MotionShine01 / Automatic
Zooms added for you
Every click becomes a smooth zoom that follows your mouse. There is nothing to set up.
Screen recorder for Mac
Screen recordings that look edited. Because they are.
The all-in-one screen recorder for tutorials, product demos and SaaS explainers. It adds the zooms, smooth cursor, background, sounds and more for you, so editing takes minutes.
Before and after
Same recording. Very different video.
One recording, played twice. On the left, the plain screen capture. On the right, what MotionShine made of it by itself, with nothing edited by hand. You can still change every zoom, the cursor and the background.
Auto zoom
It zooms where you click.
MotionShine adds the zooms for you and follows your mouse to the right spot. Afterwards every zoom is yours to change in the editor: how far it goes, the area it shows, and when.
02 / Level
Choose how far it zooms
Pick any zoom on the timeline and set its level with a slider.
03 / Area
Choose what it shows
Drag the zoom frame on the preview to the part you want, or let it follow the cursor.
Custom cursor
A cursor that is all yours.
MotionShine hides the real cursor while you record and draws it again, smooth, in the style you choose. Change the look any time after recording.
01 / Style
Pick a cursor style
Kite, macOS, Inverted, Outline, Dot, Touch or Laser, plus 3D cursors in Glass, Chrome, Gold, Obsidian and Holo.
02 / Size
Make it as big as you need
Set the cursor size with a slider, so viewers can follow it on any screen.
03 / Colour
Any colour or gradient
Use one of the ready gradients or build your own in the advanced gradient editor, then add a glow.
04 / Upload
Bring your own cursor
Upload a cursor you designed or a picture from the internet. The background is removed for you and you set the tip.
05 / Clicks
Click effects and sounds
Show an effect on every click and add a click sound with its own volume.
06 / Behaviour
Always an arrow, hidden when still
Keep the arrow even over text and links, and hide the cursor when it stops moving.
Glow, gradients and 3D cursors: no other screen recorder we checked has them.
Backgrounds
A background worth looking at.
Put your recording on a wallpaper, a gradient, a plain colour or your own picture. One click changes the whole look.
01 / Wallpapers
macOS and abstract wallpapers
Pick from the macOS wallpapers and an abstract set, sharp or blurred.
02 / Gradients
Twenty ready gradients
From soft pastels to deep night skies, each one a click away.
03 / Your own
Build your own gradient
Click a colour on the bar to change it, click the bar to add one, set the angle, then save it for next time.
04 / Colour
A plain colour
Choose a ready colour or enter any hex code, for a clean brand look.
05 / Picture
Your own picture
Drop in a brand image or a photo and use it as the background.
06 / Frame
Padding, corners and shadow
Set the space around the recording, round its corners and add a soft shadow.
Camera
You on camera, right when it matters.
Record your face with your screen, then decide in the editor where it sits, how it looks and when it shows.
01 / Layouts
You, your screen, or both
Screen with camera, camera only, screen only, or side by side. Pick one for the whole video.
02 / Timeline
Change the layout mid video
Add a layout change at any moment on the timeline. Go full camera for the intro, then back to the screen.
03 / Position
Put the bubble where it fits
Move the camera bubble to any corner and set its size, so your face never covers what matters.
04 / Shape
Square, circle, wide or tall
Pick a shape and set how round the corners are. Mirror the picture if you like.
05 / Zoom
Smaller while you zoom
The bubble can shrink during a zoom, so viewers see the detail you are pointing at.
06 / Camera only
Just you, no screen
Choose Camera only on the recorder bar for a talking video, and edit it like any other recording.
Auto captions
Captions in one click, styled your way.
Press Generate captions and MotionShine writes them on your Mac, with no upload, in more than 40 languages. Then make them look the way you want.
01 / Generate
One click, on your Mac
Pick the language and press Generate captions. Your voice never leaves your Mac.
02 / Style
Eight ready styles
Classic, Spotlight, Bold, Paper and more. Change the font, the size and the colours, or put a box behind the words.
