Screen recorder Auto-zoom · Smooth pointer · MP4 & GIF

Record once. Ship a demo that looks edited.

Reelcast captures your screen, remembers every click, and turns the take into a polished walkthrough: it zooms where you work, glides the pointer, frames it on a backdrop and exports in a couple of clicks.

Free · macOS 14+ · Apple silicon & Intel · How to open it the first time

Features

The editing you’d do by hand, done for you.

Every recording opens in an editor that already has a first cut. Change anything; the preview renders exactly what you’ll export.

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Zooms from your clicks

Clicks close together become one zoom block that eases in, follows the pointer and eases back out. Move, resize or delete blocks on the timeline.

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A calmer pointer

The real cursor is left out of the capture and redrawn from its logged path, smoothed, resized and with a ripple on every click — or hidden.

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Backdrops & framing

Gradients, solid colours or your blurred wallpaper, with padding, rounded corners and a soft shadow. 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3 or the source shape.

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Voice & camera

Record your microphone with the screen, and an optional camera bubble — circle or rounded square, any corner, any size.

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Trim, cut, speed up

Drag the trim handles, cut out a stumble, or fast-forward the boring part at 1.5× to 8×. The final length updates as you go.

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MP4 and GIF

H.264 MP4 at 720p, 1080p or 4K and 30 or 60 fps, or a looping GIF for docs and chat. Show it in Finder or copy the file straight to the clipboard.

How it works

From take to clip in three steps.

1 · Pick what to record

Press ⌥⌘R for the floating recording bar. Choose a display or a single window, switch the mic and camera on or off, and start after a 3-2-1 countdown.

2 · Just do the demo

Click through your product as usual. Reelcast quietly logs where the pointer goes and where you click. Stop from the menu bar or with ⌥⌘R again.

3 · Tweak and export

The editor opens with zooms already placed. Adjust the look, fix the timing, then export. Recordings live in ~/Movies/Reelcast, one folder each.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Why does it ask for Screen Recording permission?

macOS requires it for any app that captures the screen. Reelcast shows a short guide with a button that opens the right pane in System Settings. It only records while the recording bar shows the red dot.

Can I edit a video I recorded with something else?

Yes — use Import Video. Backdrops, framing, zooms you add by hand, trimming, cuts, speed and export all work. The smooth pointer and click-based zooms need the pointer data that Reelcast records itself.

Does anything get uploaded?

No. Recording, editing and exporting all happen on your Mac. The only network request is the optional update check.

Where are my recordings stored?

In ~/Movies/Reelcast, a folder per recording with the raw movie, the pointer log and your edits. Exports go to ~/Movies/Reelcast/Exports unless you pick another folder.

macOS says it can’t verify the developer.

Reelcast is distributed directly from this website. Here’s how to open it the first time.

Your next demo, minus the editing.

Record a flow, and let Reelcast handle the polish.