Clowd vs Keystro.

Keystro shows your keys, cursor and key sounds live. Clowd shows live keys for free, and also draws, records and edits.

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ClowdScreen capture, recording and editing

Price: FreeFree. No trial, no tiers, no watermark.
Status: Very active4.10.0 released Oct 19, 2026. In development since 2015.
Best for: Keystrokes in edited videosDrawing while you presentFree, no watermark

KeystroKeystroke and cursor overlay for Windows and macOS

Price: Free · from $6.99Free with a watermark. One-time licenses remove it: $6.99 for one device, $14 for three or $39 for ten, or $10 bundled with Pindraw. 7-day money-back guarantee.
Status: ActiveUpdated in October 2026. There is no public changelog.
Best for: Streams and live demosKeyboard soundsCustom keycap styles

Feature by feature.

Every Keystro verdict comes from its own documentation.

Clowd vs Keystro: feature comparison
Feature	Clowd	Keystro
Capture
Region capture	YesPress PrtScn and drag. Edges can be placed to the pixel while zoomed.	NoNot a capture tool. The Microsoft Store feature list is key visualizer, cursor highlight and keyboard sound.
Color picker	YesPress H on any pixel. The Color Editor copies HEX, RGB or HSL and has an eyedropper.	No
Scrolling capture	YesRewinds to the top first, and sticky headers appear once. Scrolls whole windows, not panes inside them. Needs Accessibility permission on macOS.	No
Text recognition (OCR)	YesOn-device. The text lifts off the capture so you can check it, then copy, search or share it. OCR and the AI effects need Windows or a Mac with Apple Silicon. Latin, Greek, Chinese and Japanese kana. Cyrillic and Korean aren’t supported yet.	No
Annotate
Image editor	YesEvery capture opens in the image editor. Objects stay editable and sessions autosave.	No
Blur and pixelate	YesMosaic, blur or solid. It only affects the image underneath, never your annotations.	No
Step numbers	YesNumbered steps. Drag from a step to pull an arrow out of it.	No
Record
Screen recording	YesRegion, window or screen, with a live frame-rate meter.	NoKeystro does not record. It is an overlay for 'screen recordings and presentations' made with another app.
GIF	YesAny recording converts to a GIF in one click from Recents.	No
Webcam	YesRecorded as a separate track you place in the editor.	No
Click effects	YesRipple, Pulse, Ring and Pressure effects, chosen after recording.	YesLive cursor highlight ('Our cursor highlighter is highly customizable. Pick your shape, size, and colors.') with a 'New cursor overlay click animation' (v1.5.3). It is drawn live on screen, so it shows in whatever records or shares the screen.
Edit
Trim and cut	YesTrim, split, ripple delete and Ctrl+K to split every track.	No
Present
Draw on screen	Yes9 tools, click-through on Esc, an eraser and one undo history across monitors.	NoDrawing is the vendor's separate app, Pindraw ('Pindraw lets you draw, annotate, and highlight directly over any application'), sold alone or in a $10 bundle.
Presentation zoom	PartialZoom on a frozen screen (the capture overlay or Draw on Instant Screenshot). There is no live presentation zoom.	No
Share a region	YesAny rectangle, in any meeting app that can share a window. Blur or black it out live. Viewer frame rate is limited by the meeting app.	No
Live keystrokes	YesThe same keycap renderer as the video editor, in 9 screen positions.	YesA floating keystroke widget with 10+ styles and custom color themes, placed anywhere on any connected screen. The free version shows a watermark.
Share
Upload and share	YesCaptures, recordings, text, files and folders. Image and video uploads need a storage destination; text pastes work out of the box.	No
Platform & price
Windows	YesWindows 10 and later, x64 and ARM64.	YesWindows 10 version 17763.0 or higher, x64 (Microsoft Store).
macOS	YesmacOS 13 and later, Apple Silicon and Intel. OCR and the AI effects need Windows or a Mac with Apple Silicon. Default hotkeys use PrtScn. Rebind them in Settings → Hotkeys on a Mac keyboard.	Yes'macOS 13+', 'both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs' (FAQ). Downloaded as a .dmg from GitHub.
Linux	NoNot available yet.	NoDownloads are offered for Windows and Mac only.
Free	YesFree. No trial, no tiers, no watermark.	PartialFree to download and use with a watermark. A one-time license from $6.99 removes it.
Open source	YesMIT licensed. The part that runs text recognition and the AI effects is GPL-3.0.	NoNo source is published. The public Keystroapp/keystro-releases repo holds only release builds and update feeds, with no license.

Sources7Checked Oct 19, 2026

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Where Keystro wins.

If these matter most to you, Keystro may be the better pick.

Mechanical keyboard sounds as you type.
A live cursor highlight with click animations.
10+ keystroke styles and your own color themes.
A standalone overlay that is always on. Clowd's live keys run inside Draw on Screen.

Clowd has no keyboard sounds and no live cursor highlight.

Where Clowd goes further.

Draw on Screen

Live keys, free and without a watermark.

Keystro's free version shows a watermark. Clowd's live keystroke overlay is free, and live and edited keys look the same.

More about Draw on Screen

Video Editor

Keystrokes you can change after recording.

Keystro's keys are baked into the video. In Clowd, the keystroke overlay, cursor style and click effect can be added or changed in the editor afterwards.