Comparison

ApowerREC vs Screen Recorder for iPhone HD

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ApowerREC

Record your screen with audio commentary and edit videos with AI-powered features. Convert scrolling recordings into long images, transfer files wirelessly, and compress videos. Offers a free player for local videos.

Highlights
  • Screen recording with microphone commentary
  • AI-generated subtitles and voiceovers
  • Convert scrolling recordings to long images
  • Wi-Fi file transfer between devices
  • Video compression and format conversion
  • Free video player
Features
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ApowerREC is a screen recorder and video editor for gameplay, tutorials, app demos, and presentations. Record with microphone commentary, edit with AI subtitles and voiceovers, turn scrolling recordings into long images, and transfer photos and videos over Wi-Fi. From capturing your screen to editing and sharing, keep your everyday media tasks together in one app. SCREEN RECORDING Capture the moments and ideas you want to share. • Record gameplay, tutorials, app demonstrations, and more. • Add microphone commentary to explain what’s happening on screen. • Adjust resolution, recording quality, and frame rate where supported. • Available recording settings vary by device and iOS version. • Choose automatic, landscape, or portrait recording orientation. • Save recordings for editing, playback, and sharing. WI-FI FILE TRANSFER Move photos and videos between devices without a cable. • Connect your devices to the same Wi-Fi network. • Open the address shown in ApowerREC in a browser on your computer or another phone. • Send and receive supported photos and videos in both directions. • Use your browser on the other device without installing a companion app. SCROLLING RECORDINGS TO LONG IMAGES Keep scrolling content in one easy-to-view image. • Turn a continuous scrolling screen recording into a long image. • Adjust the video range to focus on the content you need. • Crop the result to remove unwanted areas. • Save the long image to Photos or share it with others. VIDEO EDITING & AI SUBTITLES Turn recordings into clear, focused videos. • Trim unwanted footage and keep the moments that matter. • Automatically generate subtitles with AI speech recognition. • Add voiceovers to explain steps or personalize your videos. • Crop videos to popular aspect ratios, including 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, and 9:16. • Create picture-in-picture layouts in your video edits. VIDEO COMPRESSION Make large videos easier to store and share. • Reduce video file sizes with adjustable compression settings. • Balance quality, resolution, and file size. • Import videos from Photos or the Files app. • Save compressed copies while keeping your originals. FORMAT CONVERSION & AUDIO EXTRACTION Prepare your media for different uses. • Convert videos to supported formats, including MP4, MOV, and M4V. • Extract audio from videos as MP3, M4A, or WAV. • Turn video clips into GIFs. • Track processing progress and access your results. FREE VIDEO PLAYER Watch recordings and local videos without a VIP subscription. • Play MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, AVI, WebM, FLV, WMV, and more. • Open videos from Photos, the Files app, or the system share menu. • Adjust playback speed and watch in landscape. • Access your playback history and continue from your saved position. IMAGE TOOLS Handle everyday image editing tasks. • Compress images to reduce file sizes. • Crop, adjust, and annotate pictures. • Save edited copies while keeping your originals. MADE FOR YOUR EVERYDAY RECORDINGS Explain an app, capture a gameplay highlight, or create a tutorial with subtitles and voiceover. Turn scrolling content into a long image, compress a video for sharing, or move photos and videos to another device over Wi-Fi. FREE & VIP FEATURES The video player is free to use. Saving and sharing long images require VIP. Some other features require a VIP subscription or purchase. Available options and pricing are displayed in the app. Format support depends on the file’s video and audio codecs. Playback, editing, compression, conversion, and transfer support may differ. CONTACT US Have a question or suggestion? Contact support@apowersoft.com. If you enjoy using ApowerREC, we’d appreciate your review!

About

Screen Recorder for iPhone HD

Record your iPhone screen with facecam and audio commentary. Stream live to platforms like YouTube and Facebook, or save recordings for later. Includes a built-in editor for post-recording adjustments.

Highlights
  • HD screen recording
  • Facecam overlay
  • Live streaming
  • Audio commentary
  • Inbuilt video editor
  • Unlimited recording time
Features
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Best screen recording and screenshot capture application for recording video games, live shows, internet videos, video chats, and other purposes. With this screen recording app, you can easily live stream your screen to YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and capture screen videos. This app also helps you to add facial reactions and audio commentary to your videos. Finally, you can also edit recorded videos using the default video editor. Record your favorite games, apps, game walkthroughs, reaction cam and add amazing commentary to enhance your recording. Main Features: - Edit your screen recordings with the inbuilt video editor. - Unlimited recording time, easy recording & recording app - Simple and easy to use voice recorder application. - Record your meetings, personal notes, speeches, lectures, songs - One tap option to start recording your screen video - Configurable video resolution, bitrate and frame rate - An effective Face Cam to record your reactions to videos - React input to YouTube videos - Record device screen while playing game and create gameplay video - Live stream on Twitch, YouTube and Facebook - Unique audio commentary on any video - Official video editor for editing after recording - Easily share your recordings - Beautiful user interface, easy to understand. Information about the auto-renewal of subscription: - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the period. - If you want to continue the service, your subscription should be continued. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - There are 3 packages including: 1 week and 1 year with the weekly package allowing a 3-day trial period. Once it expires, your subscription will automatically renew. The following subscription plans are available (price may vary depending on location): – 1-week subscription with a 3-day trial version – US$ 4.99 – 1-year subscription – US$ 29.99 - You can cancel your subscription via this URL: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Privacy Policy: https://cemsoftwareltd.com/privacyPolicy.html Terms of Use: https://cemsoftwareltd.com/term.html Support: https://cemsoftwareltd.com/contact.html

