OneTimeThe Loom replacement you buy once.
Loom Business is $15 per user per month — about $180 a year, forever — and every clip you record lives on their servers. BloomRecorder does the same job entirely on your machine: zero telemetry, zero network calls, zero accounts, recordings saved straight to your own disk. $29, once.
BloomRecorder in 60 seconds
Everything in the box
Record screen, camera or both — 100% local, unlimited length, MP4 & GIF export. No cloud, no account, no subscription.
Screen, camera, or both
Record either source alone or both together — as split files or picture-in-picture combined.
Source picker with live thumbnails
See exactly what each screen and window looks like before you hit record.
Device selection
Pick your camera and microphone; system audio and mic are mixed into every output automatically.
Your disk, your folder
Choose the output folder — recordings never touch a cloud, an account, or anyone else's servers.
Floating recording pill
An always-on-top pill with a running timer and a stop button, out of the way of what you're capturing.
Local library
Every recording lands in a local library with auto-generated thumbnails, so past clips are easy to find.
MP4 export
H.264 with faststart — plays everywhere, streams instantly, no re-encoding roulette.
Optimized GIF export
Two-pass palettegen/paletteuse encoding — crisp GIFs, not the muddy single-pass kind.
Trim before export
Cut the fumbling at the start and the reach-for-the-mouse at the end before you share.
100% local
Zero telemetry, zero network calls, zero accounts. Nothing leaves your machine, ever.
BloomRecorder vs Loom
Loom charges $15/user/mo. Here's what actually differs.
| BloomRecorder | Loom | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29 once | $15/user/mo (~$180/yr, forever); Business+AI $24/mo |
| Recording length | Unlimited | Plan-limited |
| Where recordings live | Your own disk | Loom's servers |
| Accounts required | None | Yes |
| Telemetry / network calls | Zero | Yes |
| Screen + camera (PiP) | Yes — split or combined | Yes |
| GIF export | Optimized two-pass | Limited |
| Source code | MIT, on GitHub | Closed |
Against Loom Business, BloomRecorder pays for itself in under two months — and every recording after that stays on hardware you own.
One price. No asterisks.
Desktop app — pay once, it's yours on your machine forever.
Download BloomRecorder
Version 2.0.0 — install, then click “Sign in with Whop”. Your purchase unlocks it; there is no licence key to enter.
BloomRecorder
Windows and macOS. Multi-camera recording, the angle editor, and batch 9:16 conversion.
Up and running in three steps
Buy once on Whop
One payment of $29 gets you the packaged installer. Or clone the MIT source and build it yourself for free.
Pick your sources
Choose screen, camera or both from the live-thumbnail picker, select your mic, set your output folder.
Record, trim, export
Hit record, stop from the floating pill, trim, then export MP4 or an optimized GIF — straight from your own disk.
Fair questions
Is there really no account or cloud?
Really. BloomRecorder makes zero network calls — no telemetry, no login, no upload. Recordings are files in a folder you chose on your own disk.
Is recording length limited?
No. There are no plan tiers, so there is nothing to gate. Record as long as your disk has space.
Can I record my screen and camera at the same time?
Yes — either as separate files or combined picture-in-picture, with system audio and your mic mixed into the output.
Is the source code available?
Yes — BloomRecorder is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/bloomrecorder-mvp. Buying the $29 package gets you the built installer and updates; building from source is free.
How do I share a recording without Loom-style links?
Export an MP4 (H.264 faststart plays everywhere) or an optimized GIF and share it however you already share files — Slack, email, Drive, your own server.
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Record screen, camera or both — 100% local, unlimited length, MP4 & GIF export. No cloud, no account, no subscription.
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