Best alternatives to Simple Screen Recorder (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Simple 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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Simple Screen Recorder alternatives, compared
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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 400× more users than Simple Screen Recorder
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
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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 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 80× more users than Simple Screen Recorder
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 4)
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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!
≈700K users4.3★ from 18.1K ratingsUpdated 4 months ago3 permissions- About 140× more users than Simple Screen Recorder
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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Screen Recorder
Record your computer's screen with just one click!
≈300K users2.6★ from 311 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago3 permissions- About 60× more users than Simple Screen Recorder
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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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 15 months ago5 permissions- A similar number of users to Simple Screen Recorder
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
- Listed under Accessibility
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Screen Recorder
Screen recorder - simple, tiny, user-friendly and full-featured!
≈1K users4.5★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago3 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Simple Screen Recorder
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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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 4.0× more users than Simple Screen Recorder
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
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Snap Screen Recorder
Enhance Your Productivity with This Screen Recording Browser Extension
≈5K users4.7★ from 34 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago8 permissions- A similar number of users to Simple Screen Recorder
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
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Live Screen Recorder
Effortlessly Record Your Screen with the Live Screen Recorder Browser Extension
≈30K users4.2★ from 54 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago8 permissions- About 6.0× more users than Simple Screen Recorder
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
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Google Vids Screen Recorder
A simple way to capture your screen and share your ideas using Google Vids.
≈300K users4.5★ from 54 ratingsUpdated 5 days ago5 permissions- About 60× more users than Simple Screen Recorder
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
- Listed under Communication
Simple Screen Recorder alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Simple 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.
Which Simple Screen Recorder alternative has the best rating?
Google Vids Screen Recorder has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 54 ratings.
Is there a Simple Screen Recorder alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Screen Recorder asks for 0 permissions, against 4 for Simple Screen Recorder.
How many alternatives to Simple Screen Recorder are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Simple Screen Recorder on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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