Nvidia ShadowPlay Alternatives

Nvidia ShadowPlay is described as 'ShadowPlay is a graphics-accelerated overlay to record and share high-quality gameplay videos, screenshots, and livestreams' and is a screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Nvidia ShadowPlay for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and Android apps. The best Nvidia ShadowPlay alternative is OBS Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Nvidia ShadowPlay are GPU Screen Recorder, Open Hardware Monitor, VokoscreenNG and Bandicam.

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  1. Action! icon
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    Action! enables HD, 4K, HDR10, and 8K streaming and recording, integrates fps displays, webcams, and live audio commentary. With overlays, monitoring tools, and benchmarking features, it offers a multifaceted solution for gaming capture.

    100 Action! alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
    • Action! is the most popular commercial alternative to Nvidia ShadowPlay.

    • Action! is Paid and ProprietaryNvidia ShadowPlay is Free and Proprietary
    • Action! is LightweightNvidia ShadowPlay is not according to our users
  2. Wink icon
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    Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Capture full and partial screenshots, record screen or webcam videos with extensive editing tools, including annotations, video conversion to gif/mp4, and sharing options. Create step-by-step guides enhanced by AI, save in multiple formats, and utilize cloud storage integration.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  4. recordMyDesktop icon
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    recordMyDesktop is a desktop session recorder for GNU / Linux that attemps to be easy to use, yet also effective at it's primary task. As such, the program is separated in two parts; a simple command line tool that performs the basic tasks of capturing and encoding and an...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. FlashBack icon
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    Free software which lets you record your screen, add a PIP webcam and select multiple options to export your video to. It will first store a lossless proprietary file which you can review frame by frame and then easily experiment with the output options to select best suited.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. kapture icon
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    Screen recorder for Android and Wear OS that allows to record/capture the microphone audio while sharing it with other apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  7. Screenbits icon
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    Ultimate screen recorder software for game recording, video tutorials, product demos, YouTube videos and more. Screenbits allows you to capture screen content, system sound, microphone and camera into HD/4K quality video files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
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