03 / Animation
Words that move as you speak
Highlight the spoken word, zoom it, pop it or type it out. Show captions at the top, middle or bottom.
04 / Edit
Fix any word
Every caption is a line you can click and retype. Choose how many words show at once.
05 / Clean up
Remove ums and pauses
One button cuts the filler words and long pauses out of your talk.
06 / Export
In the video or as a file
Keep the captions inside the video, or export them as .srt and .vtt.
Audio
Sound as good as your video looks.
Clean up your voice, add music and record a voice over, all in the editor. No second app for sound.
01 / Voice
A cleaner voice in one choice
Pick Standard, Podcast or YouTube and your microphone is cleaned and set to the right loudness.
02 / Noise
Take the room out
One Noise reduction slider. At 0% the room stays as recorded, at 100% it is gone.
03 / Mixer
Every sound has its own volume
Your microphone, the Mac’s sound, each song and each voice over can be muted or turned up and down.
04 / Music
Add music in a click
Drop in a song, set its volume and loop it to the end of the video.
05 / Voice over
Record a voice over in the editor
Pick a microphone and talk over the video. Each take is its own clip you can move, trim or delete.
06 / Balance
The right sound in front
The recording’s own voice goes down under a voice over, and music can go down while you speak.
The editor
A full editor, not just a few sliders.
Most screen recorders stop at trim and zoom. MotionShine gives you a real timeline, and everything stays editable every time you open it.
01 / Sound
Music, SFX and voice over
Add music and sound effects, or record a new voice over inside the editor.
02 / Text
Text and auto captions
Add new text to the video, or generate captions automatically in 40+ languages.
03 / Media
Pictures, logos and video
Add a new picture, your logo or another video to your recording.
04 / Design
Background and cursor
Design a custom video background and cursor, or create your own with advanced gradients.
Formats
One recording, every shape.
Record one time, then pick the shape each place wants: wide for YouTube, vertical for Shorts and Reels, square for a post. Zooms, blurs and highlights stay on what they point at, captions re-wrap and keep clear of your camera, Side by side stacks in a vertical video, and a logo keeps its corner.
01 / Shape
Seven shapes, one click
Wide 16:9, Square 1:1, Vertical 9:16, Portrait 4:5, Tall 3:4, Classic 4:3, or Auto. Change it at any time, and one undo brings the old shape back.
02 / Crop
Keep the part that matters
Crop the recording to one area of the screen, so a tall video still shows what you want. Your crop is kept when the shape changes.
03 / Export
MP4 or GIF, up to 4K
Free exports are 720p with no watermark. A licence unlocks 1080p, 1440p, 4K and 60 fps.
04 / Speed
Keep editing while it exports
The export runs in the background. Or copy the finished video and paste it straight into a chat.
Made for recording
Small things that make recording easy.
A good video starts before the editor. MotionShine takes care of the little things while you record, so you get it right on the first take.
01 / Capture
Screen, window, area or iPhone
Record the whole screen, one window, or an area set to 1080p, 9:16 or 1:1. A connected iPhone or iPad works too.
02 / Notes
Speaker notes only you see
Your script scrolls on screen while you record, and you can pause it. It never shows in the video.
03 / Keys
Show your shortcuts
The keys you press show on screen, so viewers can follow along.
04 / Privacy
Pauses for passwords and banking
Recording pauses by itself when a password manager or a banking page comes to the front.
05 / Clean start
A countdown and a tidy desktop
A short countdown gets you ready, and your desktop icons can be hidden while you record.
06 / Safe takes
Pause, restart, never lose a take
Pause or restart from the menu bar or a shortcut. If something crashes, what you recorded is saved.
Easy to live with
Every video, every edit, one click away.
A library that keeps your work in order, and a command bar that finds anything.
A library for all your recordings
All your recordings live in one library, in folders you make. Open any of them as a tab next to the one you are working on, and every zoom, caption and cut is where you left it.
Find anything with ⌘K
Open the command bar and pick a command, or type what you want in plain words, like “zoom 2x here”. Autosave, undo for every step, and the CapCut shortcuts you know.
Compare
How MotionShine compares.
