Every TikTok Live recorder, side by side
| Recorder | Price | Free tier | Creators | Keeps video | Chat and gifts in the replay | How you get it | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TikMonitor | Starter $7.99/mo, Studio $24.99/mo | One 30-minute trial recording | 1 recorded on Starter, 10 on Studio | 14 days | Yes: chat, gifts with sender names and USD, on screen or burned into the MP4 | Web player, MP4 download | Any browser |
| TikRec | Basic €4.99/mo, Pro €6.99/mo, Lifetime €249 | 2 creators, first hour of each live | 25 on Basic, 100 on Pro | Kept in your Telegram chat | No | MP4 sent to Telegram | Telegram bot |
| StreamRecorder | $9.99/mo, $24.99 for 3 months, $79.99/yr | 3 streamers at 720p | 3 free; more on Premium | 5 days free, 60 days Premium | Lists a chat export beside the video; gifts not mentioned | Web player, download | Browser, 25 sites |
| TKREC | PRO €6.99/wk, €11.99/mo, €74.99/yr | 1 creator, 50 GB | 1 free; slot packs in the app | Not stated; storage tiers | No | In-app player, save to phone | iPhone, Android |
| GREC | Premium $6.99/mo, $44.99/yr | Basic plan, 5 GB | Not stated | While you subscribe | Not stated | In-app player, save to phone | Phone app; TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, Kick, X |
| RecTok | Premium $5.99 per 30-day pass | 2 watchlist slots, 1 hour per recording | 30 on Premium | Not stated | Not stated | MP4 sent to Telegram | Telegram bot |
| TokLiveRecorder | Pro $9.99/mo, Studio $19.99/mo, one live $2.99 | 1 recording a day, 20 minutes | 5 on Pro, 20 on Studio | 3 days free, 7 on Pro, 30 on Studio | No | Web player, MP4 | Browser; TikTok and Kick |
| LiveRec | From $12.99/mo | Not listed | 15, 50 or 75 | Not stated | Not stated | In-app player | iPhone, Android |
| LiveVODS | Pro $9.99/mo, Max $19.99/mo | 3 creators, 720p, no downloads | 10 on Pro, 50 on Max | 3 days free, 14 on Pro, 30 on Max | Not stated | Web player, download on paid plans | Browser |
| StreamArchive | Premium price not listed | 3 creators, kept 5 days, no downloads | Up to 100 on Premium | 5 days free, 30 on Premium | Not stated | Web player, public archive | Browser |
| AutoRecordLive | $9.99, $24.99 or $59.99/mo, or $2.99 for 10 hours | 7-day trial with 10 minutes | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Cloud recording | Browser |
| OBS Studio | Free | Everything | One live at a time | Your own disk | Only what the browser showed | File on your computer | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Phone screen recorder | Free | Everything | One live, while you watch | Your phone | Only what your screen showed | File in your gallery | iPhone, Android |
| Open-source script | Free, plus a server | Everything | As many as your server handles | Your own disk | No | File on your server | Python on your own machine |
Checked on 28 October 2026 against each tool's own website, pricing page or App Store listing; TKREC's prices and StreamRecorder's chat line re-checked on 4 November 2026. Prices are the ones each tool lists in US dollars or euros; app-store prices vary by country. "Not stated" means the tool's own pages don't say.
Records the whole live: video, chat, gifts, gifter names and USD on one timeline.
TikMonitor is a TikTok Live analytics product that also records, and it has finished 10,515 live recordings since August 2026. Turn the Record switch on for a creator you track and every live they run afterwards is captured server-side, whether you are online or not. The difference is what comes back with the video. The chat, every gift with the sender's username and a running diamond-to-USD total are recorded in step with the stream, so the player replays them over the video the way TikTok showed them (viewer photos, badges, gift combos, likes), and you can download the MP4 with all of it on screen, ready to post as a clip. It does not sell or show other users' recordings: you get the lives you chose to record.
- Best for
- Anyone who wants the live as it happened, chat and gifts included, not a silent copy of the picture. TikTok LIVE agencies get a separate team panel.
- Pricing
- Every free account gets one 30-minute trial recording. Starter, $7.99/mo, records 1 creator. Studio, $24.99/mo, records up to 10 and tracks 25. Every video is kept 14 days.
