ScreenApp lets you create watermark-free screen recordings. This feature lets you capture your full screen, specific screen windows, or tabs.

You can choose to record the screen, the webcam, or both simultaneously. Recordings can take place on Windows, MacOS, Chrome, and popular browsers.

With Hippo Video, you can:

• Capture your screen, webcam, audio, or a combination of the options.
• Choose to record your whole screen or your current browser tab.
• Record videos via the desktop app (Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook), web app, or Chrome extension.

You can easily distribute the recordings by generating a shareable link, which can be sent via email, social media platforms, or messaging apps.

ScreenApp allows users to set a password to protect data-sensitive recordings and an expiration date to prevent access after a certain date.

Hippo Video offers numerous options for sharing videos publicly and privately:

• Copy a video link and send to a recipient
• Send videos directly via email
• Copy an embed code to insert the video on other platforms
• Set a password to protect private videos
• Set an access expiry date for videos
• Share videos with team members to review them before sharing with prospects
• Create video folders and select users or groups to share them with

ScreenApp doesn’t have a native voice annotation feature.

Hippo Video doesn’t have a native voice annotation feature.

ScreenApp doesn’t allow users to leave comments on videos.

With Hippo Video, you can enable comments on your videos. Viewers can attach comments to the playhead to include a timecode.

ScreenApp uses AI to transcribe recordings and other uploaded videos. It identifies different speakers and ensures that the transcribed points are attributed to the right person.

The generated transcript is displayed beside the video, so you can easily follow what is being spoken. You can also search for particular information within the transcribed meeting.

Hippo Video does not generate video transcripts for viewers to read and search.

However, the tool can create a transcript for editing with AI. You can delete words from the transcript to automatically edit the video accordingly. When you add words, the tool will add text interludes on screen.

You can add captions to your recording through ScreenApp. Once the captions are automatically generated, you can manually edit or make changes to them as per your requirements. This feature supports multiple languages.

Hippo Video can generate subtitles for videos, or you can create and upload them yourself. You can also download the caption file in a .vvt or .srt format.

‍Note: Depending on your plan, you will have a limited number of subtitle credits available to you. Automated subtitles are available in 36 languages.

Hippo Video doesn’t offer a native feature for assigning videos to recipients to require a response.

However, Hippo Video users who select the Educator option during onboarding will have a feature that allows them to create assignments and share links with students that they can use to submit their work.

Hippo Video doesn’t offer a native feature for assigning videos to recipients to require a response.

However, Hippo Video users who select the Educator option during onboarding will have a feature that allows them to create assignments and share links with students that they can use to submit their work.

ScreenApp has no native reminders or deadline features.

Hippo Video doesn’t offer a native feature for setting response deadlines and automating reminders.

ScreenApp doesn’t offer a native team channels feature.

You can create groups for different teams or clients on Hippo Video and add members to them. This allows you to share videos, folders, and sales page templates with an entire group. If video commenting is enabled, groups can also asynchronously discuss content within a video or folder.

‍Note: Groups are only available in the Teams and Enterprise plans.

The premium version of ScreenApp lets you upload multiple videos onto its platform. Once uploaded, you can edit them through their editor and store them in folders.

You can import videos, images, and documents to Hippo Video from your local drive or Google Drive. You can edit, share, and track analytics for imported videos.

You can download videos in ScreenApp once you purchase any subscription plan.

If you have a paid plan, you can download videos from your Hippo Video library.

ScreenApp allows you to take screenshots.

Hippo Video doesn’t offer users the option to capture screenshots.

ScreenApp doesn’t offer a separate browser extension. However, it can be used in any browser.

Hippo Video offers a Chrome extension that lets you start video and screen recordings from your browser.

ScreenApp has a few features that utilize AI:

• Transcriptions: Their AI model analyzes the recording and automatically transcribes speech while identifying the speakers. The feature works for multiple languages.
• Notetaker: ScreenApp identifies the points in an audio or video recording and summarizes them under key headers along with their respective timestamps.
• ChatGPT Integration: You can ask the AI model questions about the video content to extract crucial information.‍
• Translation: ScreenApp can translate transcripts and captions into multiple languages.

Hippo Video doesn’t enable AI-generated video summaries or action items.

However, the tool does offer several AI features:

• Video details: Generate titles, descriptions, and chapters for videos
• Script Generator: Generate video scripts, that you can read off a teleprompter while recording
• AI Avatars: Convert text to video with realistic virtual presenters
• Humanize AI: Generate hundreds of personalized versions of your original video (E.g., adding prospect names)‍
• AI Editor: Edit a transcript of your video and let the AI make automatic edits to your video.

ScreenApp doesn’t offer an access control feature.

Hippo Video offers the following default user profiles:

• Standard Admin: Has access to all features, including branding, subscriptions, and user management.
• Standard User: Has permissions set by the admins. By default, this excludes branding, subscriptions, and user management.

You can also create custom user profiles and change their permissions.

When it comes to content permissions, an admin or owner of a video or folder can allow users or groups to be editors (with the ability to edit videos) or viewers (view-only access).

ScreenApp employs SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption to ensure your data remains confidential when transferring it from your device to its server.

Additionally, ScreenApp is governed by strict Australian privacy laws, making Screenapp accountable for protecting your data.

Hippo Video is a ISO/IEC 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified provider. They host customer data in a segmented Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure. They use TLS 1.2 encryption for data both in transit and at rest.

ScreenApp offers four pricing options:

• Starter: Free for one user, 1 transcription (with AI summary + notes) 
• Growth: $19/user/month or $15/user/month billed annually; includes everything in Starter plan + 30 AI-generated transcripts + video downloads.
• Business: $39/month or $27/month billed annually for five users; includes everything in the Professional plan + team roles & permissions.‍
• Enterprise: Contact sales for pricing; includes SSO SAML (Single Sign On Security Assertion Markup Language), API Integrations, and advanced customizations like group policies & rules.

Hippo Video offers four pricing plans:

• Free: Free forever; includes 50 videos/month, a 30-minute recording length, and 10 minutes of closed captions.
• Pro: $30/user/month or $20/user/month billed annually; includes unlimited video recordings, a one-hour recording limit, and 30 minutes of closed captions.
• Teams: $60/user/month or $75/user/month billed annually; includes a two-hour recording limit, 200 minutes of closed captions, and 50 personalized videos.‍
• Enterprise: $80/user/month billed annually; includes a minimum of 10 seats, a three-hour recording limit, unlimited captions, and role-based access controls.

ScreenApp is useful when analyzing large audio/video recordings such as an online lecture, team meeting, or focus group discussion.

It transcribes these recordings and also condenses the text into easy-to-read summaries and action points, saving you time.

However, the tool doesn’t offer features for collaborating with your team members.

Hippo Video offers a user-friendly way to create and share professional-looking sales and marketing videos. Its AI features, brand customization, CTAs, and analytics make this a great option for companies looking to connect with customers. It’s also well-suited for other use cases like education (E.g., teachers, coaches, etc.).

The website offers users a wealth of educational resources to learn more about the app — including how-to articles, a Q&A forum, videos, and more.

Another handy feature for making work easier is the customizable hotkeys for performing actions while recording (E.g., start/stop, pause/resume, and mouse emphasis).

That said, a few additional features (like meeting recording, AI summaries, screenshots, and transcription) would expand the tool's functionality and improve internal communication for businesses.

ScreenApp doesn’t have a demo, but you can use the free version of the app to see what it has to offer.

Hippo Video offers a seven-day free trial for its Pro and Teams plans. You can also contact sales to request a custom demo.