Comparison
Screen Studio is for showing your real app: record the screen and it adds zooms, motion and framing for you. Kinomo is for product videos you would rather build than record: your AI agent recreates the interface as animated HTML scenes that you can change at any time.
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Both are Mac apps for product videos. Screen Studio polishes a recording; Kinomo builds the video from scenes your agent writes.
Screen Studio switches a recording between 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16, one format at a time. Kinomo shows every format of a scene side by side, each laid out for its shape and at its own resolution, playing together while you edit. Export up to 4K in H.264, HEVC or ProRes.
Your agent builds each scene in HTML and CSS over MCP. When the copy, a price or a button changes, ask for the edit instead of recording the whole walkthrough again.
Cards, cursors, text and transitions are layers with animations you can retime by hand. Plan the story in the Storyboard, then add chapters, music and sound effects on the timeline.
Clients comment on a point in the frame, not just a moment in time. Comments come back into the project, and your agent can read them, see the frame and fix it.
Where Kinomo stands out
| Criterion | Kinomo | Screen Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Formats while you edit | Kinomo stands out: Every format of a scene side by side (16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5…), each at its own resolution, playing together on one timeline; edit them all at once or one at a time | One recording switches between 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16, one format at a time |
| Platform | Mac app, macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon | Mac app only, version 4.1 since October 21, 2026; macOS Ventura 13.1 or later recommended |
| How a video is made | Kinomo stands out: Your AI agent builds animated HTML scenes over MCP; no recording needed | Record your screen; zooms, cursor motion and framing are added automatically |
| Changing a video later | Kinomo stands out: Ask the agent, or edit the scene: text, layout and timing stay editable | Edit the recording on the timeline; new content needs a new recording |
| Review links | Private links with password and expiry; comments pinned on the frame return to the project | Private share links in 1080p60 for videos up to 30 minutes; viewers comment on the exact second |
| Export | Up to 4K in H.264, HEVC or ProRes | MP4 in 720p, 1080p or 4K at up to 60 fps, ProRes since version 4.1, and GIFs up to 1080p |
| Price | Kinomo stands out: Free during the beta | $9 a month billed yearly, or $29 month to month; every feature in every plan |
Sometimes a real recording is exactly what you need. Screen Studio is the better pick here.
You want to show the real thing. A recording proves the product works as shown, with no rebuilding.
You need it in the next ten minutes. Record, let the automatic zooms do the work, and share.
You talk to camera. Webcam, voice, transcription and noise reduction are built for narrated walkthroughs.
Your videos are long tutorials. Its share links handle videos up to 30 minutes.
Download the beta, connect your agent and ask it to turn your product into a first storyboard.
For animated product videos, yes, with a different approach: instead of recording your screen, your AI agent builds the scenes, which you can keep editing. You can also use both: a Screen Studio export can go into a Kinomo project as a video asset.
No. Kinomo builds scenes from HTML and CSS. You can bring images and videos into a project as assets.
Yes. Screen Studio is a Mac app, and Kinomo is a native Mac app for macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
Kinomo is free during the beta.
Last checked on November 8, 2026
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