Buy once instead of Descript
- Descript costs
- $288a year. Creator plan, $24/mo billed annually. Their pricing
- Ways out
- 3apps that do the same jobs
- Cheapest to buy
- $69Audio Hijack, which pays back in 3 months
- Cost nothing
- 0freeware or open source
Read the catch on each before you switch. A one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.
 Audio HijackRecord and route any audio on your Mac, one licence per person | $69This version | Major versions are a separate purchase — the jump from 3 to 4 cost $29 |
 iShowU Studio 2Record and edit in one app, on a genuine perpetual licence | $79Perpetual | $79 covers Studio 2 only — the quicker iShowU V6 recorder is a separate $89 app |
 ScreenFlowScreen recorder with a real multi-track editor attached, bought outright | $199Paid upgrades | Major versions are paid upgrades, and Telestream does not publish the upgrade price |