Screen Recorder: Paywall for Video Downloads and Editing
Users are frustrated with the app's paywall, which requires a subscription to download and edit videos, leading to wasted time and dissatisfaction. Many reviews express strong negative sentiments, labeling the app as misleading, low-quality, and a scam.
111 different people have complained about this since 18 Jul 2018, most recently on 08 Oct 2026.
- “U can’t even use half the features cuz pretty much everything cost money and I recorded a 48 SECOND video and I had to pay to export it like excuse me it’s not even a minute this app is horrible and if the creator/s see…”
- “this is ridiculous, your app is useless, im angry.”
- “This app is not helpful to me at least and my experience with it was horrible.”
111 people in 111 posts across 1 source · 0 in the last 30 days, 1 in the 30 before
The pain
shares of 111 peopleWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 111 people using Screen Recorder: Go Record
- What goes wrong
- Must pay to save or export video68 people · 61%
- Editing tools locked behind paywall18 people · 16%
- Recordings disappear or fail to save13 people · 12%
- Facecam feature requires paid subscription6 people · 5%
- Since
- 18 Jul 2018 → 08 Oct 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Screen Recorder: Go Record
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 8% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“Screen Recorder: Go Record — Overpriced and underfeatured.”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint9888%
- Request98%
- About price44%
Sources
111 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
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Screen Recorder: Go Record — I hate it — So apparently, I downloaded this app to just like make fun little videos when I play Roblox and show my face but it had said you have to pay like $10 a month too so I just didn’t do that when I did the regular one they want it like tells me like I did and stuff you know and…
Strong complaintScreen Recorder: Go Record — Everything cost money! U can’t even use half the features cuz pretty much everything cost money and I recorded a 48 SECOND video and I had to pay to export it like excuse me it’s not even a minute this app is horrible and if the creator/s see this please make some features free like…
Strong complaint…hould not cost twelve dollars and ninety nine cents to export a FILE. this is ridiculous, your app is useless, im angry.
Strong complaintScreen Recorder: Go Record — ANNOYING — This app saves my videos onto camera every time but when I want to save it onto the actually app is doesn’t work! It only saves stuff that I don’t want it to save but the things I do want it to save never save which is rly annoying cause I wanna edit and I’ve tried everything I…
Frustrated…videos I record end up useless and takes storage away from my phone. This app is not helpful to me at least and my experience with it was horrible.
Strong complaint
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Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 27.4 · 13 Nov 2026, 03:00 → 04:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Paywall for Video Downloads and Editing a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 111 different people described it independently, in 111 mentions, the earliest from 18 Jul 2018 and the most recent from 08 Oct 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Status: steady — no change the counts can show. 0 people raised it in the last 30 days and 1 in the 30 days before; the status compares its share of everything collected from the same source, so collecting more or less cannot create a trend.
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Screen Recorder: Go Record seems to be causing a lot of frustration with its paywall, especially when it comes to saving videos to the camera roll. We've heard from 49 people who feel like they're wasting time and storage space because of this. If you switched to another app, did it actually let you save videos without a subscription?