Screenshots

ApowerREC4 screens
Screen Recorder for iPhone HD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Screen Recorder for iPhone HD at 4.3 against ApowerREC's 2.8. Screen Recorder for iPhone HD also leads on ratings volume (741 vs 241). ApowerREC's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 22%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ApowerREC sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Screen Recorder for iPhone HD sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Screen Recorder for iPhone HD holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 241 and 741 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of ApowerREC's written reviews are positive against 22% of Screen Recorder for iPhone HD's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ApowerREC ships an update every 2 weeks, Screen Recorder for iPhone HD every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ApowerREC versus Screen Recorder for iPhone HD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApowerRECScreen Recorder for iPhone HD
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (241 ratings)4.3 (741 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.9% of reviews — better21.6% of reviews
Number of ratings241741 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1515.0
Further details — not scored
Size176 MB168 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApowersoft LimitedCEM SOFTWARE LTD

Customer experience

ApowerREC

All ratings241 ratings
Positive40.2%
Neutral8.3%
Negative51.5%
Written reviews240 reviews
Positive32.9%
Neutral8.3%
Negative58.8%

Screen Recorder for iPhone HD

All ratings732 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive21.6%
Neutral8.1%
Negative70.3%

User reviews

ApowerREC

From 241 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great screen recording quality
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 📽️ Captures system audio well
  • 💡 Useful for recording tutorials and gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Start recording button not working
  • 🐛 Crashes or stops recording unexpectedly
  • 🔒 Deceptive free trial limitations
  • 🔒 Requires paid subscription to access full features
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly

Screen Recorder for iPhone HD

From 741 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Best app ever
  • 🙌 Mustafo
  • 👍 hola me llamo demian un placer ser de esta app me encanta

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Keeps crashing
  • 🔍 Recorded files not showing
  • 🤖 Bruh
  • 🤮 Horrível
  • 🤮 Cambiate tutto

Bugs and requests

ApowerREC

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Recorded videos have sync issues
  • No sound recorded in some cases
  • App doesn't work on certain iOS/iPadOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add landscape recording mode
  • Improve compatibility with iOS/iPadOS
  • Allow recording of FaceTime/video calls
  • Provide better customer support

Screen Recorder for iPhone HD

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • My files is not opening , how to locate my recordings
  • Bro you I can't go live so my viewers are never going to get a stream I promised why can't you just watch an ad to live stream like I have a gaming channel I promised a live and now I can't so Ima loose so many subs man please fix this
  • I've been looking for a recording app for an hour and couldn't find one that was good especially this including the fact you have to pay after making one Video because it won't let you make another until you pay…
  • It's not letting me edit it why?
  • This app used to be good, now it won't let me save videos to my device. Keeps kicking me out when I wanna go to Files
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  • As soon as I open app it literally asks if I want premium an I say no ever time as soon as I recorded I get an ad I get ads every 20 seconds
  • Eveytime a record my voice is only there for like 5 minutes and my voice isn't there anymore
  • Bro this app will not let me stop recording and it is very annoying and it won't let me edit the video
  • I don't like this app because I can't even edit a video without ads getting in the way I literally just want to make a video and the app puts want to subscribe and when I put no it won't even let me edit video. So don't get this app because it's a waist of time and space it's better if it just gets removed.
  • I made a video it took me a lot but when I wanted to here how I went there was no sound ,it's a lie do not download this app.
  • The good thing is that u don't need to buy something for the mark to go away so u don't have to waste money on marks and stuff but the bad thing is that there's many ads
  • Ad ad ad
  • No use this app
  • I mean why even create a game when everything you click there is an ad, it's just such a waste of time. I mean if your gonna make a game don't make it annoying to people with all the ads. Some games like this with all the ads need to do better.
  • When I made a video, it did not say that there's ads for every single thing you click

Requested features

4 requests
  • Help me edit
  • Screen rec
  • Why dose it do that
  • This app stinks

In-app purchases

9 purchases

ApowerREC

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Subscription Personal$19.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription Business$29.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription Personal$39.991 Year
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  • Personal Annual Subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Business$79.991 Year
One-time4
  • LifeTime$59.99
  • LifeTime2 variants$69.99
  • 3 Years$129.99
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  • LifeTime$159.99
4 purchases

Screen Recorder for iPhone HD

Subscriptions4
  • Recorder for iPhone3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Livestream Recorder Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year

Questions

Is ApowerREC free?
ApowerREC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screen Recorder for iPhone HD free?
Screen Recorder for iPhone HD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ApowerREC or Screen Recorder for iPhone HD?
Screen Recorder for iPhone HD is rated higher. ApowerREC averages 2.8 out of 5 from 241 ratings, while Screen Recorder for iPhone HD averages 4.3 from 741 ratings.
Do ApowerREC or Screen Recorder for iPhone HD have ads?
Neither ApowerREC nor Screen Recorder for iPhone HD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ApowerREC or Screen Recorder for iPhone HD?
ApowerREC ships an update every 2 weeks, and Screen Recorder for iPhone HD every 9 days. Most recently, ApowerREC was updated on November 6, 2026 and Screen Recorder for iPhone HD on November 3, 2026.

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