$79 once, yours to keep
One license covers up to 3 Macs and every update to version 1. Prefer a smaller upfront commitment? Subscribe for $24/year and cancel whenever you like.
No mandatory subscription
Automatic zoom screen recording, without another monthly bill.
Most screen recorders with automatic zoom have moved to subscription-only pricing or per-minute cloud transcription fees. Ocelo is a native 5.5 MB macOS app you can buy outright for $79 — or use free at 720p with zero watermarks.
macOS 15 (Sequoia)+ · Apple silicon · 5.5 MB download · Every feature. Clean 720p exports up to 60 seconds.
Zero cloud processing fees
Voice isolation (`AUSoundIsolation`), speech-to-caption transcription (`SpeechAnalyzer`), and content-tracking privacy blur (`Vision`) run 100% on your Apple silicon Mac. Nothing is metered by the minute.
Free tier with no watermark
Try every single feature on real work before paying a cent. Export clean 720p videos up to 60 seconds with no watermark and no account required.
How it compares
Designed for macOS, not a cloud dashboard.
| What matters | Ocelo | Typical cloud / Electron recorder |
|---|---|---|
| Ownership model | $79 one-time purchase (or $24/yr) | Recurring subscription required to keep exporting |
| Free tier | Every feature unlocked, clean 720p export up to 60s | Watermarked exports or 7-day credit-card trial |
| Captions & voice cleanup | Unlimited, offline on your Mac | Cloud credits or upper-tier subscription add-on |
| App footprint | 5.5 MB native SwiftUI + ScreenCaptureKit | 250 MB–600 MB Electron bundle |
Pricing
Pay once, or pay a little each year.
Both give you the same app with nothing held back. Tax is handled by Polar, our merchant of record, and shown before you pay.
Best value
$79once
Yours to keep. No renewal.
Buy it outright- Every feature — there is no upper tier
- Up to 3 Macs
- Captions generated on your Mac, no per-minute charge
- Full-resolution exports with no duration limit
- Works offline
- Every update to version 1
$24a year
Cancel whenever you like.
Subscribe yearly- Every feature — there is no upper tier
- Up to 3 Macs
- Captions generated on your Mac, no per-minute charge
- Full-resolution exports with no duration limit
- Works offline
- Updates for as long as you subscribe
Free, and it doesn't expire
Every feature, on your real work, for as long as you like. Export clean 720p videos up to 60 seconds — record as long as you want and cut it down. Nothing else is held back: no feature is greyed out and there is nothing to sign up for.
Questions
Straight answers.
Does the one-time purchase include every feature?
Yes. There is no Pro or Team tier above it. Automatic zooms, presenter scenes, on-device captions, voice cleanup, content-tracking privacy regions, 4K 60fps export, and the headless CLI are all included.
What happens if I just use the free version?
You get every feature in the editor and recorder with no expiration date. Free exports are capped at 720p and 60 seconds, with no watermark stamped on your footage.
How many Macs can I activate with one license?
Up to 3 Macs per license, managed anytime through the Polar customer portal.
More workflows
Headless CLI & Agent Skill
Let your AI agent film the feature it just shipped.
Drive macOS window recordings from Claude Code, Cursor, Antigravity, or shell scripts. Ocelo ships a headless CLI (`--record --json`) that turns storyboards into zoomed, captioned MP4s.
Launch & Feature VideosLaunch videos that look like you hired a motion studio.
Turn a raw macOS window recording into a launch-ready product video. Critically damped automatic zooms, physical shutter motion blur, presenter scenes, and on-device captions.
Pull Requests & DocumentationShow the diff in motion, right from your menu bar.
Capture a single macOS window from your menu bar, redact API keys with content-tracking privacy blur, and export tight MP4s or GIFs ready to paste into GitHub PRs and READMEs.
3.8 MB · SwiftUI · Zero ElectronBuilt with macOS frameworks, not a bundled browser.
Ocelo is a 5.5 MB native macOS screen recorder built with SwiftUI, ScreenCaptureKit, Core Image, and AVFoundation. No Electron, no background telemetry, and no Accessibility keystroke tap.