GameHQ vs Wisp
GameHQ
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| Figure | GameHQ | Wisp |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Game recording software | 7.9 (#18) | 8.2 (#12) |
| Instant replay | Yes | Yes |
| License | GameHQ core is licensed under GNU GPL version 3, while the separately packaged Playnite integration and public integration protocol are MIT-licensed. | Wisp is free software licensed under GNU GPL version 3.0 or later. |
| Privacy | The maker describes GameHQ as having no account, telemetry, background service, or game-process injection. | The maker says Wisp has no ads, account, or telemetry; its only network connection is GitHub for update checks, which can be disabled. |
| Purpose | GameHQ brings controller-first game capture to Windows, including instant screenshots, replay clips, and an in-game gallery. | Wisp is a Windows game clip recorder that buffers screen and audio and saves clips when you press a hotkey or enable kill detection. |
| Recording modes | instant-replay | multi-mode |
| Supported platforms | Windows 10+ | Windows 10 and Windows 11 |
| System requirements | GameHQ requires 64-bit Windows 10 version 1903 or newer and a GPU and driver that support Windows Graphics Capture and H.264 encoding. | Wisp runs on Windows 10 version 2004 (build 19041) or newer. |
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In their own words
GameHQ
GameHQ is a free Windows game-capture app built around controller navigation. It takes instant screenshots and keeps a configurable rolling buffer of recent gameplay, saving replay clips as MP4 files with system audio. Capture resolution reaches 4K. Screenshots can be PNG or JPEG, and a displayed frame from a recorded clip can also be saved. The in-game overlay lets users browse, play, favorite, reveal, and delete captures while a borderless game remains visible. Controller support includes DualSense over USB or Bluetooth, XInput, and app-local GameInput. The library can watch Steam, Game Bar, NVIDIA, and OBS folders, with a separate Playnite integration. Sharing works through Telegram Desktop, Discord, Discord channel webhooks, or the clipboard, without signing into Telegram or Discord through the app. GameHQ has no account, telemetry, background service, or game-process injection, according to its maker. It supports 16 interface languages and thirteen themes. It requires 64-bit Windows 10 version 1903 or newer plus compatible graphics capture and H.264 encoding support.
Wisp
Wisp is free Windows software for recording game clips from a rolling screen-and-audio buffer. It can buffer continuously or while a game runs, then save the recent footage in under a second after a hotkey press. Pressing the hotkey again while a clip is fresh chains another segment and marks the join. Kill detection uses official local APIs for League of Legends and CS2, with experimental on-screen detection for Valorant and Overwatch 2. Capture uses Windows Graphics Capture, with Desktop Duplication and GDI fallbacks, and hardware encoding on NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel GPUs. System audio and microphone input can be mixed independently, while Discord and similar voice chat can be isolated to another track. An optional voice trigger runs a bundled speech model locally without internet access. The browser shows thumbnails, duration, and file size, and supports playback, search, sorting, renaming, and deletion. Plugins can add themes, overlays, markers, export layers, and actions.