30hands vs ShowCam

30hands turns a topic or existing presentation into narrated slides and captioned video. Enter a topic and audience to create an editable slide outline and deck with visuals in about 20 seconds, or import PDFs, Google Slides, and photos. While recording, users swipe through slides and narrate; the app captures voice and slide timing clip by clip. Videos export as MP4 in portrait or landscape with subtitles, or can be shared as web links that viewers can open without an account. Shared links provide viewer details such as who watched, how long they watched, and where they stopped. Teams can invite members to collaborate, and the maker says one subscription covers everyone invited. The iOS app supports offline recording; webcam recording and transcript generation are also available. Maximum video quality is 1080p. The free plan costs nothing and includes three projects, a five-minute video limit, 10 AI slides to start, 1 GB storage, and watermarked exports. Pro costs $7.99 a month; Pro+ costs $14.99 a month.

ShowCam records presentation material, a camera bubble, and narration together in one video on iOS. It supports photo slideshows, videos, interactive web pages, PDFs, Markdown files, and text files. During recording, you can move through slides, scrub videos, tap links, scroll web pages, and use a laser pointer. The camera bubble can use either camera, while narration is mixed with app audio in sync. Recordings remain in the app library, can be saved automatically to Photos, and can be shared. The free plan permits 30 minutes of recording per day, resetting at midnight, and includes all listed presentation sources, both cameras, laser pointer, saving and sharing, and no watermark. Pro adds unlimited recording, markup tools, background effects, camera styling, and no ads. Pro costs $4.99 a month billed weekly, $24.99 a year, or $29.99, paid once. ShowCam records only content opened inside it, not other apps.