Software Alternatives & Reviews

HyperCam VS Gromit-MPX

Compare HyperCam VS Gromit-MPX and see what are their differences

HyperCam logo HyperCam

HyperCam 1.6 captures the action from your Windows 9x or NT screen and saves it to AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved) movie file. Sound from your system microphone is also recorded.

Gromit-MPX logo Gromit-MPX

Create annotations by directly drawing on your screen.
  • HyperCam Landing page
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    2022-03-14
  • Gromit-MPX Landing page
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    2023-09-13

HyperCam videos

Hyper 'Hypercam HD' 1080p Webcam Review - Model GWCHD-201

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Gromit-MPX videos

Desktop Annotation, Draw Anywhere on Screen: Gromit-MPX for Thinkpad Yoga 12 on Ubuntu

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to HyperCam and Gromit-MPX)
Screen Recording
100 100%
0% 0
Digital Drawing And Painting
Live Streaming
100 100%
0% 0
Image Editing
0 0%
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Gromit-MPX seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

HyperCam mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of HyperCam yet. Tracking of HyperCam recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Gromit-MPX mentions (2)

  • Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?
    I have an XP-Pen as well. Works great in Linux. I'm still amazed at how high quality these non-Wacom tablets are today. I had one of those cheap 6" Wacom Graphites back in the early 2000s and that was the best you could get. My XP-Pen blows that thing away. Still haven't found a great place to put it though. I'm just stashing it off to the side but it's awkward moving it around all the time. If you're on Linux,... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
  • Image viewer with annotations (etc add rectangle)
    I use Gromit-MPX. With it you can toggle "painting mode" with a hotkey (e.g. F9), making your screen essentially a big whiteboard on which you can draw in various colors and thiccnessess. Source: about 3 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing HyperCam and Gromit-MPX, you can also consider the following products

OBS Studio - Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Epic Pen - A windows tool for drawing over your desktop and applications

Camtasia - Camtasia 2018 makes it easy to record your screen and create polished, professional-looking videos.

gInk - An on-screen on-screen annotation software for Windows.

Screencast-O-Matic - Free version Records up to 15 minutes, premium is $15/year.

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