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Evaluating 108 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Many users find the application to be an excellent tool for recording and sharing gameplay moments, appreciating its ease of use for editing and posting videos. Customers highlight the responsive and helpful customer service, with staff often going above and beyond to resolve issues and provide support. The ability to capture unexpected moments and the overall functionality for creating gaming clips are frequently praised, with some noting that the app performs well even on less powerful PCs. However, some people were dissatisfied with significant performance issues, including frequent lagging, game crashes, and delays in inputs. Reviewers also reported problems with the application's stability, such as clips disappearing, inability to delete old videos, and the app failing to open or requiring constant reinstallation after updates. There are also concerns about the app's resource usage and difficulties with uninstalling it, with some users experiencing it reinstalling itself or causing system-wide issues.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Had some issues with my medal not clipping randomly one day (unsure to why this occurred) but I reached out to medal on discord and created a ticket, a couple hours later Tim (who had helped me before... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

It's easy to set up and get clipping straight away, you can set storage limits and it will alert you when the storage is full, the free package let's you upload 10 minute clips (which i think is a li... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Medal is fine, and its helped me get some pretty good clips, but it interferes with so many things. When first opening it causes everything - and I mean EVERYTHING to lag. its crashed so many games I'... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Like 3 times, Something amazing happened just for me to check a few minutes later and the clip is GONE. NO TRACE, this started happening recently and it's just pure bs, considering moving back to outp... See more

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Hassle-free, lag-free. Press a hotkey, get a clip. Medal is the best platform for creating and sharing short gaming clips and gameplay


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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

228 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst recording app I ever used for a year. DO NOT INSTALL!

Username: AA_Raiden_MK
I've been using this app since December 1, 2024, which was my birthday.

I'll list everything wrong with this app based on my experience of using it for a year, and why I recommend against using it or buying anything from them.

1: Medal will force you to use your main storage to store your videos (C:\Medal\) instead of using an external storage. For example, I want to use my external storage for storing videos (D:\Medal), but even if the storage isn't close to being full, it'll switch back to the C drive out of nowhere.

2: Requires an account to use Medal. Yeah, sure, you need an account to upload content, but why do I need one to use the app? I'll update this part when I find a recording app that doesn't require an account.

3: Medal is one of those places where they associate the heck out of Fortnite and Among Us. I would rather not use or support platforms that support this new-gen brain-rotting garbage. To the people who think this isn't a problem, including those who think the Roblox Team is doing the best updates ever, I hope you accidentally stub your toe on a rusty nail and get tetanus.

4: Keep auto-upload off if you haven't already. Go to settings (gear icon), under 'Cloud & Storage', go to uploads, then check 'Never' so Medal won't auto-upload videos to their server. I'm telling you right now, keep auto-upload on and save a clip that contains any form of content that breaks Medal's community guidelines will kill your account almost immediately. I was banned until August 3 for not knowing I had this setting on the whole time, and now I'm permanently banned for submitting a ban appeal regarding this issue. The moderators just want to kill people off their platform because they think they own the world instead of giving a simple solution.

Until the Medal moderators reinstate my account, I will be using a different app better than this garbage, or I can just use OBS.

7 April 2026
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Reply from Medal

Hi AA_Raiden_MK, it’s clear you’re running into some significant issues with the app. So we can take a closer look, please open a support ticket here: https://support.medal.tv/support/tickets/new. Your feedback is important, and we want to ensure your concerns are addressed properly. Thank you for your patience!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Two Year Medal Experience

I have been using medal for about two years now, it is a great program with an awesome community. Specifically as well, any time I have had errors or bugs, they are quick to respond (usually within 24h) and they do not let it go until it is solved. Great company as far as a I can tell.

27 March 2026
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Reply from Medal

Thanks for the kind words! Glad to hear you're enjoying Medal and that our team has been quick to help with any issues. Hope you capture plenty of great moments!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer support, etc

Great customer support, and Medal is just very useful to capture clips of your games.

25 March 2026
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Reply from Medal

Thanks for the kind words! Glad to hear you're enjoying Medal. Hope you capture plenty of great moments.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Meow

Actual good support Ong!!

25 March 2026
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Reply from Medal

Thanks for the kind words! Glad to hear you're enjoying Medal. Hope you capture plenty of great moments.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent app for recording

As the title suggest it is an excellent app for recording your games. Im using the session recording and i havent seen any notable fps drops,and i dont even have that crazy of a pc. Anyways the recording itself is good, clipping is nice, editor is often overlooked by me too, but its nice to use when shortering clip length. The customer service is awesome they reply quick and solve problems in no time. I dont really knwo why people drop so many 1 star reviews, clearly hating because of one thing that they didnt like. To be fair i dont even notice the ads on the desktop app i just go to album to review my clips. It gives them money and i just live with it, its fine. So yeah i mostly didnt have any problems with the app and i recommend it when looking for gaming recording software. ;)

24 March 2026
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Reply from Medal

Thanks for the kind words! Glad to hear you're enjoying Medal and that it’s been a reliable companion for your game recording. Awesome to know you find the clipping feature and editing tool useful too. Your recommendation means a lot—hope you capture plenty of great moments!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My experience with Medal

I started using Medal years ago, clipping a variety of games. Simple and lightweight ones, to ones that'd force my PC to work harder. In the start, my PC was genuinely terrible. Yet, I never once had an issue with Medal that'd affect the quality of my games AND clips. Even if on paper, an app recording your screen 24/7 until you ask it to take a snippet out, seems that it'd be extremely heavy to use, I found out that it really wasnt.

Do I know how it isn't? No. Do I like it? Very much.

Note: I don't know what 'Date of experience' means. My first clip goes back to 17 jan of 2024, and I can't select it.

Never really used Trustpilot before, so yeah, sorry!

