A lot of FrameCast is free. The rest is a link worth paying for.

Record and edit without a meter

The Mac app has no trial and no cap on how long you record. Projects stay on your Mac unless you choose to upload.

• Record once, post every shape

  Whole-screen capture, then 16:9, 4:5, 1:1, or 9:16. The crop can follow the mouse and zoom on clicks.

• Smart cleanup and chapters

  Cut ums, repeats, and long pauses. Chapters come with titles. One undo puts it back.

• Loudness and voice polish

  Level a movie to YouTube, podcast, or broadcast loudness. It does not use voice credits.

• YouTube chapter list

  Copy timestamped chapters from the transcript. You paste them into YouTube yourself.

• Video briefs for AI

  On-device speech, on-screen text, and selected frames. You export the JSON or ZIP.

• Floating camera

  Shapes, ring, shadow, blur, flat color, cutout, face tracking, and saved looks.

Captions for the whole video

Live captions, transcripts, and Apple Intelligence script tools need macOS 26 or later. The web editor transcribes on device and does not need macOS 26.

• Unlimited captions

  No caption time cap on a local video. Burn them in, or save SRT and WebVTT from the web editor.

• Live captions

  Speech on screen while you teach. The microphone has to be on.

• Burn captions into the file

  A free export with the words in the picture, on Mac, iPhone, or the web editor.

• Download SRT or WebVTT

  The web editor saves the caption file. The Mac app burns the words in instead.

• How this compares

  Kapwing meters free subtitles. FrameCast does not charge for the caption pass.

GIF and the other export formats

Mac and iPhone export H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and GIF. The web editor exports MP4.

• Video to GIF

  Frame rate, colors, dither, and loop, rendered on device. Audio is dropped. No upload.

• MP4, HEVC, ProRes, GIF

  Original, 4K, 1080p, 720p, or 480p. Repeat writes one timeline back to back, up to 30 times.

• Versus an online GIF converter

  EZGIF uploads the file and caps length by frame rate. FrameCast keeps the file local.

• GIF steps on Mac and iPhone

  Format, frame rate, colors, dither, and loop. The web editor does not export GIF.

• No watermark on the file

  A local export is clean. A free watch page can still show a Made with FrameCast badge.

Browser tools, still free

Use these when you are not at the Mac. The browser recorder publishes a share link, so the free link limits apply.

• Record in the browser

  Screen, camera, or both. Free links: 25 live, 30 minutes, 1080p.

• Web editor

  Trim, reframe, captions, cleanup, chapters, and an MP4 export on your device.

• What the web editor does

  A short guide to editing without uploading the footage.

What is not free

Free accounts get 5 server AI runs a month for summaries, documents, and translated captions on a share. Pro includes 50 a month. Runs past the allowance spend voice credits. There is no batch export of many different videos, and the web editor does not write GIF or ProRes.

Start free. Upgrade when the link is the product.

Download and ship a video today. The first limit a heavy user hits is the share link: 25 live, 30 minutes, 1080p. That page is the free-to-Pro path. Pro adds unlimited links, 4-hour shares, 4K, and viewer insights. Team is $7.00 a seat on yearly billing when more than one person records.

Questions

What does FrameCast include for free?

Local screen and camera recording, the floating camera, overlays, live captions, the timeline editor, smart cleanup, chapters, video briefs, and export to MP4, HEVC, ProRes, or GIF. The web editor and browser recorder are free too. There is no watermark on a local export and no time cap on local recording or captions.

Is there a limit on video length?

Not for a file you keep on your Mac or iPhone. A free share link can be up to 30 minutes at 1080p, and you can keep 25 live at once. Pro shares up to 4 hours in 4K.

What do I pay for?

Pro ($5.00/month, $60.00 billed yearly) is unlimited share links, viewer insights, link controls, and branding. Team is $7.00 a seat on yearly billing. Voice-over credits are optional and separate. Storage is $20.00/month to raise a paid plan to 1 TB.

Do I need an account to record?

No. Download the Mac app and record. Sign in when you want a share link tied to you, voice credits, or the cloud library.