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Screen Studio vs Framy: When You Only Need the Frame
Co-founder, Framy
Screen Studio vs Framy — a paid macOS recorder against a free browser iPhone frame tool. See which you need when the recording is already done.
Screen Studio is a great screen recorder — but it's a paid macOS app, and if all you want is to drop a recording into an iPhone frame, it's more than the job needs. This is an honest Screen Studio vs Framy comparison for exactly that case: you already have the recording, you just want it framed and exported clean.
What Screen Studio is for
Screen Studio is a professional screen recorder for macOS with automatic zoom, smooth cursor motion, and polished export. If you record demos constantly and want that motion-design polish baked in, it earns its price. It also targets iphone frame as a feature — but the frame is one part of a much bigger, download-and-pay tool.
Where Framy fits instead
Framy does one thing: it puts a screen recording (or a photo) inside a real iPhone frame in your browser. No download, no macOS requirement, free during early access, and no watermark on the export. You upload, pick from 35 iPhone models, choose the ratio, and export High quality MP4. If you just need to put a video in an iPhone mockup, that's the whole job.
If you already recorded your clip — with QuickTime, the iOS recorder, the simulator, anything — Framy is the finishing step, not a whole new app to learn.
Side-by-side
| Screen Studio | Framy | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | macOS app (download) | Browser, any OS |
| Core strength | Recording + motion polish | Device frame on an existing clip |
| Price | Paid | Free now; pay-per-pack later, no subscription |
| Watermark | No | No |
| iPhone frame | One feature among many | The whole product |
| Export | MP4 | High quality MP4 |
Positioning at time of writing — check both pages before deciding.
When to pick which
- Pick Screen Studio if you want a top-tier recorder with automatic zoom and cursor smoothing, you're on macOS, and you'll use it often enough to justify the cost.
- Pick Framy if you're on Windows or a Chromebook, you already have the recording, or you just need the frame step done fast and free without installing anything.
How to frame a clip in the browser
- Open the Framy editor
- Drop in your existing screen recording
- Pick the iPhone model that matches your audience
- Set the ratio — 9:16 for social and App Store, 16:9 for web
- Export a clean MP4, no watermark
Bottom line
Screen Studio is a recorder; Framy is a framer. If the frame is the only thing you were reaching for, you don't need a paid Mac app to get it. Record however you like, then frame it free in the browser.
Next steps
Frame your recording in the free iPhone mockup tool, see the full comparison on the Screen Studio alternative page, or read How to Record Your iPhone Screen on a Mac. More on the Framy blog.