A Loom alternative that keeps the recording on your device

Loom is made for quick video messages: you record your screen and camera, and a link is ready to share the moment you stop, with comments, reactions and viewer insights for your team. Shycut has none of that. It records in your browser, keeps the video as a file on your own device, and helps you edit it before you send it the way you like.

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Shycut · Loom

Topic	Shycut	Loom
Where the recording goes	Written to your device every second as you record. Nothing is uploaded.	To your library in Loom’s cloud; a share link is generated as soon as you finish.
Account	None.	A Loom account; the free Starter plan starts with sign-up.
Free plan limits	No time or video count limit from us, only your device’s free space. Screen recorded at up to 1440p.	Starter: 5 minutes per recording (the timer counts down and the recording ends at 0:00), 25 videos per person including archived ones, up to 720p.
Getting the video file	Always yours: MP4, WebM or MOV, a GIF, or the sound alone.	Starter can’t download videos. On paid plans, creators and admins download an MP4.
Branding	No watermark and no branding.	Loom branding on the video page and embedded player; removing it starts with Business.
Price	Free. There is no paid plan.	Business $18 per user a month ($180 a year billed annually), Business + AI $24 ($240 a year); Enterprise by quote.
Screen and camera	Screen, camera or both, with microphone and tab or system sound. The camera stays a layer you can move, reshape or hide after recording.	Screen and camera bubble, system audio, virtual backgrounds and speaker notes on every plan.
Editing after recording	Pauses and “um”s cut gently, auto zoom where you type, trim, faces on screen found and blurred. All free.	Starter lists GIF thumbnails; trim and stitch start on Business; filler word and silence removal on Business + AI.
Captions and transcripts	Written on your device; edit the lines, burn them in or save an SRT file.	Transcriptions in 50+ languages and closed captions on every plan.
Sharing and team viewing	None. You send the file yourself, by chat, email or a drive.	Instant link, email or embed, with comments, emoji reactions, viewer insights and a team workspace.
AI and your data	The AI models run on your device; nothing is sent.	For AI titles and summaries, transcript text is sent to OpenAI; full video and audio are not.
Platforms	Current Chrome or Edge on a computer for screen recording; on a phone, camera recording and editing.	macOS, Windows and Chrome, plus iOS and Android apps.

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When Loom is the better choice

If the point of the video is a link your colleague can open in seconds, Loom is built for exactly that and Shycut is not. You stop recording, paste the link into Slack or an email, and see comments, reactions and who watched. Shycut has no links, no hosting, no comments and no viewer statistics.

Loom also fits a team that keeps all its walkthroughs in one shared library, with Jira, Confluence and Slack connected. If your company already pays for Loom, it is the simpler habit to keep.

When Shycut is the better choice

If your screen shows customer data, private messages or a client’s project, Shycut records it without sending it anywhere: the video is written to your own device and stays there. Notification banners in the screen corners are hidden, and faces in a video call can be blurred before anyone sees the file.

It also has no five-minute timer, no 25-video ceiling and no download paywall. Pauses and “um”s are cut, captions are written on your device and the camera can still be moved after recording, all free. When you are done, you have an ordinary MP4 to send however you like.

Questions

Can Shycut give me a share link like Loom?

No. Shycut has no servers that store videos, so there is no link to share. You download the MP4, or hand it to your phone’s share menu, and send it through your usual chat, email or drive.

Is there a time limit on recordings?

No time limit and no watermark from us. The only limit is free space on your device, and Shycut warns you when only a few minutes of space are left.

Can I record my screen on a phone?

No. Phone browsers don’t let websites capture the screen, so screen recording needs a computer with current Chrome or Edge. On a phone you can record your camera and edit videos you filmed.

Is my recording seen by anyone at Shycut?

No. It is recorded, edited and saved on your own device, and nothing is streamed to a server. The counter in the app header shows the bytes the page sends, and it stays at zero.

Your video stays with you.

Open Shycut, drop the video in and export. Free, with no account, and your video never leaves your device.

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