The automatic zooms and smooth cursor people pay a subscription for, plus a full editor and a cursor you design. Free, with no watermark.
| Feature | MotionShine | Screen Studio | Camtasia | Filmora | OBS Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, pay once for 4K | $29 a month, or $9 a month yearly | $179.88 a year without a watermark | $59.99 a year, or $79.99 once | Free |
| Auto zoom on every click | Yes | Yes | Yes, SmartFocus | No | No |
| Smooth cursor | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| All-in-one recorder and editor | Yes | Basic editor only | Yes | Yes | Recorder only |
| Free exports, no watermark | Yes, unlimited | No | No | No | Yes |
| Text, pictures and logos on the video | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No editor |
| Automatic captions | Yes, on your Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes, uses AI credits | No |
| A cursor you design: colour, gradient, glow, 3D | Yes | No | Highlight and size only | No | No |
Prices as listed on each maker’s own site in October 2026.
Pricing
Free for good. Pay once for more.
Founding 200 offer. Launch prices end when 200 licences are sold.
Free
$0forever
Try everything, keep it for good.
Download free- Every feature, no time limit, not a trial
- Unlimited recordings and exports
- No watermark
- Export up to 720p at 30 fps
- Not included: Export in 4K at 60 fps
- Not included: MotionShine Edit free
- Not included: MotionShine Window free
Pro
$49$79once
Founding price · first 200 only
1 year of updates. Keep the app forever.
Get Pro- 1 person, 1 Mac
- Export in 4K at 60 fps
- Export old projects again in 4K
- Not included: Every future version
- Not included: MotionShine Edit free
- Not included: MotionShine Window free
- Not included: Discount on upcoming apps and AI tools
Pro Forever Most popular
$99$149once
Founding price · first 200 only
Lifetime updates. Never pay again.
Get Pro Forever- 1 person, 3 Macs
- Everything in Pro
- Every future version: 2.0, 3.0 and beyond
- MotionShine Edit free when it launches
- MotionShine Window free when it launches
- Exclusive discount on our upcoming apps and AI tools
Agency
$179$349once
Founding price · first 200 only
Lifetime updates for the whole team.
Get Agency- Up to 5 people in one company
- 10 Macs
- Everything in Pro Forever, including MotionShine Edit and Window
- One licence key for the whole team
Screen Studio costs $108 every year. MotionShine Pro Forever is $149 once.
One-time payment on every paid plan, use it for work and clients. 30-day “love it or it’s free” money-back guarantee. Checkout, taxes and your licence key are handled by Polar. Pro Forever and Agency include MotionShine Edit and MotionShine Window (every 1.x version) for free when they launch.
Questions
Quick answers.
The things people ask before they download. Anything else is in the full FAQ, or one email away.
Is it a subscription?
No. MotionShine is free, and every paid plan is a one-time payment. Pro includes 12 months of updates, and the app keeps working after them.
What do I get for free?
Everything, with no time limit: unlimited recordings, unlimited exports and every feature. It is not a trial. The only limit is export size: up to 720p at 30 fps. Any paid plan unlocks 1080p, 1440p, 4K and 60 fps.
Is there a watermark?
No, not even in the free version.
Which Macs does it run on?
Macs with macOS 13 Ventura or later, both Apple silicon and Intel.
How is it different from Screen Studio?
Both make polished recordings with auto zoom and a smooth cursor. MotionShine adds music on its own lanes, animated text, pictures and logos, 3D cursors and cursors made from your own pictures. It is free with unlimited exports, and you pay once only for higher resolution instead of a monthly plan. See the full comparison.
Where do my recordings go?
To Movies > MotionShine on your Mac. They never leave it unless you share them.
If I buy a licence later, can I export old videos in 4K?
Yes. Recordings are always kept at full quality, so any project can be exported again at 4K and 60 fps.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. Every paid plan has a 30-day “love it or it’s free” guarantee: if you do not love it, email us within 30 days and you get all your money back. See the refund policy.
Your next demo deserves better than a raw recording.
Download MotionShine free and make your first polished video in a few minutes.