01 / Zoom
It glides to your cursor
Scroll, pinch or hit a hotkey. The screen eases in toward exactly where you point, at 120fps – and it's all in your recording, because Gaze renders the zoom into the frame itself.
macOS · native · lives in your menu bar
Zoom into anything, right at your cursor.
A buttery menu-bar magnifier that zooms right into your recording – and clicks still land where you point. Freeze, draw, pin – without breaking your flow.
- Notarized by Apple
- macOS 14+ · Silicon & Intel
- 14-day Pro trial
Live demo coming with launch
For teachers, streamers, presenters and designers who live on screen-share.
- Captured frames stay on your Mac
- No account needed
- One-time payment
- 30-day money-back
01The trade-off
Every zoom makes you choose.
Interactive – or visible in the recording. Every screen zoom on the Mac picks a side. Gaze takes both.
Shown below – move by move ↓
02The instrument
Five moves.
Five moves.
Zero friction.
02 / Click-through
Clicks land where you point
Other overlay zooms hand you a picture. Gaze keeps the screen real: click buttons, select text and type mid-zoom – it lands exactly where you're pointing.
03 / Freeze
Stop the frame, mark it up
Freeze the live screen, then draw, highlight and measure with pressure-smoothed ink. Copy or save with your marks baked in.
04 / Pin
Lock a lens, work underneath
Drag a box around what matters and pin it. The lens holds that zone while you keep clicking and typing beneath it.
05 / Highlight
Spotlight the pointer
Dim everything but the cursor and ripple every click. Your screencasts read clearly on any display, in any recorder.
03Made yours
Tune it to your hands.
Magnification, follow speed, the wheel-zoom modifier, fixed steps, hotkeys for everything – Gaze bends to exactly how you zoom and present.
Gaze reads the screen only to magnify it – nothing is recorded, uploaded or sent anywhere.
04The receipts
Gaze does what the system can't.
You've seen every move. Here it all is in one honest table – including where the built-in zoom keeps up.
FeaturemacOS ZoomGaze
Buttery zoom to your cursormacOS Zoom: yesGaze: yes
Zoom by scroll or a custom hotkeymacOS Zoom: yesGaze: yes
Shows up in recordings & screen-sharesmacOS Zoom: noGaze: yes
Freeze the frame, draw & measuremacOS Zoom: noGaze: yes
Pinned lens you click underneathmacOS Zoom: noGaze: yes
Spotlight dimming & click ripplesmacOS Zoom: noGaze: yes
Pinch-to-zoom on the trackpadmacOS Zoom: noGaze: yes
Pixel-grid mode with a HEX color pickermacOS Zoom: noGaze: yes
Zoom glides with you across displaysmacOS Zoom: noGaze: yes
PriceFreeFree core · Pro $19
05Pricing
Pay once. Or don't pay at all.
Most screen tools are a subscription. Gaze Pro is one payment, updates included – or keep the free core for everyday zoom, forever.
Freeforever
$0
Everyday smooth zoom to your cursor. No account, no catch – and your download starts with 14 days of full Pro.
Download free- Smooth zoom to your cursor
- Wheel, pinch & hotkeys
- Cursor spotlight – dim around the pointer
- Freeze, draw, pin & export
- Click ripples & cursor styles
Launch · $20 off
$39 $19 once
Prolifetime
Pay once, yours forever – every future update included.
Get Lifetime
Try Pro free for 14 days, then 30-day money-back
- Everything in Free
- Freeze frame & annotation
- Live ink, marker, shapes & ruler
- Pinned lens & export
- Click ripples, cursor styles & the full Highlight kit
06Good to know
Questions, answered.
Is it safe to install?
Yes. Gaze is notarized by Apple and code-signed – macOS opens it without scary warnings. A tiny native app: no Electron, no background services, and nothing you see on screen ever leaves your Mac.
Why does it ask for permissions?
Two, set once: Screen Recording (to magnify what's on screen) and Accessibility (for global hotkeys and click remapping). Gaze guides you through both on first launch. macOS re-checks the Screen Recording grant every so often and after system updates – that periodic prompt is Apple's privacy safeguard for every capture app, not something Gaze triggers.
Does it capture DRM-protected video?
No – and neither does any screen tool. When you record DRM-protected playback (Netflix, Apple TV+ and the like), macOS itself blanks that region to black for every capture app. Gaze magnifies everything else exactly as you see it – the black frame is Apple's copy protection, not a Gaze bug.
What's actually free?
Smooth zoom to your cursor, all hotkeys and Spotlight dimming – free forever, no account. Click ripples, cursor styles and the full Highlight kit come with Pro.
Is it worth paying for over macOS zoom?
macOS zoom is free, but it's an accessibility tool. If you teach, stream or demo on screen, Gaze pays for itself the first time a viewer actually reads your screen – buttery cursor-follow, freeze-frame annotation, a pinned lens and screencast-ready highlights. One $19 payment, not a subscription, and 30 days to change your mind. See the comparison above.
How many Macs does one license cover?
Up to three of your personal Macs at once. Your email is your license – sign in with it in the app to activate. Need a fourth? Deactivate any Mac from inside Gaze to free a slot.
Are updates included in Lifetime?
Yes – every future update is included, forever. Pay once, no recurring charge, no upgrade fees.
Can I get a refund?
Try every Pro feature free for 14 days. Buy, and you still get a full 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked – there's no way to lose out.
Does it work offline?
Activation needs the internet just once – to sign in with your email and confirm the device. After that Gaze is verified on-device and runs completely offline, no connection required.
One payment. Every update. Forever.
Install in a minute, zoom on your very next call. If Pro isn't for you, the trial simply ends – and even after buying you have 30 days to walk away.
macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · Native · Notarized