- + Chat and gifts shown on the video as it plays
- + MP4 download with or without the chat burned in
- + Gifter names and USD earnings in step with the video
- + Records server-side while you sleep
- + Go-live, keyword and gift-spike alerts on the same creators
- − 14-day retention, shorter than StreamRecorder Premium or TikRec's Telegram files, so download what you want to keep
- − Regular recording needs Starter or Studio; free accounts get one 30-minute trial
- − No archive of other people's recordings to browse
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TikRec
A Telegram bot that sends the finished MP4 to your chat, plus a public archive.
TikRec watches a list of creators and posts the finished MP4, with a thumbnail, into your Telegram chat when the live ends. Telegram keeps those files with no expiry, which no browser-based recorder here matches. It also runs a public archive of lives it has recorded for its users (its homepage counts over 925,000 lives saved); free accounts can open 3 of them a day and paid plans 100. The free tier records the first hour of each live for 2 creators and checks for new lives about every 15 minutes, so a short live can be missed; paid plans check about every 3 minutes. The files are picture and sound only: no chat, no gifts, no earnings.
- Best for
- People who already live in Telegram and want cheap, permanent files.
- Pricing
- Free for 2 creators (first hour of each live). Basic €4.99/mo for 25 creators, Pro €6.99/mo for 100, or Pro Lifetime €249 once (first 100 buyers).
- + Cheapest per creator of the automatic recorders
- + Files stay in your Telegram chat with no expiry
- + Public archive of lives it already recorded
- − Video only: no chat, no gifts, no earnings
- − Free tier stops after one hour and checks every 15 minutes
- − No web dashboard for your watchlist; everything runs in Telegram
A multi-platform recorder with TikTok as one of 25 sites.
StreamRecorder records streams from 25 platforms, most of its catalogue on Twitch and Kick; TikTok is one of them. You add a streamer and it saves their broadcasts to watch or download, and it keeps a public archive of recordings. Premium keeps videos for 60 days, the longest of the cloud recorders here. Its own FAQ says it cannot follow a TikTok creator who changes their username: you have to add them again. Its site lists a chat export alongside the video; it does not mention gifts or earnings.
- Best for
- Following the same people across several streaming sites.
- Pricing
- Free for 3 streamers at 720p with 5-day retention. Premium $9.99 for a month, $24.99 for 3 months or $79.99 for a year, with 60-day retention.
- + Covers 25 platforms besides TikTok
- + 60-day retention on Premium
- + Public archive of recordings
- − No gifts or earnings; chat only as an export beside the video
- − Free recordings are 720p and deleted after 5 days
- − A creator who renames must be added again
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TKREC
A phone app that records TikTok lives in the cloud.
TKREC is an iPhone and Android app. You add creators and it records their lives on its servers; its site says a Record Now tap on a live already running still gives a video from where the broadcast started. It also sells access to past lives it has already recorded: you search a creator and unlock their history. Extra slots, history and storage are separate in-app purchases. It never joins the chat, so the chat isn't captured.
- Best for
- Phone-only users who want everything inside one app.
- Pricing
- Free for one creator with 50 GB. PRO €6.99 a week, €11.99 a month or €74.99 a year on its web store. Storage, slot packs and history unlocks are sold separately.
- + Native iPhone and Android app
- + Archive of past lives you can unlock
- + Record Now on a live already running
- − Video only: no chat, no gifts, no earnings
- − Many features are separate in-app purchases
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GREC
A phone app that auto-records lives on TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, Kick and X.
GREC records in the cloud: you tap Add to Auto Rec on a profile and its servers start recording when that profile goes live. It covers several platforms, and recordings stay in its cloud as long as you keep a subscription, then you stream them or save them to your phone. Its App Store listing comes from the same developer as TKREC. It does not say anything about keeping the chat or gifts.
- Best for
- Phone users who follow the same people on TikTok and Instagram.
- Pricing
- Free Basic plan with 5 GB of cloud storage. Premium $3.99/week, $6.99/month or $44.99/year in the US App Store, with a 3-day trial; extra storage is a separate subscription.
- + Five platforms in one app
- + Recordings kept as long as you subscribe
- − No mention of chat or gift capture
- − Phone app only
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RecTok
A Telegram bot that records TikTok lives, paid by 30-day pass.
