6 alternativesGifox: Free to start
The best Gifox alternatives
For most people the best alternative to Gifox is CleanShot X, and the best free one is Cap.
CleanShot XPick it if you take screenshots and record short how-to clips every day and want 1 tool for both.$35 onceCompare at a glance
Gifox is highlighted, so you can see what you give up and what you gain.
| App | Price | How you pay | Mac | iPhone | iPad | App Store | Developer | Setapp | Rating |
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 Gifox | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | Too few ratings | ||||||
| CleanShot X | $35 once | Pay once | Too few ratings | ||||||
 Cap | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | Too few ratings | ||||||
 Screen Studio | From $9 | Subscription | Too few ratings | ||||||
 Audio Hijack | $69 once | Pay once | Too few ratings | ||||||
 Loom | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | 4.8 | ||||||
 Smooth Recorder | $69 once | Pay once | Too few ratings |
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The alternatives, in order
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Pick it if you take screenshots and record short how-to clips every day and want 1 tool for both.
Scrolling captures, blurring, text grabbing and polished screen recordings, all from 1 overlay after each shot.
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Pick it if you want Loom-style share links for free and like that the code is open source.
An open source Loom alternative that copies a share link the second you stop recording, free for personal use.
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Pick this if you publish product demos or course videos and want them zoomed and smoothed without a video editor.
Screen recordings that come out zoomed, smoothed and framed like an edited demo, with no timeline editing needed.
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Pick it if you record podcasts, calls or app audio on your Mac and want one tool that captures all of it.
Record any app or mic on your Mac, $69 once.
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Pick it if your team already shares Loom videos, or you need to record from an iPhone or iPad too.
Record your screen and face, then paste a link instead of writing a long email or booking a meeting.
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Pick it if you record product demos or tutorials and want them to look edited without opening an editor.
Auto-zoom, a smooth cursor and on-device captions for screen recordings, sold once instead of by the month.
When Gifox is still the right pick
You send short demos or bug reports and want them as GIFs that play inside Slack or email.
Gifox prices and verdictFree to start