Rackast is a Windows screen recorder with auto zoom, smooth cursor and local AI captions. Pro costs $7.99/month billed yearly or $19.99 monthly.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Rackast is a screen recorder and editor for Windows 10 and Windows 11. It is meant for people who need clear demos, tutorials and short clips but do not want to spend time in a full video editor. The site describes the goal as beautiful screen recordings in minutes.
Each recording receives four upgrades on autopilot: automatic zoom, a smooth cursor, webcam and audio capture, and local AI captions. The app is published by Szegi Roland Attila E.V. and sold as a single paid plan, Rackast Pro, with every feature included.
The workflow has three steps: record, polish and export. During recording, Rackast captures the screen, the webcam and audio. The site shows a recording at 1080p and 60 fps with screen, microphone and camera sources active together.
In the polish step, automatic zoom, smooth cursor motion and captions are applied for the user. Export produces a finished file. Rendering runs on the user's machine and is frame-accurate, so there is no cloud upload or queue, and no second pass in another editor is needed.
Automatic zoom follows clicks and zooms in on what matters, which keeps small screens sharp. The smooth cursor replaces shaky movement with a steady glide and a soft click ripple. Rackast also offers background styling and wallpapers, and a webcam bubble that floats over the recording with balanced microphone and system audio.
Captions are transcribed locally with Whisper and can be edited per line. On export, users choose 720p, 1080p, 1440p or 4K at 24 to 120 fps, in MP4 (H.264), WebM (VP9) or GIF. Presets are Balanced, High and Maximum, or bitrate can be tuned.
Rackast is a screen recorder and editor for Windows 10 and 11. It adds automatic zoom, a smooth cursor and local AI captions to each recording, and exports MP4, WebM or GIF files.
Rackast Pro costs $19.99 per month, or $7.99 per month billed yearly at $95.88. The site says the yearly plan saves 60 percent. Both plans include all features.
No. The site states that Rackast is a paid app with no free tier. It does mention a 7-day money-back guarantee.
According to the site, recording, editing and AI caption transcription all run locally on the user's computer. Video and audio are not uploaded to Rackast.
The source pages describe Rackast only as a native app for Windows 10 and Windows 11. No macOS or Linux version is mentioned.
Each license allows two device activations. A device can be deactivated by the user in the Polar customer portal.
Rackast exports at 720p, 1080p, 1440p or 4K, at frame rates from 24 to 120 fps. It drops to 60 fps at 4K. Formats are MP4 (H.264), WebM (VP9) and GIF.
On its comparison table, Rackast lists automatic zoom, smooth cursor motion and background styling, which it marks as missing in Loom. It also lists captions as local, while marking Loom's as cloud only. Both are shown with a webcam bubble and a simple learning curve.