Best alternatives to Live Screen Recorder (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Live Screen Recorder, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Live Screen Recorder alternatives, compared
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Screen Recorder for Google Chrome™
Screen Recorder is a software that allows you to capture and record your computer screen right in the browser!
≈600K users4.2★ from 18.1K ratingsUpdated 3 months ago3 permissions- About 20× more users than Live Screen Recorder
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 8)
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Screen Recorder
Record your computer's screen with just one click!
≈300K users3.1★ from 311 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago3 permissions- About 10× more users than Live Screen Recorder
- Rated 1.1 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 8)
- Listed under Tools
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Screen Recorder
Record a video from the camera or capture it from the screen (desktop, specific application window or browser tab)
≈2M users3.8★ from 1.9K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 67× more users than Live Screen Recorder
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 8)
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Snap Screen Recorder
Enhance Your Productivity with This Screen Recording Browser Extension
≈5K users4.7★ from 34 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago8 permissions- About 6.0× fewer users than Live Screen Recorder
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Updated less recently
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Free Screen Recorder
Record screen along with audio and making the recording downloadable
≈20K users3.4★ from 29 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 1.5× fewer users than Live Screen Recorder
- Rated 0.8 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 8)
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Screen Recorder
Free Simple tool for high quality video capturing from Tab, Area of the page and full Screen, with Mic, Webcam and System audio
≈400K users3.7★ from 1.1K ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 13× more users than Live Screen Recorder
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 8)
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Real Screen Recorder
Real Screen Recorder records the screen and webcam with audio.
≈20K users4.4★ from 24 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago2 permissions- About 1.5× fewer users than Live Screen Recorder
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 8)
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Screen Recorder
Screen recording for active tab and app that download screen video in mp4
≈4K users4.6★ from 20 ratingsUpdated 14 months ago5 permissions- About 7.5× fewer users than Live Screen Recorder
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 8)
- Listed under Accessibility
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Screen Recorder
Screen recorder - simple, tiny, user-friendly and full-featured!
≈1K users4.5★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago3 permissions- About 30× fewer users than Live Screen Recorder
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 8)
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Amazing Screen Recorder
Record Your Screen for Free with Amazing Screen Recorder - The Ultimate Tool for Content Creators!
≈20K users4.0★ from 40 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago8 permissions- About 1.5× fewer users than Live Screen Recorder
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Updated less recently
Live Screen Recorder alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Live Screen Recorder?
By users, the most popular alternative is Screen Recorder with ≈2M users and a 3.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Screen Recorder for Google Chrome™.
Which Live Screen Recorder alternative has the best rating?
Screen Recorder for Google Chrome™ has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 18.1K ratings.
Is there a Live Screen Recorder alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Screen Recorder asks for 0 permissions, against 8 for Live Screen Recorder.
How many alternatives to Live Screen Recorder are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Live Screen Recorder on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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