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Discontinued Periscope was discontinued in March 2021. The alternatives below are active products you can switch to. All discontinued →

Alternatives to Periscope

Twitter's live streaming app

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Twitter's live streaming app. Periscope has been discontinued; the active alternatives listed here are maintained products you can switch to.

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Who it's for

General smartphone users and public figures/broadcasters who wanted to share or watch live video from wherever they were, streamed via Twitter.

What you get

Periscope let anyone broadcast live video from a phone camera to followers in real time. Viewers could send hearts (likes) and post live comments visible to the broadcaster and other watchers. Broadcasts stayed available for replay for a limited time after ending, and streams could be shared as tweets. It integrated tightly with Twitter accounts and followers.

How it works

Users opened the app, tapped to go live, and their Twitter followers were notified and could join to watch and comment in real time; after 2016 broadcasting also became accessible directly from the Twitter app. Twitter shut down the standalone Periscope app in March 2021.

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Ranked alternatives

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01

Lightweight Windows game and screen recorder.

Proprietary Windows
02

Screen recording with built-in course-style editing.

Proprietary WindowsmacOS
03
Cap

Open source Loom alternative.

AGPL-3.0 WindowsmacOS
04
Kap

Open source Mac screen capture.

MIT macOS
05

Async video messages with instant links.

WindowsmacOSBrowser extension
06

The open source streaming and recording standard.

GPL-2.0 WindowsmacOSLinux
07

Beautiful auto-zoom screen recordings.

Proprietary macOS
08

Mac screen recording and editing.

Proprietary macOS
09

The Swiss-army capture tool for Windows.

GPL-3.0 Windows
10

OBS fork with streamer conveniences.

GPL-3.0 WindowsmacOS
11

Polished screen recordings in the browser.

Proprietary WebmacOSWindowsBrowser extension

FAQ

Yes. Cap, Kap and Loom have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.

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