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# Clacky 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 cute companion for your Mac.** Satisfying click, scroll and keyboard sounds, a ripple on every click, a screen recorder, a screenshot editor and your own little blip, all in one menu-bar app. Free for 7 days, no card.

[Try free for 7 days](https://clacky.app/try/)

## Why Clacky wins

-   ![](https://clacky.app/videos/loop-poster.jpg)
    
    ### 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.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/videos/recorder-demo-poster.jpg)
    
    ### A recorder that keeps your clicks
    
    Record the whole screen or an area, with your click sounds and ripples right in the video. No editing afterwards.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/videos/v25/studio.webp)
    
    ### Demo Studio
    
    Press Edit in Studio after a take: pauses are cut, clicks get a zoom, captions light up word by word, and one switch makes it 9:16.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/videos/v25/scrolling-capture.webp)
    
    ### Screenshots, done right
    
    A screenshot editor, Scrolling Capture for whole pages, and Grab Text to copy text from anything on your screen.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/videos/v25/blips.webp)
    
    ### Your own blip
    
    A little character with a name and a look of its own that grows as you use Clacky, with goals and cards to share.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/img/try/dashboard-light-1200.webp)
    
    ### One app, many tools
    
    The notch with quick controls, Demo mode for filming, Mac health and more, all from one tidy menu-bar app.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/img/try/settings-720.webp)
    
    ### Sounds your way
    
    Play sounds only in your headphones, or only in the apps you pick. Soft interface sounds you can switch off in one click.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/img/try/presets-light-880.webp)
    
    ### Try it, then keep getting more
    
    7 days free on your own Mac, the app in 14 languages, every update included, and a real person answers your email.
    

Clacky

Screen Studio

Free trial on your Mac

✓Yes7 days, no card

–Not stated

Price

✓Yes$4.99/mo, $39/yr or $69 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 with captions

✓YesDemo Studio (beta)

✓YesFull editor: auto zoom, transcript editing, captions

Screenshot editor

✓YesPlus Scrolling Capture

–Not stated

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+ (some tools 14 or 15)

✓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](https://screen.studio)
-   Screen Studio: [screen.studio/guide/mouse-click-sound](https://screen.studio/guide/mouse-click-sound)

Checked on 2026-10-11 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

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[Try free for 7 days](https://clacky.app/try/)[All sounds](https://clacky.app/sounds/)

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-   [Clacky vs Mouse Click SoundClick and scroll sounds with a ripple. Clacky adds keyboard sounds, a recorder, screenshots and more.See how Clacky compares →](https://clacky.app/vs/mouse-click-sound/)
-   [Clacky vs CursorFlowCursor trails and click ripples with a click sound. Clacky adds many more sounds, a recorder and more.See how Clacky compares →](https://clacky.app/vs/cursorflow/)
