Scribe is the best known tool in this category and the reason most people know step-by-step capture exists. It is also a per-seat SaaS whose free tier is deliberately narrow.
Written first, and honestly. A comparison page that cannot name a single thing the other product does better is marketing, not information.
Scribe records forward from the moment you press start. GuideGen can build the guide out of the last two minutes you already worked.
Neither Scribe nor anything else in this category captures the API calls behind each step.
PDF, Markdown, HTML, slides and a narrated MP4 are all free here, unlimited and unwatermarked.
Recording, editing, narration and every export happen in your browser; a guide is uploaded only when you publish it.
Scribe is the safer choice for a large team that wants shared folders, admin controls and a vendor with a support contract. GuideGen is the better choice if the guide is for you, an engineer, or a model — and if you would rather the screens never left your laptop.
Free, unlimited guides, no watermark and no card. Everything runs in your browser until you choose to publish.