N‑Studio brings a full screen recorder and editor to the Microsoft Store with a generous free tier

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Windows 11's Snipping Tool has some new competition through the Microsoft Store. N-Studio is now available to download through the Microsoft Store, giving creators a new way to access the tool designed for screen recording and editing.

Nicke Manarin, a developer of N-Studio, shared the news on X.

You can download the Starter version of N-Studio for free through the Microsoft Store. The app has an option to upgrade to the Professional version.

The free version of N-Studio (Starter) is more robust than many free applications. Here's the full feature set, as shared by N-Tech:

• Capture your screen freely
  • Control the framerate
    • Regular (1 to 60 fps)
    • Manual capture (via button or shortcut)
    • User interaction (mouse or keyboard events)
  • Select screen area, window or screen
  • Capture cursor and clicks
  • Capture key strokes
• Capture audio from your microphone or system
• Make quick adjustments before exporting
  • Trim
  • Crop
  • Resize
  • Toggle layers
• Export to multiple formats
  • APNG, GIF, WEBP
  • MP4, MKV, MOV, WEBM
  • MP3, WAV, FLAC, ALAC, OGG
  • PSD, NSM, STG
  • JPG, PNG, BMP, AIF, HEIC
• No limits
• No watermark
• No ads

The paid version of N-Studio (Professional) costs $36 or $3 per month. For that price, you get access to full edits. Here are all the features in N-Studio Professional:

• Everything that Starter has
• Extra capture frequencies
  • Timelapse (1-60 frames per minute)
  • Long timelapse (1-60 frames per hour)
• Extra adjustments before exporting
  • Change framerate of animation
  • Change playback speed
• Full-fledged editor with timeline
  • Insert layers
    • Recordings (screen or sound)
    • Media (video, image, audio)
    • Texts
    • Images
    • Shapes
    • Drawings
    • Progress indicator
    • Pixelation
    • Brightness
  • Add effects
  • Split segments
  • Resize
  • Crop
  • Trim
• With free upgrades to minor versions (v1.X)

Is a screen recorder and editor worth $36

The free version of N-Studio is easy to recommend. It's easy to use, has a clean interface, and supports exporting in a wide range of formats. Not keeping support for hiding the cursor in videos, enabling or disabling system audio, and showing or hiding the frame behind a paywall is nice.

But the real question is if it's worth paying $36 for a screen recorder and editor. Unfortunately, I can't tell you if something fits your budget.

I will say that I like N-Studio and how all of its tools fit neatly together. While you could use Windows 11's built-in Screen Recorder and edit videos with Clipchamp or another editor, N-Studio packages things together well.

I value not having to jump between apps to streamline my workflow, and I'm willing to pay for it. But I understand that subscription fatigue is real and one-time costs add up.

My suggestion is to try the free version and test if you find yourself trying to click the features that are greyed out unless you upgrade.