Pick IINA if
mac viewers who will stay on IINA at $0 — not a paid capture suite first unless they need to record.
Read the IINA pageIINA vs Kap
Our take
Pick IINA if mac viewers who will stay on IINA at $0 — not a paid capture suite first unless they need to record. Pick Kap if mac makers who will stay on MIT Kap at $0 while they trim a first GIF — not Screen Studio Yearly $9 unless they need auto zooms, and not a Windows recorder (there isn’t one).
Best for
IINA Play that video at $0
Kap A short capture you start at $0
Free plan
IINA $0 · gPLv3. Download from iina.io or GitHub releases
Kap $0 · ). MIT. Apple silicon and Intel downloads, or brew install --cask kap
Lowest paid
IINA Not published by the vendor
Kap Not published by the vendor
Runs where
IINA Hosted
Kap
Watch out
IINA A player, not a recorder
Kap macOS only
Last checked
IINA 2026-10-26 · iina.io
Kap 2026-10-23 · getkap.co
Which one, then?
Pick Kap if
mac makers who will stay on MIT Kap at $0 while they trim a first GIF — not Screen Studio Yearly $9 unless they need auto zooms, and not a Windows recorder (there isn’t one).
Read the Kap page