Limelight

A Descript alternative for live screen presenting

Descript is a popular tool for recording, editing, and transcribing video and audio. Limelight does a much smaller, live job: clarity on screen while you present or record.

Descript is great at recording, then editing and transcribing your content — including editing video by editing the transcript. It's a broad recording-and-editing platform.

Limelight is a macOS menu-bar overlay, not a recorder, editor, or transcriber. It adds a glowing cursor spotlight (⌃⌥1), on-screen keystroke badges (⌃⌥2), and freehand drawing (⌃⌥3, clear with ⌃⌥C) on top of any app, and records or uploads nothing.

Choose Descript when you need to record, edit, and transcribe. Choose Limelight when you want viewers to follow your cursor and keystrokes live — during a Descript recording, or on a live call where there's no editing or transcription step. They're complementary, not competing.

Why Limelight

  • ▸Live cursor spotlight and keystroke badges for clarity while presenting or recording
  • ▸Freehand drawing to annotate on screen in real time (⌃⌥3, clear ⌃⌥C)
  • ▸Pure overlay that layers over Descript or any recorder; records and uploads nothing
  • ▸One-time $15 (7-day free trial), lifetime updates — native, Apple-notarized macOS app
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7-day free trial · no card required · macOS 14+

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One-time payment, no subscription. 7-day free trial, then $15 once. macOS 14+, notarized by Apple.

FAQ

Is Limelight an editing or transcription tool like Descript?
No. Descript records, edits, and transcribes; Limelight is a live on-screen overlay only — cursor spotlight, keystroke badges, and freehand drawing that run on top of any app.
Can Limelight and Descript be used together?
Yes. Run Limelight on top while you record with Descript so your pointer, shortcuts, and annotations are visible live, then edit and transcribe in Descript as usual.

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