Bingsu vs Screenity
Both are free, open-source Chrome recorders with no account, no watermark and no time limit. Pick Bingsu for Chrome if you want passwords, emails and keys blurred before the first frame, and nothing sent anywhere. Pick Screenity if you want to record an area of the screen, export GIF or WebM, or save to Google Drive.
Last updated October 2026
Side by side
Screenity is a free, open-source Chrome extension that records the screen and camera, made by one independent developer since 2020, with a paid cloud editor. Every claim about Screenity links to the page that says so.
| Topic | Bingsu | Screenity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. The editor and share pages are free too. | The recorder is free. The editor with auto-zoom, captions and share links is Pro, at $10 a month. Source |
| Account, watermark, time limit | None, none and none. | None, none and none for the recorder. Source |
| Secrets on the page | Passwords, email addresses, card numbers and keys blur before the first frame, by themselves. | Blur is manual: you pick what to hide while you record. Source |
| What it records | A tab, a window or the screen, with your camera and microphone. | A tab, an area, the desktop, an app window, or the camera alone. Source |
| Files | An MP4 in your Downloads folder. Nothing goes over the internet. | MP4, GIF or WebM, saved locally or sent to Google Drive. Source |
| Desktop app and AI agents | Hands off to the Bingsu app when it is installed; agents record over MCP or the command line. | None: the extension only. Source |
When Screenity is the better pick
- You need to record a dragged area of the screen, or the camera on its own.
- You want a GIF or WebM straight from the extension, or the file in Google Drive.
- You want a tool with six years of users and reviews behind it.
Moving to Bingsu
Your old videos stay where they are. Download Bingsu, record the next one, and publish its share page on the host your team already uses: Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify or GitHub Pages.
If you record from Chrome, Bingsu for Chrome records the tab with no account and saves the file on your computer.
Screenity’s details were checked in October 2026. Something out of date? Write to hello@bingsustudio.com.
Questions
Is Bingsu for Chrome a Screenity alternative?
Yes. Both are free and open source, with no account, no watermark and no time limit. Bingsu for Chrome also blurs passwords, emails and keys before the first frame and makes no network requests.
Which one keeps my recordings private?
Both save to your computer. Bingsu for Chrome has no cloud at all, so there is nothing to sign in to. Screenity’s optional Pro editor and Google Drive export send the file to a cloud.
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Next time, show it.
Record it once and send a link. Or let your agent do the recording.