Screen Recording
BB Recorder vs Loom
Loom, but the file is yours.
Loom made screen recording a team primitive — but every video lives on their cloud. BB Recorder records locally, saves to your Mac, and lets you optionally share through BuildBetter's team infrastructure.
BB Recorder
100% local option · BYO keys + models
Meeting recorder, dictation, and screen recording in one app. Free forever.
Loom
Record and share video messages with your team.
Free tier capped · $15/mo Business
Key differences
Local file, yours forever
Every Loom video lives on Loom's servers. BB Recorder saves your recording to disk — pick the folder, keep the file, edit it in whatever app you want.
No watermark, no account
No sign-up gate, no Loom watermark on free-tier videos, no upload wait. Hit a hotkey, record, stop, share the file.
System audio included natively
Powered by macOS ScreenCaptureKit — system audio, mic, and camera capture without kernel extensions or cloud processing.
Share when you choose, through BuildBetter
Need a Loom-style shareable link and team library? Upload to BuildBetter and get a shareable URL, embed, and team comments — all opt-in, not automatic.
Pairs with meeting + dictation
Record a walkthrough mid-call, dictate into the description, save all three to the same library. BB Recorder is one app, not three subscriptions.
Feature comparison
| Feature | BB Recorder | Loom |
|---|---|---|
| Capture | ||
| Native macOS (ScreenCaptureKit) | Yes | Electron app |
| System audio capture | Yes | Yes |
| Mic + camera overlay | Yes | Yes |
| Window or full display | Yes | Yes |
| Storage & ownership | ||
| Saved locally as a file | Yes | No |
| No watermark on free tier | Yes | No |
| Pick your save location | Yes | No |
| Works offline | Yes | No |
| Sharing | ||
| Shareable link | via BuildBetter | Yes |
| Team library | via BuildBetter | Yes |
| Viewer analytics | via BuildBetter | Yes |
| Not required to share | Yes | No |
| Scope | ||
| Screen recording | Yes | Yes |
| No-bot meeting recorder | Yes | No |
| Voice-to-text dictation | Yes | No |
| Pricing | ||
| Free, unlimited recordings | Yes | 5 min cap on free |
| No account required | Yes | No |
When Loom is the better pick
If your team's workflow depends on Loom's hosted library, rich viewer analytics, and shareable-URL-by-default, Loom's ecosystem is more mature as a purely hosted product.
Try it on your next call.
Free. Works offline. No account required.
Rolling it out to a team? BuildBetter adds SSO, admin controls, and a shared workspace.
