Loom: Screen Recorder for iPhone

Online screen recording app

Loom: Screen Recorder is a free business and productivity tool from developer Loom, Inc. It is an online screen recorder that lets users easily capture and save what's on their smartphone and tablet screens in video. It also provides various editing tools for making changes after recording.

What makes Loom: Screen Recorder stand out from similar solutions like DU Recorder - Screen Recorder or Go Record: Screen Recorder is its collaboration features that provide users with an online platform that they can use to edit and share business meeting recordings and presentations with one another in a closed and secure system.

Recording made easier

Screen recordings are one the easiest and simplest ways to share what's going on on your screen and have been utilized by educators, presenters, and even businesses for some years now. You can use pretty much any smartphone or tablet nowadays to capture video. If you're looking for an app for such purposes, then Loom: Screen Recorder is one option available to you.

Upon opening the Loom app, you're greeted with a pretty straightforward user interface that lets you get started recording what's on your screen right away by pressing the red record button. Additionally, you can enable your front-facing camera if you want to show your face and it will appear as a small floating window if you need to follow along and speak during the recording.

Additionally, you can utilize different background effects like blur and custom images. After recording, you have multiple editing options you can use to make changes before saving. One of them is the ability to stitch multiple clips. Once done, your final video will automatically be saved to your personal library in Loom's cloud storage where you can manage everything and share them via links.

More than just recordings

As mentioned earlier, Loom also has some collaboration options available to you and they come in the form of letting viewers leave timestamped comments and emojis in your recordings. There are also handy transcription and closed captions functions to make it a bit easier to follow along with what you're saying. It also seamlessly integrates with other services like Slack, Jira, and GitHub to name a few.

There's also an optional add-on to the base app called Loom AI, which as its name suggests provides additional features that are enabled through the use of artificial intelligence and deep machine learning. Some of the things it can do for you are to auto-generate summaries and chapters for faster navigation. It can also listen to your speech, and intelligently remove filler words and silence throughout the recording.

Now, every service has its share of caveats, and Loom is no different. If you'll primarily be using the free version, just know that your videos are capped at 720p resolution and five-minute runtimes. You also don't have access to the aforementioned video stitching feature or integration services like Salesforce and Zoom Import. You do have Business and Enterprise plans available if you need more.

Great for team collaboration

All in all, if you frequently make screen recordings for work or to communicate with your team, Loom: Screen Recorder is one of the best solutions available right now with its rich feature set and collaboration tools. The free version has its share of limitations, but if you're willing to shell out for a subscription, you do get a lot in return.