A desktop webcam recorder that stays out of your way. Lossless or compressed, hardware-accelerated, and built so an accidental quit, a crash, or a full disk still leaves you with a playable file.
30-day money-back guarantee · instant license key · 3 devices per license
Built by people who got burned by recorders that quietly dropped a recording. This one won't.
Recordings write straight to a persistent timestamped file in a crash-survivable MP4 layout, and stops finalize cleanly. Quit, Cmd-Q, a hard crash, or a full disk all leave a playable file behind. Force-quit it mid-take and watch.
H.264 MP4 for everyday use, constant-quality H.265 with a quality slider, FFV1 (MKV) for mathematically lossless, and uncompressed raw MOV for pixel-for-pixel masters (~8 GB/min). Hardware encoding via VideoToolbox on Apple Silicon.
Stock ffmpeg on macOS silently drops 10-25% of mic audio. KeepTake bundles its own low-level capture helper, so the audio track comes out the same length as the video. It also picks your desk mic instead of following macOS to the iPhone Continuity mic.
Many Center Stage cameras default to square 1552x1552 video without telling you. KeepTake lists your camera's actual modes so you record the resolution you meant to, with optional CAS sharpening.
A second tab batch-compresses your library: hardware H.265, software x265, or AV1 for the smallest files. Safe-delete checks the new file plays before it touches the original, and originals go to the Trash rather than being deleted outright.
A live disk-space monitor warns you early and auto-stops the recording safely before the volume fills. Optional auto-split into 5, 10, 15, or 30 minute segments keeps multi-hour sessions manageable.
Checkout is instant. Your license key appears right after payment, and you download the installer for macOS or Windows.
Launch the app, paste your key once, and it activates this device against your license.
Pick your webcam, format, and resolution, then capture a take you can't accidentally lose.
No subscription. Buy once, use it forever, on up to 3 of your computers.
Secure checkout by Polar, our merchant of record. Cards, Apple Pay & more. Tax handled at checkout.
Every purchase is covered by a no-questions-asked 30-day money-back guarantee. If it's not for you, ask for a refund within 30 days and we'll return your money in full.
Your purchase includes 1 year of free updates. After that, the version you have keeps working forever - and if you want the newest features, you can renew for another year of updates for $15. Renewing keeps your same license key; just use the email you bought with.
Your license key is shown right after checkout (and emailed to you). Launch the app, paste the key once, and it activates that computer against our license server. You can activate up to 3 devices, and deactivate one any time to free a slot for a new machine.
No. KeepTake records camera devices only: your built-in webcam, a USB webcam, or an iPhone over Continuity Camera. There is no screen capture, no window capture, and no compositing the two together. If that's what you need, OBS or your OS's built-in screen recorder is the better tool.
macOS 11 or later (built for Apple Silicon) and Windows 10/11. One license covers both - install on whatever mix of computers you use, up to your device limit. See the download page for details.
Only occasionally. The app verifies your license over the internet now and then; between checks it works fully offline for 7 days. You don't need a constant connection to record, and your recordings never leave your computer.
Yes - your purchase includes free updates for the life of the product. Re-download the latest installer from the download page any time.
No problem - tell us the address you bought with and we'll resend it.
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