RecTok works like TikRec: you send /rec @username or add creators to a watchlist, and the MP4 arrives in your Telegram chat when the live ends. It can join a live already in progress and record from that point. Premium is a 30-day pass paid in Telegram Stars, with no auto-renewal, which suits someone who only needs a recorder for a month. It also has a library of recordings you can unlock. It does not mention chat or gifts.
- Best for
- A short burst of recording without a subscription.
- Pricing
- Free: 2 watchlist slots, recordings up to 1 hour, 3 library unlocks a day. Premium about $5.99 per 30-day pass (paid in Telegram Stars, so the price varies by region): 30 slots, full length.
- + No auto-renewal
- + Records lives already in progress
- − Telegram only
- − Free recordings stop after one hour
A web recorder with monthly hours and a pay-once option for one live.
TokLiveRecorder records TikTok and Kick lives in the cloud from the browser. Plans are measured in recording hours a month and hours per recording, and there is a one-off price for a single live, the only pay-per-live option on this list. Its site says the MP4 has no comments or gift banners.
- Best for
- Recording one important live without subscribing.
- Pricing
- Free: 1 recording a day, up to 20 minutes, kept 3 days. Pro $9.99/mo (30 hours a month, 5 creators, kept 7 days). Studio $19.99/mo (120 hours, 20 creators, kept 30 days). One live $2.99 once, up to 3 hours.
- + Pay $2.99 once for a single live
- + Works in any browser
- − Video only: no comments or gift banners
- − Hour caps per month and per recording
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LiveRec
An iPhone and Android app with a shared archive of recorded lives.
LiveRec records the creators you add on its servers and plays them in its app. Its site says you can also rewatch millions of TikTok lives that are already recorded, and a creator shows up in its search once any user has added them. It doesn't list a free tier, a retention period or chat capture.
- Best for
- Phone users who want to browse lives other users recorded.
- Pricing
- From $12.99/mo: Basic 15 creators, Standard 50, Premium 75.
- + Large shared archive
- + Native phone apps
- − No free tier listed
- − Retention and chat capture not stated
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LiveVODS
A browser recorder with a shared archive and up to 4K on its top plan.
LiveVODS records the creators you follow and keeps a shared archive anyone can browse, with paid plans able to watch recordings from before they followed a creator. Retention grows with the plan, and Max records up to 4K. The free plan has no downloads and 30 minutes of archive watching a day. It doesn't mention chat capture.
- Best for
- Following up to 50 creators at a fixed price.
- Pricing
- Free: 3 creators, 720p, kept 3 days. Pro $9.99/mo (10 creators, 1080p, 14 days). Max $19.99/mo (50 creators, up to 4K, 30 days). Yearly $99.90 or $199.90.
- + Up to 4K and 30-day retention on Max
- + Shared archive of recorded lives
- − Free plan can't download
- − Chat capture not stated
A cloud recorder for 16 live platforms with a public archive of what it recorded.
StreamArchive records creators on 16 live platforms, TikTok among them, and publishes a page for each creator and each recorded live, so its archive often shows up when people search a creator's name. The free plan follows 3 creators and keeps videos 5 days without downloads; Premium follows up to 100 and keeps them 30 days, at a price its site doesn't list. It doesn't mention chat, gifts or earnings.
- Best for
- Browsing what it already recorded of a popular creator.
- Pricing
- Free: 3 creators, kept 5 days, no downloads. Premium: up to 100 creators, 30 days; price not listed.
- + Public archive of recorded lives
- + 16 platforms
- − Free plan can't download
- − Premium price not published
- − Chat and gifts not mentioned
Cloud recording for TikTok and Douyin, sold by the month or by the hour.
AutoRecordLive records TikTok and Douyin lives in the cloud and says it is meant for your own lives or lives you are authorised to record. Plans are $9.99, $24.99 and $59.99 a month, with a $2.99 pack of 10 hours for occasional use and a 7-day trial that includes 10 minutes. It doesn't say how long it keeps videos or whether the chat comes back.
- Best for
- Creators and agencies archiving their own lives.
- Pricing
- $9.99, $24.99 or $59.99 a month; $2.99 for 10 hours; 7-day trial with 10 minutes.
- + Pay-as-you-go hours
- + Douyin as well as TikTok
- − Retention not stated
- − Chat capture not stated
Free, open-source recording software for Windows, Mac and Linux.
