Video Highlight vs ScreenApp
ScreenApp captures your screen, your voice and your meetings. Video Highlight is for video you learn from: YouTube videos, courses, webinars, talks and your own video files, turned into notes with pictures of the screen and a time on every point.
ScreenApp is a recorder for meetings and for your own screen. It captures a screen, a window or a tab with your microphone and camera, and its bot joins Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls. Then it transcribes the recording and writes notes. To capture yourself or a meeting you speak in, ScreenApp is the better choice. Video Highlight is for video you learn from. Its notes keep pictures of the screen, and every point opens the video at its time.
Video Highlight vs ScreenApp: feature by feature
| Feature | Video Highlight | ScreenApp |
|---|---|---|
| Pictures of the screen in the notes | Picked for you as Video Highlight watches the whole video (Deep Watch, on paid plans) | Still frames in a document when you ask for screenshots4 |
| Times in a downloaded PDF | Links that open the video at that second, for notes from a YouTube video | Left out of downloaded documents5 |
| Transcript with times | Beside the video; press a line to jump to that second | Timestamps that work inside the app85 |
| YouTube videos | Paste a link: Summary, Transcript, Highlights and Ask for free; notes with pictures on paid plans | Import a YouTube link3 |
| A video playing in a browser tab | Record it with its sound and press H to save highlights; notes with pictures follow (paid plans) | Record a tab and get a transcript8 |
| Your own video files | Upload them as Private files on a paid plan; video files get notes with pictures | Upload recordings3 |
| Questions about a video | Ask the video; answers carry times that move the player | AI chats, 10 a month on the free plan6 |
| Free plan | Summary, Transcript, Highlights and Ask on YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion links | 2 transcriptions and 3 uploads to try, 10 AI chats a month6 |
Comparison based on publicly available information as of November 2026; prices and features may have changed. Found something outdated? Tell us and we'll fix it.
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Sources
Updated November 2026
- ScreenApp's Chrome extension "records your screen, window, browser tab, microphone and camera, with system audio", and can add your webcam on top of the recording. screenapp.io, checked November 12, 2026.
- ScreenApp offers a meeting bot for Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams that joins meetings from a connected calendar. screenapp.io, checked November 12, 2026.
- ScreenApp says you can import a YouTube link or upload recordings. screenapp.io, checked November 12, 2026.
- ScreenApp's video-to-PDF tool embeds still frames next to the text when you ask for screenshots in your request. screenapp.io, checked November 12, 2026.
- ScreenApp says: "Timestamps are left out of downloaded documents, since they only work inside the app." screenapp.io, checked November 12, 2026.
- ScreenApp Free: 2 transcriptions to try, 3 uploads and imports to try, 10 AI chats and templates a month, recordings up to 45 minutes each. screenapp.io, checked November 12, 2026.
- ScreenApp Pro is $19 a month billed annually or $30 a month billed monthly; Max is $34 a month billed annually or $69 billed monthly. screenapp.io, checked November 12, 2026.
- ScreenApp's Chrome Web Store listing: "Record your screen, a tab, or your voice and save it to your ScreenApp library with an AI transcript." chromewebstore.google.com, checked November 12, 2026.
When ScreenApp is the better fit
- You need to record your own voice, your camera or your whole screen, for a demo or a lesson you teach.
- You speak in meetings and want a bot to join Zoom, Google Meet or Teams and take the notes.
When Video Highlight is the better fit
- You learn from video: YouTube videos, courses, webinars, talks and your own video files.
- You want notes with pictures of the screen picked for you, without asking for screenshots.
- You want a PDF of your notes where each time is a link back into the YouTube video.
- You want a tab recorder that only takes the video and its sound: it never uses your microphone or camera.
Explore related features
Record a video playing in a Chrome tab, with its sound. It never uses your microphone or camera.
Video Highlight watches the whole video for you. Notes with pictures of the screen, each point at its time.
Upload your own video and audio files for a transcript and a Summary. Video files also get notes with pictures.
Turn a long video into notes with pictures and times, then open the video only where you need it.
Video Highlight vs ScreenApp: FAQs
Can Video Highlight replace ScreenApp?
Yes, if you use ScreenApp to get notes from videos you watch. That is the one job Video Highlight is built for. If you record yourself or your meetings, keep ScreenApp for that.
Is Video Highlight a screen or meeting recorder?
No. Its Chrome extension records a video playing in a Chrome tab, with its sound. It never uses your microphone or camera, so nothing you say in the room goes into your notes. For YouTube videos you do not record anything: you paste the link.
How do I get notes from a YouTube video?
Paste the link. Video Highlight makes the transcript and Summary for free. On Plus, Pro and Business, Video Highlight watches the video for you and keeps the key points with pictures of the screen. You do not need the extension for this.
What do the notes with pictures look like?
Each point has its time, and on screen each time opens the video there. Deep Watch keeps pictures of the screen where the screen matters. A video that shows only the speaker gets notes without pictures. You can download the notes as a PDF with pictures. In a PDF from a YouTube video, the times are links.
How do the prices compare?
On their pricing page, ScreenApp Pro costs $19 a month billed yearly, or $30 billed monthly, as of November 2026. Both products have a free plan. Video Highlight prices are on our pricing page.
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