Top 5 free screen recording softwares for PC

Finding a great screen recording tool is essential for many businesses.  Most of their action happens on the desktop screen. Sometimes, it is necessary to share it with other people such as  employee or client. A free screen recorder is just what you need if you are looking to make a video of what’s happening in your computer screen.

To help you find the best screen recorder, we have created a list of best 5 screen recorders that are free and you can record your desktop screen and system audio. We took information about each screen recorder from their official sites. We gathered these screen recorder based on independent reviews and tested each tool ourselves.

List of 5 best screen recorder

1. OBS studio 

OBS studio is the best screen capture software, if you are a keen gamer. It supports both recording and streaming in high definition, with no restriction in length. You can stream your gameplay live on YouTube or twitch, save project and come back to them later, or save it locally. 

Image masking, colour collection and other visual filter are provided along with high grade audio mixer. It allows you to integrate other video and image into your recording as well as capture user defined section of screen. The only downside of this screen recorder is it takes a little while to setup exactly how you want but it is far the best and most powerful screen recorder. It is available on

• Window

• Linux

• Mac

2. ShareX 

 ShareX screen recorder is completely free and open source screen recording tool for capturing screens grab and  recording videos. You can save your recording as a GIF rather than a video file, which is extremely helpful while sharing to the forums and social media.

Another best feature of this screen recorder is the ability to send your captures grabs and videos directly to file – sharing  and social media site. There are no watermark and time limit of video to worry about. Unfortunately, it doesn’t support recording from game running in fullscreen. It’s only downside is the unintuitive interface. This screen recorder is suitable for all except gamers. It is only available for window.

3. ScreenRec

If you are looking for the easiest and quickest way to capture your computer screen and share the recording to other, ScreenRec is best screen recording tool for you. It also has very useful feature of instant private and secure cloud sharing. This is among the favourite choice for companies who are concerned about the security of their information.

You can record your computer screen in HD and screenshots can be captured. There are no ads and no restriction on the length of the video. The video can be saved on .mp4 format which can be played on any device. Video editing and webcam recording feature is not available in this tool. This screen recorder is supported on

• Window

• Mac 

• Linux

4. Flashback express

Flashback express is another feature packed screen recorder that’s suitable for capturing footage from your webcam and recording your gameplay. It is a free version of paid program, there is no ugly watermark, ads and time limitation.

You can record full screen, a window, selected area or a webcam. You can easily edit your recording and export it YouTube or in your pc. It has a well designed interface and inbuilt video editor which makes it more impressive. Another good thing is You can easily choose different output format for videos.

5. Ice cream screen recorder

Ice cream screen recorder is another powerful screen recording software that supports more than 50 languages. It is provided with the integrated drawing panel where you can add an annotation, different shapes, arrows, outline and many other thing to your video. 

Ice cream screen recorder offers a lot more in its paid version. You can add a custom watermark to your video, schedule recording, hot keys, live zoom and trim video. It is compatible with

• Window

• Mac

These are the top 5 free screen recorder for pc that team neptechpal recommends. If you are already using any of the above screen recorder, please drop your experience along with the name of recorder on the comment below.