Tau vs Screen Studio
Screen recorder for product demos · $29/month or $108/year (subscription)
prices and features checked October 2026
Screen Studio creates beautifully smooth screen recordings with automatic zoom and cursor effects — built for product demos and marketing videos, not timelapse.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Tau | Screen Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Native timelapse (frame intervals) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Screen recording | ✓ | ✓ |
| Camera recording | ✓ | ✓ |
| Screen + camera simultaneously | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in timelapse editor | ✓ | ✗ |
| Timer overlays | ✓ | ✗ |
| Export to GIF / WEBM | ✓ | ~ |
| Windows support | ✓ | ✗ |
| One-time payment | ✓ | ✗ |
| Automatic cursor/zoom effects | ✗ | ✓ |
| Polished demo-video presets | ✗ | ✓ |
Choose Tau if
You want to capture your process as a timelapse — coding, design, art — on Mac or Windows, at a fraction of the price.
Get Tau →Choose Screen Studio if
You're making a polished product demo or marketing video that needs automatic zoom and cursor effects.
Where Screen Studio excels
- ✓Stunning automatic cursor and zoom effects
- ✓Great for polished product demo videos
- ✓Clean, minimal recording workflow
- ✓Background and frame styling presets
Where Screen Studio falls short for timelapse
- ✗macOS only
- ✗No frame interval recording — it's full-rate video at high quality
- ✗No timelapse-specific editing or timer overlays
- ✗Not designed for multi-hour capture sessions
- ✗Subscription only: $29/month or $108/year
- ✗No WEBM export
Ready to make better timelapses?
One-time payment. Free updates. macOS and Windows.
Get Tau — $16.99€14.99