5 Best Screencast Tools that are Totally Free

1. Smartpixel

Pros:

• Optimizes disk space
• Picture-in-picture
• Mobile version
• Editing: Clipping, merging, dubbing, and adding subtitles

Cons:

• Trial time
• Watermark
• Cannot modify definition setting

2. Activepresenter

Pros:

• Light-weight
• No time limit & watermark
• Export: MP4, FLY, AVI, WMV, WebM & MKV
• Editing: Cut, Crop, Join, Change Volume, Speed up, Slow Down, Blur Add subtitle /annotations.

Cons:

• No direct online publishing

3. TinyTake

Pros:

• User-friendly
• Direct export to social media sites
• Export: MP4, FLY, AVI, WMV & MKV
• Editing features: Add annotations

Cons:

• 5 minute limit time
• Storage constraint 2GB
• Ads/promotion banner
• Lack editing features

4. Screenflow

Pros:

• Features-rich
• Export to multiple formats including GIF
• Multi-functional

Cons:

• Watermark
• Limited trial time
• Heavy-sized
• For Macbook users only

5. iSpring Freecam

Pros:

• No time limit & watermark
• Simple to use
• Ad-free
• Editing features: Cut, Trim, Remove noise, Adjust Volume

Cons:

• No webcam recording
• Save as WMV format only