tauthe timelapse recorder for mac & windows

record your screen, your camera, or both. stop making boring timelapses

Version 2.10.0 · activate when you buy

tau demo

tau keeps it simple.

record from any source

record your screen, your camera, or both at once. capture coding sessions, design work, creative processes - from any source your system supports.

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tau's capture setup: camera, screen or both offered as the source with camera selected, a 30-minute duration at a 5-second interval, 1080p at 16:9, and a summary reading 360 frames, 12 seconds of video, 150x speed.

smart timer overlays

add clock, stopwatch, custom font and many other overlays to give your timelapses personality.

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tau's overlay picker showing timer, date and time, custom text, progress, counter, message and camera hud options, each with a live preview, and a timer overlay reading 00:00:19 rendered on the timelapse.

minimal editor

trim and export without the bloat of a full video editor.

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tau's editor showing a screen recording with the camera inset in the corner, a two-track frame timeline of camera and screen thumbnails, and a readout of frame 61 of 76 across 3.2 seconds at 24fps.

export to multiple formats

one click to mp4, gif, webm ready for twitter/x, youtube, or wherever you share.

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tau's export screen set to mp4 at 24fps, high quality and original resolution, with watermark design, position and size options beside a live watermark preview.

get tau today

take your timelapse game to the next level

No subscription14-day money-back guaranteeFree updates

tau license

buy tau now, and start recording some fire timelapses

$16.99€14.99

unlimited devices

launch pricing13 of 15 left at $16.99
12 sold so farthen $22.99

$16.99 ends when these 15 are gone. then $22.99 for the next 25, then $27.99. pay once, keep your price forever.

launch pricing13 of 15 left at €14.99
12 sold so farthen €19.99

€14.99 ends when these 15 are gone. then €19.99 for the next 25, then €24.99. pay once, keep your price forever.

  • one-time payment, yours forever
  • use it on all your devices
  • screen+camera recording
  • smart overlays & filters
  • one-click export
  • free updates

frequently asked questions

learn more about tau, and how to get started

no free trial - but tau is just $16.99 (€14.99 in the euro area) and it's yours forever. if tau doesn't work for you, reach out within 14 days and i'll refund you, no questions asked.

no. tau is a one-time purchase. pay once, own it forever.

windows and macos. linux is not currently planned

tau is designed to run quietly in the background with minimal cpu usage. it captures frames at intervals rather than recording full video, so the performance impact is very low even on older machines.

install tau, choose “Sign in to activate”, and sign in with google — tau finds your licence and activates itself. you never have to type a key. your key is also on your account at trytau.app/account if you ever want it, and once a device is activated it keeps working offline.

reach out and i'll help you get it running. if it genuinely can't be fixed, you'll get a full refund.

yes - one licence covers all of your own devices. install tau anywhere you work and sign in with the same account; there is no device limit.

yes - all updates for the current major version are free.