OBS records the live playing in a browser window on your computer. It is free and gives the sharpest do-it-yourself result, but the computer has to stay on and recording for the whole stream, and you have to start it before the creator goes live. You get whatever the browser showed, chat overlay included if it was on screen.
- Best for
- Recording one live you know about, for free, on a computer.
- Pricing
- Free and open source.
- + Free
- + Sharp picture at your monitor's resolution
- − The computer must stay on for the whole live
- − Misses any live you didn't know was starting
The screen recorder already on your iPhone or Android.
Start your phone's screen recorder, join the live and leave it running. It costs nothing and keeps the live's sound, but the phone is tied up for the whole stream, it records only from the moment you tap, and notifications or a locking screen can spoil the file. Our guide to recording a TikTok Live has the exact steps and fixes for no-audio and black-screen recordings.
- Best for
- A live you are already watching.
- Pricing
- Free.
- + Nothing to install
- + Keeps the live's sound
- − You have to be watching the whole time
- − Only from the moment you start recording
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tiktok-live-recorder (open source)
A free Python command-line tool you run on your own server.
This open-source script captures the source stream directly, and several paid recorders are built on top of it. It costs nothing, but you run everything yourself: Python on a machine or server that stays online, your own storage, and your own fixes when TikTok changes something and recordings start failing. It saves the video only.
- Best for
- Developers who would rather maintain a script than use a service.
- Pricing
- Free and open source. You pay for the server.
- + Free
- + Source-quality capture
- − Needs a server that stays online and someone to maintain it
- − Breaks when TikTok changes things until it is patched
- − No interface, no alerts, no chat or gifts
Disclosure: TikMonitor is our product and is listed first. Rival prices and features come from each tool's own site on the date shown. Our earnings figures follow our methodology, and the measured numbers behind them are on TikTok Live statistics.
Which one should you pick?
Every recorder on this list can save the picture, and several beat TikMonitor on something: TikRec on price and permanent Telegram files, StreamRecorder on platforms and 60-day retention, TKREC, LiveRec and LiveVODS on archives of lives other users recorded, TokLiveRecorder on paying once for one live. Only TikMonitor saves the live as it happened and replays it the way the TikTok app showed it: the chat with viewers' photos and badges, every gift with the sender's name and what the stream earned, in step with the video, plus a download with all of it on screen. If the moment you want to keep is the gift that landed or the chat losing it, that is the difference.
What's the cheapest way to record TikTok Lives?
Screen recording and OBS are free if you are watching anyway, and the open-source script is free if you have a server. For automatic recording, TikRec's Basic plan is €4.99 a month for 25 creators and TokLiveRecorder sells a single live for $2.99. TikMonitor gives every free account one 30-minute trial recording, and Starter ($7.99/mo) records 1 creator with the chat and gifts included.
Can any of these get back a live that already ended?
Only if something recorded it while it aired. No tool can rebuild a live nobody captured. TikTok keeps a replay for the creator for 30 days, and viewers only see it if the creator shares it. TikRec, TKREC, StreamRecorder, LiveRec and LiveVODS open archives of lives they recorded for their own users, so a popular creator's past live is sometimes there. TikMonitor does not sell or show other users' recordings: it records the creators you choose from then on.
Do TikTok live recorders notify the creator?
No. None of these tools notify the broadcaster, and TikTok gives no indicator when a viewer records. They read the same public stream every viewer's device receives.
Which TikTok live recorder also saves the chat?
TikMonitor is the one that puts it on the video. It records the chat and every gift alongside the video, replays them over it the way the TikTok app shows them, and can export the MP4 with the chat and gifts on screen. StreamRecorder lists a chat export beside the video without mentioning gifts, TKREC and TokLiveRecorder say outright that they don't capture the chat, and none of the other recorders here mentions it (checked 4 November 2026).
Which TikTok live recorder keeps videos longest?
TikRec, because the files live in your own Telegram chat with no expiry, and GREC keeps recordings while you subscribe. Among browser recorders, StreamRecorder Premium keeps 60 days and TokLiveRecorder Studio and LiveVODS Max keep 30. TikMonitor keeps 14 days, so download anything you want longer.
Which one shows how much a live earned?
Only TikMonitor. The others return video files; TikMonitor also records the gift events behind the stream and converts diamonds to USD at an estimated $0.005 per diamond, so each recording carries the earnings and the gifter names alongside it.