Snatch

Irrespective of whether you want to record your screen so that tech support gets a better idea of your issue or you want to showcase a certain app or report to your colleagues, then it is likely that your first instinct is to reach for your smartphone.

Snatch is a user-friendly tool that enables you to capture your desktop in full screen or only areas that you define with both audio and video.

The application comes with a straightforward and minimalistic interface and hence, there should not be any accommodation issues regardless of the type of user. To be more precise, the GUI consists of a single window where you can preview all the options and features.

As far as the functionality is concerned, it can be summarized to selecting the area that you want to capture, specifying whether you want the cursor to show in the video and start recording. Once you are done grabbing the screen, you can play the video or open the folder to forward the file.

On a side note, the application saves the recordings in MP4 and it would be nice if it supported other formats as well. The aforementioned feature would be very useful in situations when the recipient wants to open the file on their mobile device.

It is necessary to mention that the application enables you to add sound effects to the recording, an option that can help you highlight the central ideas of your message. Simply put, you can include booing, laughter or screaming.

Without denying that this feature can be useful in numerous circumstances, it would be nice if the tool allowed you to access more sound effects without too much hassle. Ideally, the program should also enable you to underline certain sections with a pen-like marker.

In the eventuality that you need a very simplistic tool to record your entire desktop or only sections of it, then you could consider trying out Snatch.