The Screenity Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Screenity in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Screenity
The Insider’s Guide
Open-source Chrome screen recorder with a scene-based editor
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among screen recording and video tools, read from Screenity’s own pages.
Made by Screenity (Serial Labs Ltd) · checked Oct 6, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Screenity’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Screenity’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.4
GPA, above 11 of the 52 other screen recording and video tools we grade
Screenity started as a free, open-source Chrome extension for recording the screen, camera and microphone, with drawing and blur tools and no account. A paid web editor now sits on top of it: recordings are arranged as scenes, clicks become zooms, speech is captioned word by word, and the result is shared as a link or exported. The service is hosted in Europe and built by a solo founder.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Screenity, taken from its own pages and our grades.
No store rating on record, but the recorder is a Chrome extension that needs no sign-in: add it and press record.
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Best for a free Chrome recorder with no account
Without Pro, recordings only save to your device or Google Drive, with no editing or share links.
- 2
Paid plans start at $10 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $10 per month, billed yearly ($120); $14 billed monthly.
- 3
There is a free plan
Free Chrome extension: unlimited recordings of screen, camera and mic with drawing and blur, saved to the device or Google Drive with no account. No cloud editor or share links.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web, with a browser extension too.
- 5
Free Chrome recorder
Records a tab, a window, a custom area or the whole screen with camera, microphone and tab audio. It needs no sign-in, has no recording limit and saves locally or to Google Drive.
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Drawing, blur and cursor spotlight
While recording you can draw with a pen, arrows, shapes and text, blur anything private on the page, and dim everything except the cursor.
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Scene-based editor
A Pro video is built from separate scenes that can be recorded on their own and reordered. Scenes can be split, trimmed, cut in the middle and sped up.
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A 2.4 GPA, above 11 of 52
That is against the other screen recording and video tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Screenity you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Screenity at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $10 per month, billed yearly ($120); $14 billed monthly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial of Pro with full access; cancel before it ends to avoid a charge
- Runs on
- Web, Browser extension
- Made by
- Screenity (Serial Labs Ltd)
- Category
- Screen Recording & Video
- Our grade
- 2.4 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for a free Chrome recorder with no account
Screenity is a free, open-source Chrome extension that records your screen, camera and mic with no account and no time limit, plus a paid web editor at $10 a month billed yearly. Without Pro, recordings only save to your device or Google Drive, with no editing or share links. Pro caps recordings at 1 hour and exports at 1080p, captions are English only, and the trial charges after 7 days.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Pro is $10 a month billed yearly ($120), or $14 by the month, which lands exactly on this category's middle price. One plan holds everything: editor, auto-zoom, captions, share links and unlimited 1080p exports. |
| Free plan and trial | B | The Chrome extension is free and open source with no account, no recording limit, drawing, live blur and a cursor spotlight. You could live on that. What you can't do free is edit, host or share a link, and the Pro trial charges after 7 days unless you cancel. |
| Features | C | The recording and scene-editing job is done fully, with zooms from your clicks, word-by-word captions and device frames. But the listing's own limits bite: captions in English only, recordings capped at 1 hour and exports at 1080p. |
| Ease of use | B | No store rating on record, but the recorder is a Chrome extension that needs no sign-in: add it and press record. The editor runs in the same browser with nothing else to install. |
| Platforms and integrations | C | A Chrome extension and a browser editor, and that's all: no desktop app, no phone app, and Google Drive is the only integration on record. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Screenity is for
- Fits if you want a free recorder with no account and no time limit
- Works for product walkthroughs built from several short scenes, on Pro
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you need share links for free, as sharing by link needs Pro
- Not for you if you want a desktop or phone app, since it's a Chrome extension and a browser editor
- Tight if you caption in other languages, because captions are English only for now
- Too light for long recordings or 4K, as Pro stops at 1 hour per recording and 1080p exports
- Watch out: the 7-day Pro trial charges you unless you cancel before it ends
Good to know
Good for
- People who want a free recorder with no account and no time limit
- Privacy-minded teams that want their videos hosted in Europe
- Product walkthroughs built from several short scenes
Worth knowing
- Sharing by link, the editor and cloud storage all need Pro; the free extension only saves to your device or Google Drive.
- Pro recordings are limited to 1 hour each and exports to 1080p.
- Captions are available in English only at present.
- The recorder is a Chrome extension and the editor runs in the browser; no desktop or mobile app is listed.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$10
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Screenity has a free plan. Paid plans start at $10 per month, billed yearly ($120); $14 billed monthly.
The Chrome extension is free and open source with no account, no recording limit, drawing, live blur and a cursor spotlight.
Free extension
$0
The open-source Chrome recorder: any tab, window or screen with camera and mic, drawing, live blur and cursor spotlight. Recordings stay on your device.
Pro
$10
per month, billed yearly ($120); $14 billed monthly
The web editor: multi-scene editing, auto-zoom from clicks, captions, share links, unlimited 1080p exports, a cloud media library and up to 1 hour per recording.
