clackyClacky vs Screen Studio
Screen Studio is a full screen recording editor: you record, then add zooms, cursor effects and click sounds in the editor.
Clacky plays click sounds and draws ripples live, as you click, in any app, so they are in your recording already, and it costs much less.
Clacky is the cozy companion for making things on your Mac. Click, scroll and keyboard sounds with a ripple on every click, a Studio that records your screen, captions and cuts, quick screenshots, and Clackyland, a little harbour town that grows while you work. 7 days free with no card, then $4.99 a month or $19.99 once.
Why Clacky wins
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Clicks you can hear and see
37 click sounds with their own press and release, 8 scroll styles, 29 keyboard sounds, plus double-click, long press and drag, and a ripple under the cursor on every click. Keyboard sounds never record which keys are typed.
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A recorder that keeps your clicks
Record the whole screen, one window or an area, with your Mac’s sound, your clicks and ripples right in the video. Pause when you need to, stop from the notch. Recordings stay on your Mac.
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Captions and quick edits
Captions are made on your Mac, word by word. Split, speed up, trim and crop in the clips lane, then make it 9:16 with the captions out of the way.
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Screenshots, done right
A screenshot editor, Scrolling Capture for whole pages, and Grab Text to copy text from anything on your screen.
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Clackyland
Using Clacky bakes cookies. Spend them in a little harbour town, unlock achievements, open the daily treat and visit your friends. The fun part, never in your way.
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Simple to buy
$4.99 a month or $19.99 once, with every feature either way. 7 days free with no card and no account, the app in 14 languages, on 2 Macs, and a real person answers your email.
| Clacky | Screen Studio | |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial on your Mac | Yes7 days, no card, no account | Not stated |
| Price | Yes$4.99/month, or $19.99 once | Yes$29/mo, or $9/mo billed yearly |
| Mouse & trackpad click sounds | Yes37 sounds, press and release | YesAdded in the editor, after recording |
| Double-click, long press & drag sounds | Yes | Not stated |
| Scroll sounds | Yes8 styles | Not stated |
| Keyboard sounds | Yes29 sounds | Not stated |
| Click ripple on screen | Yes | YesCircle or ripple, in the editor |
| Built-in screen recorder | YesClicks and ripples in the video | Yes |
| Video editor | YesStudio, with a clips lane | YesFull editor: auto zoom, transcript editing, captions |
| Screenshot editor | YesPlus Scrolling Capture | Not stated |
| Auto captions | YesMade on your Mac | YesFrom what you say |
| Quick edits: trim, split, speed | YesSplit, speed, trim, crop, 9:16 | YesTrim, cut, speed up |
| Copy text from the screen | Yes | Not stated |
| A companion character | Yes | Not stated |
| Notch with quick controls | Yes | Not stated |
| Demo mode for filming | Yes | Not stated |
| Interface sounds | Yes | Not stated |
| Sounds only in apps you pick | Yes | Not stated |
| Sounds only in headphones | Yes | Not stated |
| App languages | Yes14 | Not stated |
| Every update included | Yes | Not stated |
| Real human support | YesFrom the maker | YesEmail and a Telegram group |
| Needs | YesmacOS 13+ (recorder 15, screenshots 14) | YesmacOS 13.1+ (recommended) |
| Refunds | YesBy email, through Polar | Not stated |
Where Screen Studio is better: Screen Studio is a full recording editor: automatic and manual zooms, a smoothed cursor, webcam layouts, editing by transcript and captions. It also records iPhone and iPad over USB, exports up to 4K at 60 fps and makes share links.
Sources
- Screen Studio: screen.studio
- Screen Studio: screen.studio/guide/mouse-click-sound
Checked on 2026-10-14 from each app’s own website or App Store page. “Not stated” means we couldn’t find it there, not that it’s missing. Apps change: check their page before you buy.
See for yourself
Try everything free for 7 days on your Mac: no card, no account, it starts when you first open the app. Or hear every sound right here first.
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