A ScreenPal alternative with no time cap and nothing to install

ScreenPal is a screen recorder and video platform with a downloadable recorder, hosting, quizzes and stock media, and its free recorder adds no watermark. Shycut runs in your browser with nothing to install, keeps every recording on your device, and includes the editing jobs that ScreenPal keeps for paid plans: captions, silence cuts and blurring.

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Shycut · ScreenPal

Topic	Shycut	ScreenPal
Where the recording goes	Written to your device every second as you record. Nothing is uploaded.	The downloaded recorder saves to your computer. The online recorder opens the video in ScreenPal Hosting.
Install	Nothing to install. You can add it to your computer or phone as an app if you like.	Download the recorder (the desktop app is not supported on Linux), or use the online recorder.
Account	None.	Not needed for the downloaded recorder; the online recorder starts with logging in.
Watermark	Never.	None, on free or paid plans.
Recording length	No limit from us, only your device’s free space.	15 minutes per recording on Free; unlimited on paid plans.
Hosting	None: the video is a file on your device.	The plan card lists 10 hosted videos on Free; the FAQ on the same page says hosting is unlimited.
Price	Free. There is no paid plan.	Deluxe $4 a month, Max $10 a month, Team Business $8 per user a month (3 users minimum), each paid annually.
Computer sound	A shared tab’s sound, or the whole system’s where the browser offers it. Free.	Recording system audio on Mac or Windows needs a paid plan.
Captions	Written on your device, free; edit the lines, burn them in or save an SRT file.	Free: add your own captions file. Automated captions from Deluxe.
Silence removal	Pauses and “um”s cut gently as the recording opens; every cut can be brought back.	AI silence detection from Deluxe.
Blurring	Faces on screen found and blurred with one tap; notification banners hidden; camera background blurred or replaced.	Webcam background blur is free; blurring part of a recording needs a paid plan.
Content you host	Nothing is hosted, so there is nothing to license.	The terms (14 May 2026) give ScreenPal a worldwide, sublicensable licence to hosted content to run the service; copies of deleted content may stay on its servers.

Checked on 26 October 2026 · Product names belong to their owners. Their details come from their own public pages on the date above and can change; check their site before you decide.

When ScreenPal is the better choice

If you teach and want quizzes, polls and channels around your videos, or need to record your phone’s own screen with an iPhone or Android app, ScreenPal offers that and Shycut does not. Its hosting gives you a share link right after recording, and its paid plans add storyboards, scripts, a teleprompter and a stock library.

The downloaded recorder also works offline, adds no watermark and needs no account. If your recordings stay under 15 minutes and you don’t need captions or computer sound, the free plan may be all you need.

When Shycut is the better choice

If you are on a computer where you can’t install software, Shycut records in the browser without an account, and the video never goes to a hosting service: ScreenPal’s own browser recorder asks you to log in and opens the result in its hosting. Every recording is written to your device as it happens, so a crash doesn’t lose it.

It also gives you, free, the jobs ScreenPal puts on paid plans: recordings longer than 15 minutes, tab or system sound, captions, silence cuts and blurring. Faces in a video call are found with one tap, and the camera stays a layer you can move or hide until you export.

Questions

Does Shycut host my videos or give me a link?

No. Shycut has no servers that store videos. You download the MP4 and share it however you like, for example in a chat, by email, on a drive or on YouTube.

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 phone’s screen with Shycut?

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.

Can I edit a ScreenPal recording in Shycut?

Yes. Save the recording as an MP4, open it in Shycut and cut pauses, add captions or blur faces on your own device. The result is an ordinary MP4 again.

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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