mmhmm (Airtime) Alternatives for Mac: Present on Camera

mmhmm made a simple idea popular: instead of vanishing into a tiny tile while you share your screen, you appear next to your slides, like a TV presenter. The app is now called Airtime (the company is still mmhmm Inc.), and it has grown into four tools under one subscription: Camera for looks and effects in video calls, Recorder for quick screen recordings, Creator for recorded presentations with your slides around you, and Stacks for reviewing material together on a call. It costs $10 a month billed yearly or $12 month to month, with a 14-day free trial.

That is a fair price if you use all four. Many people only want one part of it, usually "show me and my slides together on a call" or "record a presentation with my face in it". A Mac already does a lot of that for free, and the apps below cover the rest.

Quick Verdict

• Best free option for live calls: macOS Presenter Overlay puts you in front of the screen you share in FaceTime, Zoom and other supported apps. It is the closest built-in match to mmhmm's original trick.
• Best free option for slides: Keynote's live video puts your camera feed on any slide, and PowerPoint's Cameo does the same if you already pay for Microsoft 365.
• Best for recorded presentations you share as a link: Tella, which records your screen and camera separately so you can change the layout afterwards.
• Best for polished recorded demos: Screen Studio, with camera layouts, background removal and automatic zooms.
• Best for live shows and webinars: Ecamm Live, a full live production app with overlays, scenes and a virtual camera on its Pro plan.
• Cheapest way to keep your face on screen in any app: FaceScreen, a floating camera bubble for $5.99 once (our app; more below).

Feature Comparison

Airtime (formerly mmhmm)

Airtime is worth knowing in detail before you replace it, because it does more than it used to. Camera works as a camera you pick in Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex and similar apps. It fixes lighting, adds a real, blurred or virtual background, branded "looks" with logos and borders, GIF reactions, lower thirds and away screens for when you step off camera. Creator is the old mmhmm presentation idea: import .ppt, .key or .pdf slides, put yourself among them, record in chapters and trim afterwards. Recorder handles Loom-style quick recordings, and Stacks replaces screen sharing with a shared board of materials.

Choose Airtime if you want all of that in one app, across Mac and Windows, and you present on video every week. If you only need one of those pieces, one of the options below is cheaper or free.

Presenter Overlay (built into macOS)

Apple added Presenter Overlay in macOS Sonoma. When you share your screen in FaceTime or a supported video app, open the video menu in the menu bar and choose one of two sizes. The large overlay puts you in front of the content you are sharing, so it looks like you are standing in front of your slides. The small overlay shows you in a movable bubble over the shared screen.

It costs nothing and needs no setup, which makes it the first thing to try. The limits are real, though. It needs macOS Sonoma or later on an Apple silicon Mac (or a Continuity Camera iPhone on some Intel Macs), it only appears in apps that support it, and Apple notes that virtual backgrounds are not shown while it is on. There are no branded looks, lower thirds or reactions.

Choose Presenter Overlay if your main use of mmhmm was presenting live on calls and your video app supports it.

Keynote Live Video

Keynote can put a live camera feed on a slide. Click Live Video in the toolbar, then move and resize the feed like any other object. You can use more than one camera source, including an iPhone or iPad connected by cable, and the feed only plays on the slides where you placed it, so you can be large on the title slide and small in a corner on detailed ones.

To present live, play the slideshow in a window and share that window in your call. To make a recording, use Keynote's Record Slideshow and export a movie with your narration. Because you design the layout slide by slide, Keynote gives you more control over where you appear than mmhmm's automatic layouts did.

Choose Keynote if you already build your slides in Keynote and want mmhmm-style presentations for free.

PowerPoint Cameo

PowerPoint's equivalent is Cameo. Choose Insert > Cameo, place the camera frame on a slide (or on the slide master so it appears everywhere), style it like a shape, and toggle the camera during the slideshow with Command-K. It also works with Record Slide Show, so you can export a presentation video with your face in it.

