It's tough to truly compare Tella vs Screen Studio because they are quite different—so different that we actually use both. We used Tella to film our Motion Course as it allowed us the flexibility to record our camera + screen and edit the video all within the tool. On the other hand, we use Screen Studio to show off software in most of our YouTube videos as it allows for beautiful zoom-ins.
We believe there are better options available in this category, read below to learn what this software does well, and what they could do better. ⤵
Both Tella and Screen Studio have their strengths.
Screen Studio is slightly more high-end for doing screen recordings as they allow for beautiful zoom in's (Tella's zoom feature is much more basic).
If you are doing a high-end tutorial that you want to invest a bit more time into, we'd recommend Screen Studio to make it feel a bit more premium. That said, while Screen Studio does "automatic zooms", they still require some manual effort to get just right so expect to spend a bit of time tinkering with it.
On the other hand, Tella is better if you care less specifically about having fancy zoom-ins on yourscreen recordings, and want to capture multiple elements (like yourself on camera, along with the screen recording, on a nice custom background).
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Record your screen, camera, or both at the same time.
Tella is an awesome tool to use if you are wanting to create courses or film beautiful videos that require screen sharing. It easily allows you to film a series a clips to create your video, and also allows you to edit your videos right within the web browser.
We used Tella to create our Motion App Course and it saved us tons of time and not to mention we didn't have to hire a video editor to get a beautiful end result.
While some editing features can be improved (you can read about in our full Tella Review), overall we'd recommend it and found that it came in very handy.
High quality videos as easy as taking a screenshot (designed for macOS).
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. Loom 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 is still the most convenient screen video recorder for quickly recording and sending over a tutorial or training video to your team or customers. If you are filming one-off videos (e.g. because you're doing asynchronous work or for a video for your customers), there is no point of elevating these types of videos with Screen Studio and you'll work much faster with Loom.
We're actually paid users of Loom and CleanShotX (that we use for screen capture screenshots) and Screen Studio for our more professional videos.
That said, if you also want to have some elevated screen recording videos (without needing an entire production studio 😅), definitely sign up for Screen Studio.
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