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iPad What is the best app for recording and annotating screen of iPad?

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Hi, I want to make some instructional videos by recording the screen of my iPad Pro. I think iOS has a built-in app but it does not record my voice. Also, I cannot annotate the screen (e.g. highlighting certain parts for a few seconds with a color pen) at the same time. What is the best app that can do all these at the same time in real-time?
 
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Screen record does allow you to record your voice using the built in mic (perhaps even an external mic attached to lightning).
 
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harriska2 said:
Screen record does allow you to record your voice using the built in mic (perhaps even an external mic attached to lightning).
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I found that I did not turn on the mic. I thought it were on by default. Can we use Apple Pencil to do annotation? I mean not using the Pencil interact with other apps but just to circle or draw an arrow on the screen while taking the video.
 
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I found that I did not turn on the mic. I thought it were on by default. Can we use Apple Pencil to do annotation? I mean not using the Pencil interact with other apps but just to circle or draw an arrow on the screen while taking the video.
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To annotate a video you need to edit it in something like (free) imovie or its big cousin Final Cut Pro.
 
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hajime said:
Hi, I want to make some instructional videos by recording the screen of my iPad Pro. I think iOS has a built-in app but it does not record my voice. Also, I cannot annotate the screen (e.g. highlighting certain parts for a few seconds with a color pen) at the same time. What is the best app that can do all these at the same time in real-time?
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The iOS screen recording function has this habit of disabling the microphone from time to time, so you must make sure it’s enabled before doing your recording (had a few occasions where I had completed my screencast, only to realise there was no sound).

As for writing on the screen, I don’t know any way for it. Probably not in iOS, as this would entail allowing an app to modify another app.
 
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you can doodle on/in your videos after recording using e.g.
Scribble Video. Or you create your scribbles/doodles in the app of your choice and edit the screen recording(s) and these doodle videos together in iMovie using its green screen function.
 
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hajime said:
So for iPad, it is a two-stage process?
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Yes. Record first. Then edit to add pictures, arrows, works, etc in a video editor. iMovie is a free Apple video editor and should do what you want. Bit of a learning curve but there are plenty of videos/tutorials out there.
 
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