Everything you need to write about ScreenBuddy.
Screenshots at full resolution, a silent demo reel, the app icon, and boilerplate at four lengths. All of it is cleared for editorial use — take what you need without emailing first.
ZIP · 2.4 MB · v1.6.0 · updated 5 August 2026
Fast facts
Everything on this list is checkable against the app or the changelog.
- Name
- ScreenBuddy
- Category
- Screen recorder and video editor
- Platforms
- macOS 12+ · Windows 10+ (64-bit)
- Version
- 1.6.0 · 29 July 2026
- Price
- One-time — $29.99 founder, $49 standard
- Subscription
- None. Future updates included.
- Trial
- Record, edit and preview free; licence to export
- Privacy
- Recordings never leave the device
- Founder
- Jiabin Shen · Canada
- Launched
- February 2026
- Website
- screenbuddy.xyz
- Press contact
- screenbuddyservice@gmail.com
Copy you can lift
Four lengths, because the useful one depends on your word budget. Click to copy; edit freely afterwards.
One-liner
Directory listing, a post
A macOS screen recorder that directs attention automatically: auto-zoom, spotlight, captions.
Short
Newsletter blurb, roundup entry
ScreenBuddy is a screen recorder and editor for macOS and Windows. It reads your click track and zooms to each one automatically — 1.25× to 5×, no keyframing — then adds spotlight, captions and a device frame. Recording and editing stay on your device.
Standard
News brief, review intro
ScreenBuddy is a screen recorder and editor for macOS 12+ and Windows 10+. Where most recorders hand you a raw capture, ScreenBuddy reads the click track and generates the zooms for you — 1.25× to 5×, smoothly interpolated, with no manual keyframing. The same editor adds spotlight and lightbox focus effects, local AI captions, real macOS cursor artwork, 18 backdrops, and a three.js MacBook frame you can orbit in 3D. Everything renders on your machine. A one-time licence starts at $29.99 with no subscription. Future updates are included in the current offer.
Long
Feature piece, "about the app" section
ScreenBuddy is a screen recorder and editor for macOS 12+ and Windows 10+, built by solo developer Jiabin Shen and launched in February 2026. It targets a specific problem: a raw screen capture makes the viewer hunt for what matters, and fixing that by hand in a general video editor takes longer than the recording did. ScreenBuddy reads the click track and generates the zooms automatically — 1.25× to 5×, smoothly interpolated, with no keyframes to place. From there the same editor layers spotlight and lightbox focus effects, local AI captions, annotations, real macOS cursor artwork rasterised at 8× so it stays sharp under magnification, 18 backdrops, seven aspect ratios, and a three.js MacBook frame that can be orbited in 3D. Capture, edit, preview and export all run on the machine; recordings never leave it. The network is used only for licence activation and update checks. A one-time licence starts at $29.99, with no subscription. Future updates are included in the current offer.
Four things worth checking
The claims a reviewer would most reasonably want to test, stated plainly so you can hold the app to them.
Zooms are generated, not placed
ScreenBuddy reads the click track and interpolates between moves, 1.25× to 5×. There is no keyframe to drag — though the timeline exposes every generated zoom if you want to adjust one.
Nothing is uploaded
Capture, edit, preview and export all run locally. The network is used for licence activation and update checks only. There is no cloud hosting and no viewer analytics.
One-time price
$29.99 founder licence, $49 standard. Future updates are included in the current offer. There is no monthly or annual tier.
Real cursors, not drawn ones
The native cursor style renders the operating system's actual cursor artwork, extracted at runtime and rasterised at 8×, so it stays sharp at 5× zoom.
Screenshots
Every image links to its full-resolution original. Dimensions are native — nothing here is upscaled.
The editor
3644×2174 · 466 KBCrop tool active. The bookmark bar inside the recorded content is blurred; nothing else is retouched.
Keyframe timeline
3498×564 · 108 KBThree generated 1.8× zooms above a 3D tilt track, with the export controls.
Control panel
782×2044 · 119 KBAspect ratio, backdrop, device frame and render settings in one column.
Auto-zoom
2496×1404 · 151 KBZoomed to a clicked cell in a spreadsheet, generated from the click track.
Backdrop — image
2382×1338 · 208 KBOne of 18 presets. Custom uploads are supported.
Backdrop — gradient
2382×1338 · 190 KBThe same recording on a different backdrop.
Backdrop — solid
2382×1338 · 169 KBA flat colour, with the drop shadow and corner radius kept.
Backdrop — dark
2382×1338 · 163 KBA darker preset, for placing on a dark page.
Annotations
3392×1908 · 186 KBText placed on the canvas beside the recording.
Footage
A silent reel with no captions or voiceover, so it cuts into a video review without fighting your edit.
Icon
Use the icon as shipped. Please don't recolour or rebuild it.
PNG · 512×512 · transparent
Download iconTerms
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Yes
Use these images and this footage in articles, reviews, videos, newsletters and roundups. Crop and scale as your layout needs. Quote any of the copy above verbatim or edited.
No
Don't alter the ScreenBuddy interface or icon, imply an endorsement or partnership that doesn't exist, or use the name or icon as your own branding.
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