Kooha vs ScreenPal

Kooha is a free Linux desktop screen recorder with a minimal interface. It records a full monitor or a selected portion of the screen and can capture microphone audio, desktop audio, or both together. Recordings can be saved as WebM, MP4, GIF, or Matroska files. Users can configure the save location, pointer visibility, frame rate, and recording delay. Kooha requires PipeWire, its GStreamer plugin, and xdg-desktop-portal with a portal backend such as GTK, KDE, or wlroots. Flatpak is officially supported, while third-party packages are not officially supported by the developer. Hardware-accelerated encoding is experimental and disabled by default because of stability and performance concerns. Experimental capture can target a specific window or multiple monitors or windows, with possible flickering and stability issues. The project is licensed under GPL-3.0 and points users to GitHub issues for support.

ScreenPal records, edits, hosts, and shares video across Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and Chromebook. It can capture webcam video, system audio, and microphone audio, with webcam overlay and video quality up to 4K. The free plan includes recording, editing, sharing, and hosting; each recording can run up to 15 minutes. Its listed Free plan includes 10 hosted videos and five video quizzes, and a download can be started without an account. Paid plans start at $4/user/mo (annual). Deluxe includes unlimited recording and hosting, a full editor, interactive storyboards, AI speech-to-text captions, and standard stock media. Max adds AI tools such as transcription, summaries, translation, and voiceovers, plus premium stock assets and unlimited quizzes and polls. Interactive content can include buttons, quizzes, ratings, polls, comments, and reporting. ScreenPal offers secure cloud hosting and privacy controls, integrations with tools and learning management systems, and developer integrations through Solution Builder and its API. Team Business includes SSO, including SAML, and requires at least three creators.