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An app to make demo vidsOf course I have a demo vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_fq0TzlsXIThis will be my last post to HN about this. I always like to try a few titles to see if any hit.
HN · launched Dec 19, 2025 · 69 upvotes (top 15%) · 0 views
Niche: screen recording software · 203 launches, 20 in the last 7 days ▼ -9% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 203 launches in screen recording software →
Could you build this?
Partial While an app UI is easy to scaffold, synchronizing low-latency screen capture with simultaneous front-facing camera feeds, touch indicators, and real-time RTMP streaming across iOS and Android has significant native OS hurdles.
What it would actually take: The app requires native Swift/Kotlin code interfacing with ReplayKit on iOS and MediaProjection on Android to capture screen frames while concurrently running AVCaptureSession/CameraX for the face cam overlay. The frames must be hardware-encoded into H.264/AAC via VideoToolbox/MediaCodec and multiplexed into an MP4 container or streamed over RTMP. Managing OS memory constraints, thermal throttling during 60fps encoding, and cross-platform permissions requires seasoned mobile multimedia engineering.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Loom (screen recording and shareable links), ScummVM (for playing original game)
Concerns raised: Toolbar design and emoji clarity unclear, Confused with another screen recorder product, Mobile app screen recording constraints, SEO confusion with classic adventure game named Loom
Feature requests: Mobile app with one-button recording and auto-generated shareable links, Vimeo/YouTube integration for quick sharing, Cross-device sync (record on mobile, view URL on desktop), Post-recording composite editing capability
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 222 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #35 of 223 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 43 days after the earliest competitor.
- Having fun making mini static site apps · hn · 2026-06-01 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Short Reels · ph · 2026-10-24 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Postloom · ph · 2026-09-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- TapCraft 2.0 · ph · 2026-11-01 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Demo Editor · ph · 2026-11-01 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- Mool (Loom clone). Free, offline-only, no signup · hn · 2026-02-14 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- TapCraft · ph · 2026-09-08 · 78 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- Linktr.ee/sent1lay · ph · 2026-09-29 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.42
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