Overview
Flicka is a Chrome extension (also running on Edge, Brave, and Arc) that turns screen recordings into launch-ready product demos without leaving the browser. Record a tab, your screen, a window, a drawn area, or your camera, and Flicka automatically generates cinematic zooms that follow your clicks so viewers always see what matters. A real timeline editor lets you drag, stretch, or dial each auto-zoom between 1.1× and 4×, annotate screenshots, blur sensitive text, and add webcam layouts. Everything runs on your device: capture, editing, and encoding never leave your machine, and no account is needed to record, edit, or export. Output goes to MP4, WebM, or GIF with preset targets for YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. It is aimed at makers, product teams, and educators who want polished demo clips fast.
Key Features
- Click-driven auto-zoom — Every click becomes a cinematic zoom on the timeline; drag, stretch, or delete each one after recording.
- Local-first privacy — Recording, editing, and encoding all run on-device with no uploads and no account required.
- On-page annotation — Draw, highlight, add arrows and text, and blur emails or PII live while you record.
- Word-by-word captions — Captions are generated on your computer; your audio is never sent anywhere.
- Export presets — MP4, WebM, GIF with sizing presets for YouTube, X, TikTok, and Instagram.
- Crash recovery — Takes are written to disk every second, so a Chrome crash returns your recording with auto-zooms intact.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | What’s included |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Record, edit, export WebM/GIF, auto-zoom, annotations, on-device captions |
| Pro Monthly | $5/mo | MP4 & 4K export, no watermark, webcam layer, all gradients/frames/effects, unlimited projects |
| Pro Yearly | $30/yr (~$2.50/mo) | Everything in Pro Monthly, billed annually |
| Lifetime | $80 once | Permanent Pro access, no subscription |
Comparison
Against CapCut, Flicka is far lighter and local-only — CapCut is a full cloud-capable editor, while Flicka is a record-to-demo pipeline that never uploads your screen. Versus Descript, which is built around transcript-based editing and collaboration, Flicka wins on zero-setup privacy and click-zoom speed for quick walkthroughs. And where Clueso turns recordings into videos plus docs with an MCP layer, Flicka stays focused on the demo clip itself, with no workspace or documentation overhead.