The free plan
Free Chrome extension: unlimited recordings of screen, camera and mic with drawing and blur, saved to the device or Google Drive with no account. No cloud editor or share links.
Trying it first
7-day free trial of Pro with full access; cancel before it ends to avoid a charge
Read from screenity.io on Oct 6, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save 29% with yearly billing
Pro is $10 a month when billed yearly ($120), against $14 a month when billed monthly.
Stated on screenity.io
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
2
Places it runs: Web and Browser extension
Open-source Chrome screen recorder with a scene-based editor. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: open source, transcription, templates, screen recording, video editing.
The recording and scene-editing job is done fully, with zooms from your clicks, word-by-word captions and device frames.
- Free Chrome recorder
- Records a tab, a window, a custom area or the whole screen with camera, microphone and tab audio. It needs no sign-in, has no recording limit and saves locally or to Google Drive.
- Drawing, blur and cursor spotlight
- While recording you can draw with a pen, arrows, shapes and text, blur anything private on the page, and dim everything except the cursor.
- Scene-based editor
- A Pro video is built from separate scenes that can be recorded on their own and reordered. Scenes can be split, trimmed, cut in the middle and sped up.
- Auto-zoom from clicks
- Clicks made while recording with the extension become zoom keyframes in the editor. Each one can be retimed, removed or added by hand.
- Word-by-word captions
- Audio is transcribed on Screenity's own servers in Europe and each word is highlighted as it is spoken. Captions can be styled and edited, and are English only for now.
- Layouts, overlays and share links
- Animated screen and camera layouts, browser and device frames, text and arrow overlays, backdrops and music. Pro shares a public or private link and exports MP4.
Where it runs
- Web
- Browser extension
What it works with
- Google Drive
Screenity is made by Screenity (Serial Labs Ltd).
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
11/52
Other screen recording and video tools it is graded above
Screenity's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 11 of the 52 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 16.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 40 of 52) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 21 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 16 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 53 screen recording and video tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Screenity’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 10 of 52
- BFree plan and trialAbove 40 of 52
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 52
- BEase of useAbove 20 of 52
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 5 of 52
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 46 screen recording and video tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Screenity is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Screenity you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 25 of the 52 other screen recording and video tools grade higher. It costs $120 a year. Screenity is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could make
- Templates: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A video editor.
- Recording the screen with its sound, and somewhere to keep the video.
- Speech turned into text you can trust.
What this rests on. Screenity’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Loom, Screencastify, Cap, Tella and Awesome Screenshot
The 5 tools Screenity is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.8GPA
Loom
Free plan · from $18/mo
Screen and camera recorder for shareable video messages.
- Only Screenity lists a web app.
- Only Loom lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Screenity is open source, according to its own site.
- 2.4GPA
Screencastify
Free plan · from $7/mo
Browser-extension screen recorder built for classrooms and teams.
- Screenity is open source, according to its own site.
- Screenity also covers templates.
- 3.2GPA
Cap
Free plan · from $29/yr
Open-source screen recorder with instant share links and an editor.
- Only Screenity lists a web app.
- Only Cap lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
- Cap is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- 2.6GPA
Tella
Free trial · from $13/mo
Screen recorder with a built-in editor, layouts and 4K export.
- Screenity has a free plan. Tella does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Tella lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Screenity is open source, according to its own site.
- 2.6GPA
Awesome Screenshot
Free plan · from $5/mo
Screenshot and screen recording extension with cloud sharing.
- Only Awesome Screenshot lists macOS, Windows and iOS apps.
- Screenity is open source, according to its own site.
- Screenity also covers transcription and templates.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Screenity free?
Screenity has a free plan. Free Chrome extension: unlimited recordings of screen, camera and mic with drawing and blur, saved to the device or Google Drive with no account.
How much does Screenity cost?
Screenity lists 2 plans. Free extension: $0.
What platforms does Screenity work on?
Screenity is available on Web. It also has a browser extension.
Does Screenity offer any discounts?
Screenity publicly lists the following: Save 29% with yearly billing.
Does Screenity have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Screenity is listed for Web.
Does Screenity have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Screenity is listed for Web.
Is Screenity open source?
Yes. Screenity is open source, according to its own site.
What does Screenity integrate with?
Screenity's listing names Google Drive. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Does Screenity have a free trial?
Yes. 7-day free trial of Pro with full access; cancel before it ends to avoid a charge.
Who makes Screenity?
Screenity is made by Screenity (Serial Labs Ltd).
What are the alternatives to Screenity?
The closest alternatives to Screenity in our directory are Loom, Screencastify, Cap, Tella and Awesome Screenshot.
How does Screenity compare with other screen recording and video tools?
Screenity's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 11 of the 52 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 16.
Is Screenity good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Screenity C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 21 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Screenity?
To replace Screenity you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Screenity’s own pages on Oct 6, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Screenity's own pages on 6 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-02-26.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Screenity (Serial Labs Ltd). Prices change, so check screenity.io before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Screenity, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/screenity
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Prices and grades as they are today
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Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Screenity’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Screenity is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Screenity (Serial Labs Ltd). Prices and plans change: check screenity.io before you buy.