6 Best Utilities & Tooling in 2026

Screen studio is the best screen recording tool for quick and elevated videos. You don't have to have any experience with professional screen recording when using Screen Studio. It gives your screen video a professional look by default with features like automatic zoom, smooth cursor movement, auto-hiding your static cursor and super easy editing (if even required). We are huge fans.

Screen Studio is for you if you are creating promotional videos, tutorials, product updates, demos, or social media stories. I'm sure you've seen screen recordings that were recorded and edited via Screen Studio—more and more software companies have been using them for new feature launches, and product videos.

We've tried a myriad of tools in this category (e.g. Supercut and CleanShot X), and while they both work well for capturing the screen recording, Screen Studio is a far superior. When recording software videos for our social media channels, we were previously recording with CleanShot X and the videos felt quite dull and boring. There was no auto-zoom or a way to really engage the viewer.

Then we saw someone else's demo video on Twitter and were blown away with how sleek it looked. Our first impression was "Wow, how did they film and edit that? That's so cool!". When finding out that Screen Studio was actually a software that actually automatically edits the screen recording by following your cursor, and zooming in on the screen when you click, we knew it had to be a part of our arsenal. We also wanted our videos to have that elevated look 👀

You can even edit your videos easily after the recording for vertical video platforms like YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.

We'd go as far as saying this is the best tool on the market for professional screen recording.

It is currently only available on macOS.

Loom used to be the gold standard for the best screen recording software and internal collaboration, but it has been upended by Supercut recently.

After Atlassian acquired Loom back in October 2023, it just became more bloated, constantly crashing, with a constant push to upgrade to their "AI tier", which is quite basic and unremarkable features.

If it's between having tons of meetings or just recording a quick async Loom, definitely do the latter. That said, there's now way better solutions on the market that feel lightweight, fast, and powerful, like Supercut (our entire team switched off of Loom to Supercut and do not miss Loom in the slightest).

If you're completely unwilling to spend money on a tool in this category, then your best bet is the free 5 minute limit Loom tier, but if you want to actually use the best solution on the market and not have restrictions, constant upsells, and just a great product, invest in a quality tool like Supercut that you and your entire team will actually enjoy using.

On the other hand, if you're looking for more of an impressive screen recording and video editing tool for things like product feature launch GIFs and videos, look no further than our friends over at Screen Studio.

For years, I used the native Mac screenshot tool (which saves your screenshots to your desktop, and then you need to drag the image into your email or wherever you're trying to get it). I didn't think there was a better option out there.

Then I met Alex and he introduced me to CleanShot X that auto-copies the screenshot you take so you can paste it directly where you want. Whaaat? Let me tell you, this saves me so.much.time on a daily basis.

Want to screenshot a few images? No problem. All the images will auto-appear on the side of your screen and you can pick and choose which ones you want.

It's also super easy to annotate and draw on each image if you want to point something out, or blur out important information.

In summary, if you screenshot often this will make you MUCH more productive. Try it for a week and you won't be able to go back.