# Areacast

> Areacast is a Mac app for sharing only part of your screen in video calls. You put a yellow frame around what you want to show, and Areacast turns that area into a separate screen called "Areacast" that you can pick in any meeting app's share menu. It can also record that area as a movie. Everything outside the frame stays private.

Website: https://areacast.app/
Download: https://areacast.app/download
Buy a license: https://brunogrove7.gumroad.com/l/areacast
Made by: Code Mountain

## What it does

- Shares any rectangular part of your screen as its own screen. Meeting apps see it as a normal display named "Areacast".
- Works with every app that can share a screen, such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Slack, Webex and Discord. No plugins or extensions are needed.
- You can move and resize the frame while presenting; the call follows right away without sharing again.
- The frame snaps to halves, thirds and quarters of the screen. Holding Command drags freely.
- Works across multiple displays: drag the frame onto another display and the share follows. It avoids a MacBook's camera notch.
- Can show your webcam inside the shared area, as a rectangle, rounded square or circle.
- Records exactly what is shared to a movie (H.264 .mov), with the microphone and/or the Mac's sound, using the record button on the frame. Movies are saved on the Mac, in the Movies folder or a chosen folder.
- The webcam's background can be blurred, or removed (transparent) so only the person shows on top of the shared content. This runs on the Mac itself.
- A setting chooses whether notification banners that appear inside the frame are shared.
- The yellow frame and its buttons are never part of the share.
- Remembers your frame, display and webcam between launches.
- Updates itself: it checks areacast.app for new versions (after asking) and installs them when the user agrees.

## Pricing

- Free: every feature, no time limit. The share shows a small "Shared with Areacast" badge in its bottom-left corner, which the presenter also sees inside their frame. It can be hidden 3 times for free, each time until Areacast quits.
- Lifetime license: $14.99, paid once, sold through Gumroad. It removes the badge for good. The key is entered in Settings → License.

## Requirements

- macOS 14.6 Sonoma or later.
- Apple silicon and Intel Macs; one universal download.
- Screen Recording permission. Camera permission only when the webcam is turned on, and Microphone permission only when recording with the microphone.

## Privacy

Areacast only records when the user presses record, and saves the movie on the Mac; it never uploads anything. Otherwise the picture only leaves the Mac through the meeting app the user shares it in. The app only goes online once when a license key is entered, to check the key with Gumroad, and, if the user allows it, to check areacast.app for updates.

## Why it isn't in the Mac App Store

To offer the framed area as a screen, Areacast creates a virtual display, which uses a macOS feature that isn't available to App Store apps. It's distributed directly from the website instead.

## Common questions

- How do I share only part of my screen on a Mac? Open Areacast, drag the yellow frame over what you want to show, then share the screen called "Areacast" in your meeting app.
- How is it different from sharing one window? Window sharing shows a single app and freezes or goes blank when you switch apps. Areacast shares an area, so you can show several windows side by side and switch apps freely.
- Is Areacast free? Yes, with every feature. The free version shows a small badge in the share; a $14.99 one-time license removes it.
- What do the other people in the call see? Only what's inside the frame, at full sharpness, plus the mouse pointer while it's inside the frame.