# Aiseesoft Screen Recorder review (2026): is it worth $12.50 a month? > Desktop recorder for screen, webcam, game and audio capture Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Aiseesoft Screen Recorder captures the screen, webcam, system audio and microphone on Windows and Mac. It records games, windows and audio on their own, with annotation, scheduled recording and a mouse-click highlight. It is sold as a one-month or lifetime license; the free trial limits each recording to 3 minutes. - **Category:** Screen Recording & Video - **Made by:** Aiseesoft Studio - **Website:** https://www.aiseesoft.com/screen-recorder - **Runs on:** Windows, macOS - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay on the trial, as each recording stops at 3 minutes. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Aiseesoft Screen Recorder is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $12.50 for a 1-month license. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial limits each recording to 3 minutes. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 Month License | $12.50 for 1 month on 1 PC or Mac | Unlimited recording time. Shown as 50% off a crossed-out $25.00. | | Lifetime License | $49.96 one-time, 1 PC or Mac | Lifetime license with free upgrades. Shown as 50% off a crossed-out $62.45. | | Multi-user License | $79.96 one-time, 3 PCs or Macs | Lifetime license for 3 computers. Shown against a crossed-out $187.35. | Read from https://www.aiseesoft.com/purchase/screen-recorder.html on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Aiseesoft Screen Recorder before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Lifetime license for one computer** (Lifetime license): The purchase page sells a lifetime license for 1 PC at $49.96, with free upgrades. Source: https://www.aiseesoft.com/purchase/screen-recorder.html ## Key features - **Recording modes:** Separate screen, game, window, audio and voice recorders, with webcam, system audio and microphone capture. - **Resolution and frame rate:** Records at 720p up to 8K and at 30, 60 or 120 FPS. - **Annotation and click highlight:** Draws annotations while recording and highlights mouse clicks for tutorials. - **Scheduled recording:** Starts and stops a recording at set times, with custom hotkeys. - **Audio cleanup:** Microphone noise cancellation and enhancement are listed as paid-version features. - **Output formats:** Saves video as MP4, MOV, MKV, WMV, WebM or GIF, audio as MP3, AAC, FLAC or WAV, and screenshots as PNG or JPG. ## Good for - Tutorial and software-demo makers who want a local app - Gamers who want recording without a subscription - Users who prefer a one-time license over monthly fees ## Worth knowing - The free trial records only 3 minutes at a time; the paid version has no limit. - Windows and Mac versions are bought separately, each at its own license page. - The 30-day refund applies to lifetime licenses when there is a quality problem. - The sale prices on the page show 50% off with no end date. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Aiseesoft Screen Recorder captures screen, webcam, game and audio on Windows and Mac. The free trial limits each recording to 3 minutes, and the Windows and Mac versions are bought separately. - **Value for money: A.** Lifetime is $49.96 one-time, under a year of the category's middle subscription, though the page shows a sale with no end date. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The trial works with no card but limits each recording to 3 minutes. - **Features: B.** Screen, webcam, game and audio capture cover the whole job of a recorder. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and recording settings take some tuning. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Windows and Mac desktop programs only, bought separately. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Aiseesoft's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among screen recording and video tools - Aiseesoft Screen Recorder's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 89 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 14. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 102 of 133) and worst on ease of use (C, above 2). - Its paid plans start at $12.50 a month for each person, against a middle price of $12.25 for the category: 45 of the 88 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 23 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/video ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Aiseesoft Screen Recorder you would be making audio cleaned up live as you speak. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 89 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools we grade. It costs $150 a year. - You could not: Audio cleaned up live as you speak. - You could not: Recording the screen with its sound, and somewhere to keep the video. - You could not: Capture tools hooked into the operating system. - You could not: A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Screen recording, Screenshots, Noise cancellation, One-time purchase ## Alternatives - [Bandicam](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bandicam): Screen, game and webcam recorder for Windows, with a Mac edition. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aiseesoft-screen-recorder-vs-democreator) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.aiseesoft.com/purchase/screen-recorder.html - https://www.aiseesoft.com/purchase/mac-screen-recorder.html - https://www.aiseesoft.com/screen-recorder/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/aiseesoft-screen-recorder Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).