Choose PowerPoint Cameo if your team works in PowerPoint and you already have Microsoft 365.

Tella

Tella is the closest match to Airtime's Creator and Recorder for people who share recordings as links. Its native Mac app records your screen and camera as separate streams, so after recording you can switch between layouts (camera only, screen only, side by side, camera bubble), add zooms, backgrounds and captions, and cut mistakes by editing the transcript. It also has a teleprompter and a speaker-notes window that never appears in the video.

Pro costs $13 a month billed yearly, and Premium is $19 a month for a custom domain, removing Tella branding and 4K sharing. There is a free trial.

Choose Tella if you record pitches, course lessons or product updates and want to edit the layout after you record, then share a link with viewer analytics.

Screen Studio

Screen Studio is best known for its automatic zooms on cursor movements, but its camera features are what make it an mmhmm alternative. One recording can move between full-screen camera, split screen, a camera overlay in the corner, screen only and camera cutout, which removes the background behind you on your Mac so you appear on top of your content. It can hide the camera while you are silent and show your speaker notes while you record.

It costs $9 a month billed yearly or $29 month to month. It is a recorder and editor, not a live tool, so it does nothing for calls.

Choose Screen Studio if you make product demos or tutorials and want them to look polished with little editing.

Ecamm Live

Ecamm Live is a Mac-only live production studio. You build scenes with your camera, screen share, overlays and branding, switch between them during a stream or recording, and use picture-in-picture to stay on screen next to your content. The Pro plan adds a virtual camera and microphone, so your Ecamm scene can appear in Zoom, plus guest interviews and 4K streaming.

Standard costs $16 a month and Pro $32 a month when billed yearly ($20 and $40 month to month), with a 14-day free trial. That makes it more expensive than Airtime, so it only makes sense if you also stream or run webinars. We cover it in more depth in our OBS Studio alternatives post.

Choose Ecamm Live if your presentations are really live shows: webinars, streams or interviews with scenes and overlays.

FaceScreen: A Simple Camera Bubble for Any App

If what you liked about mmhmm was simply keeping your face visible while you share or record your screen, FaceScreen does that one job. It is our app. It puts a live camera view on top of every window, so it appears in whatever you share in a call or capture with any screen recorder, including the free one built into macOS (Shift-Command-5). You can change the shape, size and position of the bubble, adjust brightness and color, add a text overlay with your name or handle, toggle everything with keyboard shortcuts, and turn your screen into a soft ring light.

It does not remove your background, add reactions or import slides, so it is not a full Airtime replacement. It costs $5.99 once on the Mac App Store and needs macOS 15 or later. If you also want to draw or highlight on your slides while you present, Presentify (also ours, $14.99 on the Mac App Store) adds annotation on top of any app.

Which One Should You Choose?

• Choose Presenter Overlay if you present live on calls and want the mmhmm look for free.
• Choose Keynote live video or PowerPoint Cameo if you want to design exactly where you appear on each slide, live or recorded.
• Choose Tella if you record presentations to share as links and want to change layouts after recording.
• Choose Screen Studio if you record demos and tutorials and want them polished automatically.
• Choose Ecamm Live if you run webinars or streams with scenes and overlays.
• Choose FaceScreen if you just want your face on screen in any app, for a one-time price.
• Stay with Airtime if you use its call looks, presentation recording and Stacks together, or need the same tool on Windows.

For more on looking good in the camera itself, see how to look better on video calls on Mac.

Final Verdict

Most people who loved mmhmm wanted one thing: to stay visible next to their content. On a current Mac, Presenter Overlay does that for free on live calls, and Keynote or PowerPoint do it for free in your slides, live or recorded. If you record presentations often, Tella and Screen Studio give you better editing than a slideshow app, and Ecamm Live is the step up for live production. Airtime is still the most complete all-in-one choice, but only worth its subscription if you use most of what it bundles.

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