I'd like to share a tool I built and explain why I decided to do this in the first place.

I have been using ScreenStudio to record cool demo videos for some time already, buying and cancelling my subscription, forgetting to cancel sometimes for months.

Then I just got enough. I mean, I love it, but my god, why do I need a subscription for something I download once? Even though I'm building tools with monthly subscriptions, and know that it's way better to have MRR numbers, they look somewhat predictable. But do we really need a subscription for a video recorder?

If I don't upload my video to your servers, I cost you $0/mo.

That's why I wanted to build my own alternative for a while now.

Today I have it, it's called AfterCut. https://aftercut.studio/ $29 one time purchase, and it's yours forever. It uses Polar servers to validate the license key, so you should not be afraid that my servers will just go down and break your app.

It has features like dynamic smart zoom, automatic captions generation, manual captions, backgrounds, webcam styling, and many more.

I know that ScreenStudio started with one time purchase pricing model, but then they got greedy and changed that. While I still see some sense in an optional subscription if you want to use some cloud features, the software you buy must be yours.

Feel free to share your thoughts. It's still a bit buggy, but I'm going to drop some fixes and more features soon.