Voom vs Loom
The open-source Loom alternative for macOS.
Loom is an excellent async video platform — polished, widely integrated, and trusted by many teams. Voom is for people who want the same async-video workflow but free, native, private, and owned: no per-seat bill, no cloud transcription, no vendor lock-in.
Free forever · macOS 15+ · Apple Silicon + Intel · ~5 MB
Side by side
How Voom and Loom compare.
Facts only — no editorialising. Pick what matters to your workflow.
Where Voom wins
Four dimensions that matter.
These aren't marketing checkboxes. They're the reasons people switch.
Price & ownership
Voom is MIT-licensed and costs nothing — no trial, no tier, no per-seat bill. You own the binary, the recordings, and the sharing infrastructure.
On-device privacy
Recording, editing, and transcription all run on your Mac. WhisperKit never sends your audio anywhere, and there are no Voom servers to breach.
Open source
The full Swift codebase is on GitHub under the MIT license. Audit it, fork it, or contribute a fix — no permission required.
Your own storage
When you share a recording it goes to your own Cloudflare account — R2 storage you own, Workers you control, data you can delete.
Which one is for you?
An honest recommendation.
Both are good tools. The right one depends on what you actually care about.
Stick with Loom if…
- You rely on the Loom browser extension to record from Chrome or Firefox.
- Your team is embedded in the Atlassian ecosystem (Jira, Confluence) and already uses Loom's native integrations.
- Privacy of recorded content isn't a concern and you're happy paying for centrally hosted storage.
- You need Windows or Linux support — Voom is macOS only.
Choose Voom if…
- You want a free, native, open-source tool that runs on macOS with no ongoing cost.
- You handle sensitive footage — legal, medical, financial, customer — and transcription must never leave your machine.
- You want to own your video archive on storage you control, not pay an ongoing subscription to access your own recordings.
- You care about the code — want to read it, audit it, fork it, or build on top of it.
Ready to switch?
Try Voom. It's free, forever.
Download the ~5 MB native app or read the full source on GitHub. No account, no telemetry, no per-seat invoice.
Free forever · macOS 15+ · Apple Silicon + Intel · MIT licensed