Changelog

What's new, improved, and fixed in every release.

April 2026

v1.4.1Link to v1.4.1

Latest

New

  • Live mic level meter under the Mic button on the recording bar — confirms your mic is hot before you hit record

Improved

  • Long screen recordings with a wallpaper background no longer slow to a crawl partway through; the wallpaper is decoded once instead of on every frame
  • Stall detection during export is more forgiving — a single slow frame won't throw away an in-progress export

v1.4.0Link to v1.4.0

Improved

  • Blur regions now actually blur the underlying pixels in both the preview and the exported video — the intensity slider, Gaussian and Pixelate styles, and fade in/out all apply to real footage

Fixed

  • The screen corner-radius slider now applies to exported videos, not just the editor preview
  • Device frames stay centered when the editor canvas's aspect ratio doesn't match the device's screen rect

v1.3.5Link to v1.3.5

Improved

  • Projects autosave every 30 seconds and whenever the app loses focus, so zoom regions, cursor settings, overlays, and timeline edits survive a Cmd-Q or crash

Fixed

  • Opening a saved project from Finder no longer leaves the recording bar hovering behind the editor
  • Cmd-Q while the editor was open no longer wipes in-progress edits — the app waits for the snapshot to reach disk before terminating

v1.3.3Link to v1.3.3

Fixed

  • Opening a saved project file from Finder now opens a full editor window with titlebar and traffic-light controls, instead of a chromeless floating frame

v1.3.2Link to v1.3.2

Fixed

  • Fewer keychain password prompts on launch — licence state is now read once per session instead of on every check

v1.3.1Link to v1.3.1

Fixed

  • Auto-hide when Static now actually hides the cursor after it stops moving
  • Click highlight and cursor press effect animate through when scrubbing a paused preview instead of freezing on the first frame

v1.3.0Link to v1.3.0

Improved

  • Polished installer — drag-to-Applications layout with a clear visual flow
  • Permission prompts now explicitly note that recordings stay on your Mac

v1.2.0Link to v1.2.0

New

  • Pause and restart controls in the playback bar

Improved

  • Refined playback bar design
  • Lower idle energy use — preview pauses rendering when the editor is idle
  • Faster project saves; large projects no longer hang the UI
  • More reliable long recordings with disk-space safeguards and frame-drop telemetry
  • Smoother cursor rendering by reducing per-frame CPU work
  • Voice enhance uses less memory on long recordings

Fixed

  • Auto-play in the preview works reliably
  • Cancelling an export no longer leaves partial files behind

v1.1.0Link to v1.1.0

New

  • Auto zoom that follows clicks and keystrokes
  • Device frames: MacBook, iPhone, iPad, and browser mockups
  • Webcam overlay with shape and border controls
  • Teleprompter with cue markers
  • Cursor effects: highlight, resize, smooth, and animate
  • Rich overlays: text, images, annotations, and blur regions
  • Custom backgrounds: gradients, solid colors, and images
  • GIF export with quality presets
  • Presets and templates for common workflows

March 2026

v1.0.0Link to v1.0.0

Initial release

New

  • Screen recording with ScreenCaptureKit
  • Built-in timeline editor with trim, cut, and transitions
  • Export to MP4 and MOV with quality presets
  • Native Apple Silicon and Intel support

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