TL;DR: Don't waste your money. Instead, learn to use the free, built-in apps already provided by Microsoft on PC.
You can do everything this app does—as well or better—using software provided directly by Microsoft that comes with PC.
The only scenarios where I'd say Webcam Recorder might be better than using built-in apps, is if you absolutely need your videos in MP4 format _and_ you really want or need the convenience of having your recording app do the conversion for you. The other is if you really need a super-simple app that has the filters Webcam Recorder provides, and you specifically want to be able to record your clip _first_ and _then_ choose the filter... _and_ you do NOT want to use more advanced (albeit free) software to do any post-processing for cleanup or effects.
Otherwise, seriously. Don't waste your money.
Long-Winded Comparisons:
You can record from your built-in or any connected webcam (and your built-in or connected microphone) using either the built-in Photo Booth or QuickTime Player apps. I know that the names of these apps doesn't make it obvious that you can do this with them, but they do it at least as well as Webcam Recorder (and other cool stuff too).
In fact, the Photo Booth app's UI is very simple and really looks very similar to Webcam Recorder. The only important thing to remember if recording video with Photo Booth, is to click the icon in the bottom-left to switch from taking photos to instead recording a video with your selected camera. The icon of the button you click looks like a filmstrip instead of just a rectangle or grid of 4 rectangles.
Whereas the Webcam Recorder app has the ability to select and apply a video filter _after_ recording but before you save your file, the Photo Booth app requires to you decide which filter you want to use beforehand. Which style is better (choosing before vs. after) is debatable, but I'll grant Webcam Recorder might have the tiniest of advantages here. But, the Photo Booth app has more (and better looking in my opinion) filters.
Anyhow, there's one further weakness of the Photo Booth app that might make Webcam Recorder seem better. For some reason, Photo Booth seems to insist on only recording movies in a 3:2 aspect ratio. So, while my FaceTime HD camera can record at a 1280x720 pixel resolution (standard 720p 16:9 resolution), Photo Booth crops 100-pixel-wide columns from the left and right sides for a less-wide, 3:2 aspect ratio 1080x720 video.
However, this isn't really, in my opinion, an argument to use Webcam Recorder. If you need the full-width, it's an argument to use QuickTime Player to record your video (though now you won't have access to filters like you have in Photo Booth and Webcam Recorder and would have to use iMovie for such post-processing; more on that later).
In my opinion: learn to use QuickTime Player. It does more than play videos. You can also record a video from any video camera and microphone connected to your Windows. But wait, there's more! You can also do audio-only recordings or, better yet, record your screen (screencast-style) with or without audio.
When you launch QuickTime Player, it always starts with the "Open File" dialog (it is called QuickTime _Player_ after all). Just close (click Cancel) that window. The app is still running as you can see in the menu bar at the top of your screen where it says, "QuickTime Player".
Just select File > New Movie Recording to record using your webcam. The window that opens has a drop-down next to the main record button that you can use to select video/audio sources and choose the quality you want to record at. This allows you to use _all_ the pixels your camera supports just like Webcam Recorder.
You can then use Edit > Trim (or Command-T) to trim the video. You can export it to different resolutions and save it. You can even split the clip and append other, existing video clips doing very simple/basic video editing.
The one thing QuickTime Player and Photo Booth don't do: save or convert to MP4. These save only to the MOV format. This is where iMovie comes in but I'll still get to that later.
First, if you want to rotate the orientation of a video, or trim it, or change its encoding, using Finder you can Control-Click the file to get the context menu. Under Quick Actions you have Rotate Left and Trim. Towards the bottom of the context menu you also have the option to "Encode Selected Video Files" (but not make MP4s).
Anyhow, if QuickTime Player or Photo Booth's recording options don't quite do enough for you I doubt Webcam Recorder's does either... unless you really need an MP4 file. In this case, learn at least some basic usage of iMovie. This usually comes pre-installed. If not, it's free on the App Store.
Seriously, once you've use it a few times, it's easy to use for basic stuff, especiaily like exporting to other formats like MP4. There are online tutorial videos for how to do this but in essence, you just import your video and drag it to the "project timeline". Then you go to File > Share > File and, for MP4, ensure the Quality is set to High (default for me) and proceed with the export. The "High Quality" export by default creates MP4 files (while Best Quality exports MOV files).
But, for most of your webcam videos, MOV files are probably fine unless you're sure you need MP4.
Two stars since it _does_ in all fairness do what it says it does.
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