Changelog
All notable changes to ScreenKite are documented here.
0.9
LatestFebruary 25 – 27, 2026
New Features
- Device mockups to wrap your recordings in beautiful device frames
- Crop and resize your recording canvas after capturing
- Upscale recordings that are smaller than the project canvas
- App is now fully localized in French and Spanish
Improvements
- Redesigned inspector panel with improved layout and specialized modes
- Refined timeline with new track icons and smoother zoom controls
- Better guidance when camera or microphone permissions are missing
- Massive performance boost in the video editor for smoother playback and faster rendering
- More stable background processing and memory management
Bug Fixes
- Fixed audio sync issues in certain exported videos
- Project stays linked even if you rename its folder in Finder
0.8
February 20 – 24, 2026
New Features
- Zoom toolbar and smoother scrolling on the timeline
- Cursor overlay now scales automatically to match your display resolution
- Camera-only mode hides the cursor overlay automatically
- Low disk space warning before starting a recording
- Audio inspector for adjusting soundtracks and captions
Improvements
- Higher quality camera capture with improved rendering
- More accurate recording timer
Bug Fixes
- Renaming a project in Finder no longer breaks exports
- Cursor position stays accurate on long recordings
- Cursor overlay updates correctly after splitting or deleting clips
- Recording no longer fails when a window or display becomes unavailable
- Cancelling an iPhone recording during startup no longer causes errors
- Sound effects now appear on the correct track
- Window recording is more reliable with automatic recovery on failure
0.7
February 10 – 18, 2026
New Features
- iPhone device frames to wrap iOS recordings in realistic bezels with multiple color options
- Video overlay support with transparency for titles, lower thirds, and graphics
- Auto-zoom now triggers on mouse clicks in addition to movement
- Trim to Playhead shortcuts (⌥[ / ⌥])
- Drag zoom effects to reposition them on the timeline
- Fit to View shortcut (⇧Z)
- Social links (X, Threads, Discord) in the app and on the website
- Window recording now uses the area selector with tracked window support
- Import and merge other ScreenKite projects into your editor
- Smarter timeline ruler that adapts to your zoom level
Improvements
- Faster exports with smarter caching
- Redesigned audio waveforms with instant loading and disk caching
- Better audio normalization across multiple sources
- Smoother zoom-out animation
- Exported files automatically reveal in Finder
- Faster preview playback with frame caching
- Camera and device overlays no longer appear in screen captures
- Auto-zoom no longer creates excessively long effects at the end of recordings
Bug Fixes
- Fixed audio going out of sync after trimming the start of a recording
- Speed changes now correctly apply to audio and overlays
- Fixed desktop background flipping at zero corner radius
- Fixed export crashes with partially applied zoom effects
- Device frame settings now survive undo/redo
- Cancelling an iPhone recording via the trash button works again
- iPhone device frames render at the correct size and position
- Fixed overlay rendering issues with mixed video and overlay content
- Imported videos no longer appear upside down
- Audio from imported videos no longer has gaps or pops
- Undo history no longer gets lost after auto-save
- Fixed zoom effect clips creating duplicates when dragged into gaps
- Auto-zoom effects no longer overlap with existing effects
- Recording no longer crashes when the target window is closed
0.6
February 7 – 10, 2026
New Features
- Color grading controls in the editor
- Redesigned area selector with aspect ratio presets, saved dimensions, and ESC key support
- Recording area overlay with multi-monitor support
- New high-quality cursor designs with pixel-accurate positioning
- Desktop shadow behind recordings for a polished look
- Redesigned inspector panel with a cleaner, flat layout
- Accessibility permission prompt before recording starts
Improvements
- Completely rebuilt rendering engine for better performance and quality
- Faster, more reliable exports with a new processing pipeline
- Smoother preview playback with reduced flickering
- Better GPU performance and lower memory usage
- Improved motion blur and skin smoothing quality
- Wallpaper backgrounds now scale correctly to fit any aspect ratio
- Improved onboarding window design
- Recording controls repositioned to the bottom of the screen
Bug Fixes
- Fixed beauty filter hiding the camera layer
- Fixed onboarding window staying on top and text being cut off
- Fixed color swatches overlapping in the inspector
- Fixed area selector showing a gray background or black border
- Fixed videos appearing upside down in certain scenarios
- Fixed camera feed being delayed at the start of a recording
- Fixed exports stalling or freezing in some projects