Best Screen Recording Tools for Creators 2026

Common questions

What frame rate should I record at?

Thirty is fine for anything with menus and typing. Sixty is worth it for motion: cursor-heavy demos, games, or scrolling. Higher rates cost file size and processing time, so match the content rather than the maximum the tool offers.

Why does my recording drift out of sync?

Usually because audio and video came from devices with slightly different clocks and the gap accumulates over a long take. Recording shorter segments avoids it, and tools that capture both through one pipeline avoid it by design.

Should I record the whole screen or a window?

A window, or a fixed region. Full-screen capture records at whatever resolution the monitor is, which then gets scaled down and softens text. Recording a region the size of your output keeps the pixels one to one, which is the difference between readable code and mush.