500 founders) and keeps everything on your Mac forever; Dolly Cloud is part of Pro. Dolly Team, Dolly Cloud for 3 users or more, is coming soon. Our launch gift: every account gets Pro free until 30 November. From 1 December, new accounts get 14 days of Pro, then Free. Pricing.
Dolly Cloud: Dolly links with insights, comments and video replies, a workspace for your team, Dolly MCP. No logo, 4K and GIF. And Connect your AI: Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor can drive Dolly through MCP. Ask for explainer videos and your AI writes the plan while Dolly records a narrated, captioned series of your app; or ask for a demo and it records, cuts, zooms and exports. All on your Mac, with no extra AI or voice costs.
Yes. If you bought Dolly for €5 or €19, you keep everything you paid for, forever. Your license key keeps working under Dolly → Settings → License. Your license.
Recording, editing and export happen on your own computer, so there are no render servers to pay for. What costs us money is hosting what you share: links, workspaces and the connection for Dolly MCP. That's Dolly Cloud, and it's part of Pro.
Screen Studio quality. Free. No 5-minute limit.
First time: open Dolly, click Done, then System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (macOS 13–14: right-click Dolly → Open). Once only. Installation help