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| Dolly | Screen Studio | Cap | Loom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free · €5 once · Pro €19 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 | — | |||
| Free plan time limit | None | — | None locally, links 5 min | 5 minutes |
| One-time price | — | — | ||
| Mac | ||||
| Windows | Planned | — | ||
| Automatic zoom | — | |||
| Several takes on one timeline | — | — | — | |
| Share links with comments | Free in beta | |||
| Stop and the link is on your clipboard | — | |||
| Record an iPhone or iPad | Coming soon | — | — | |
| Videos stay on your computer | Unless you share a link | Unless you share a link | Partly | — |
| Let an AI assistant record demos (MCP) | Pro | — | — | — |
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.
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. You can add a password, an expiry date or a button. Dolly links are free during the beta.
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 1440p. Coming from Loom's 5-minute limit? See Dolly as a free Loom alternative.
Free to start, with no time limit and export up to 1440p. Lifetime is €5, once, removes the end card and adds 4K and GIF. Pro is €19, once, and lets your AI record and edit demos for you. Already on Lifetime? Upgrading to Pro costs €14. No subscription.
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.
Recording, editing and export happen on your own computer, so there are no render servers to pay for and nothing to pass on to you. The only videos we host are the ones you share with Get link.
Free to use, with no time limit. Everything for €5, once.
First time: open Dolly, click Done, then System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (macOS 13–14: right-click Dolly → Open). Once only. Installation help
