TapeBoothPress record. Keep every take.
TapeBooth records your tab, a window or your whole screen, with your webcam and your voice. Then you trim it, cut out the slip-ups, blur what's private and save it as MP4 or GIF. Free, with no watermark and no time limit.
No account. Nothing leaves your device. Chrome on Windows, Mac and Chromebook (Chrome 126 or newer).
Everything on one tape
Record a lesson, a bug report or a walkthrough, fix it in the editor, and send the file wherever you like.
ARecord
- Tab, window or screen or camera only
Record one browser tab, any window, your entire screen, or just yourself talking to the camera.
- Your voice and the sound mic + audio
Your microphone, mixed with the tab's sound or your computer's sound, with a live level meter.
- A webcam bubble 3 shapes, 3 sizes
Circle, rounded or square, mirrored if you like. It sits in a corner of your recording, or floats over your screen.
- Draw on the page tab mode
Pen, highlighter, arrow and rectangle in five colours, with optional rings around your clicks so viewers can follow.
- Countdown, pause, shortcuts Alt+Shift+R
A 3, 5 or 10 second countdown, pause and resume, and keyboard shortcuts you can change.
BEdit and export
- Trim the ends start and end
Drop the first seconds of setup and the reach for the stop button.
- Cut out the middle split and remove
Split at the playhead and remove any part, as many times as you need. Undo is always there.
- Blur what's private any number of areas
Draw a box over an email address or a student's name, and choose when the blur starts and ends.
- MP4 that plays anywhere or a GIF
Export a normal MP4 that seeks properly in common players, or a GIF up to 960 px wide.
- A local Library search, rename
Every recording on this computer, with search, rename, download and delete. If Chrome closes mid-recording, the Library recovers it.
Free: features other recorders charge for
Many screen recorders keep these behind a monthly plan. TapeBooth runs them on your computer, so there is nothing to charge for.
Compared with the free plans of popular recording extensions, as checked in October 2026. See the detailed comparison.
| Feature | What you get | TapeBooth |
|---|---|---|
| Recordings | As many as your disk holds | Free |
| Length | No time limit | Free |
| Watermark | Never added | Free |
| MP4 and GIF export | Download the file and keep it | Free |
| Cut and blur | Trim, split, remove a middle part, blur areas | Free |
| Up to 4K | 720p, 1080p, 1440p or 4K, if your screen has it | Free |
Nothing leaves your device
Your recordings are saved inside Chrome on your computer, in storage only TapeBooth can reach. TapeBooth has no server, so there is nowhere for them to go.
- No accountInstall it and record. There is nothing to sign up for.
- No uploads, no analyticsTapeBooth makes no network requests. No ads and no tracking.
- No permission warningChrome shows no warning when you add it. TapeBooth can't read the sites you visit.
- You decide what's sharedChrome asks which tab, window or screen to share each time you record, and asks once for your camera and microphone.
From install to a finished video
Allow camera and mic once
The welcome page asks Chrome for your camera and microphone. Choose “Allow on every visit”, or skip it and record your screen only.
Click the TapeBooth button
Pick This tab, Window or screen, or Camera only, switch your camera and mic on or off, and press Start recording.
Stop, edit, export
The editor opens on your recording. Trim, cut and blur, then download it as an MP4 or a GIF.
Guides
Step-by-step help for the recordings people make most.
- How to screen record on a Chromebook
The built-in tool for quick clips, and TapeBooth for lessons with your webcam and voice.
- Record your screen and webcam together
Where the camera bubble goes in each mode, and how to shape it.
- How to make a GIF of your screen
Record, trim and export a GIF, with the right width and frame rate.
- A free screen recorder with no watermark
What you get without paying, and what TapeBooth doesn't do.
- A free alternative, compared
An honest feature-by-feature comparison with a popular recorder that has paid plans.
Your booth is ready
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