23 March 2025
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Reply from Medal

Thanks for the support! It's fantastic to hear how well Medal has performed for you over the years, seamlessly capturing your gaming moments, even on your older PC. Your insight about its lightweight nature is appreciated, and we're glad you're enjoying the experience. Hope you capture plenty of great moments!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

auto clipping doesnt work anymore for…

auto clipping doesnt work anymore for weeks, I tried everything possible, I doesnt work

17 March 2026
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Reply from Medal

Hi Yami Pichu, it sounds like you're running into an issue with the auto clipping feature. So we can take a closer look, please open a support ticket here: https://support.medal.tv/support/tickets/new.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Editing needs some redesigning

Everything is acceptable except for the editing, it is HORRIBLE, you cannot revert mistakes in the video for example if you cut somewhere you didn't mean to, it is irreversable, the only thing you can do is to restart the whole procedure FROM START.

16 March 2026
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Reply from Medal

Hi Dániel Vásárhelyi, I see you're running into an issue with the editing features. To help us address this, please open a support ticket here: https://support.medal.tv/support/tickets/new.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Its so good

It's so good and suport is so fast

4 March 2026
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Reply from Medal

Thanks for the kind words! Glad to hear you're enjoying the app and that support has been quick for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The person helped me figure out the…

The person helped me figure out the problem and resolve the problem easily and did not take a lot of time

3 March 2026
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Reply from Medal

Thanks for the positive rating! Great to know you found the support quick and helpful.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Software that tries to do too much

If you're planning to just install "clipping" software then don't use medal.

This is apart of a wave of bloated software that unnecessarily does more than what it should do. After the initial install I was greeted with a mandatory sign-in/login page. I'd understand the option if you wanted to backup clips but if you don't intend on that and everything is held locally then why would this even be necessary?

The app isn't afraid to prompt you with ads, notifications and its "premium" option which uses a subscription based model. If you do plan to use the cloud solution provided then everything you upload to their servers will be watermarked on retrieval, just having it installed and enabled on a game will noticeably reduce your framerate and tank your framerate when "streaming" your window or screen.

I only tried it out because I was recommended to but I'm pretty disappointed at what people put up with just to get basic clipping functionality, if there was some 'lite' version that didn't have the majority of these 'features' and only had an optimized clipping option with no popups/ads/notifications then I'd possibly consider it? I'm not entirely sure about the niche this software is trying to fill, there are plenty of other options out there that are free.

2 March 2026
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Reply from Medal

Hi Leon, I see you're running into some concerns with the app's features and functionality. So we can take a closer look, please open a support ticket here: https://support.medal.tv/support/tickets/new

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Medal is a great clip recording company…

Medal is a great clip recording company and is very great and open in there support. If I could rate this 6 stars I would.

2 March 2026
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Reply from Medal

Thanks for the kind words! Glad to hear you're enjoying Medal and finding the support exceptional. Hope you capture plenty of great moments!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very recomendable

Very good app, have a lot of good memories here. had a problem once, and support helped me in a matter of hours.

2 March 2026
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Reply from Medal

Thanks for the kind words! Glad to hear you're enjoying Medal and that our support team was able to help you quickly. Hope you capture plenty of great moments!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

dogshit

dogshit, what ever you did with the new stuff utterly dogshit

6 February 2026
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Reply from Medal

Hi TrumpetGG, it sounds like you’re really unhappy with the recent changes. So we can take a closer look, please open a support ticket here: https://support.medal.tv/support/tickets/new

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam

I am wondering: Where the HELL do they get the money for ALL their advertisements? They have Ads on Lunar Client, Feather Client, heck even Discord. Plus, when they have a quest on Lunar, they only new accounts to claim the rewards... And by inviting more people, from certain quests you can earn for example Robux.

All of this sounds very sketchy. My theory is that they sell your data and want you to invite more people, so that they can sell your data.

+ I just remembered that Medal often makes clips without consent (I have a keybind for Ctrl+Backspace to make a clip, and even if I don't press it it often clips stuff).

Overall, I will probably be uninstalling Medal and moving to an alternative.

Remember, whenever the ads seem weird, it is most likely weird.

PS: I don't have any ICYMI setting enabled, Medal is just trying to play it out here.

15 December 2025
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Reply from Medal

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We'd like to address your concerns:

Advertising Revenue: Medal is a free service, and like many free platforms, we're supported by advertising partnerships. The ads you see on platforms like Lunar Client and Discord are standard sponsored placements that help us keep Medal free for millions of users. This is a common and transparent business model.

Data Privacy: We want to be absolutely clear - Medal does not sell your personal data. Our privacy policy outlines exactly what data we collect and how it's used, and selling user data is not part of our business model. You can review our full privacy policy at medal.tv/privacy.

Quest Eligibility: Some quests are designed for new users as part of onboarding experiences, while others are available to all users. Referral programs reward users for genuinely introducing friends to the platform - this is a standard growth mechanic used by many services.

Auto-Clipping: Medal has optional features like ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) and auto-highlights that can automatically capture moments based on in-game events. If you're seeing clips created without pressing your hotkey, this feature may be enabled. You can disable it in Settings → Clips → ICYMI or check your auto-clipping settings. Voice clipping might also be enabled, I would recommend turning that off.

We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts, and we're sorry Medal wasn't the right fit for you. If you have any other questions, our support team is always available at support.medal.tv.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This shit's voice command is senile…

This shit's voice command is senile with any device I use. My grandparents can hear better than it

23 February 2026
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Reply from Medal

Hi aRandom Wanderer, it sounds like you're experiencing challenges with the voice command feature. So we can take a closer look, please open a support ticket here: https://support.medal.tv/support/tickets/new

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

very helpful the medal support tech

very helpful the medal support tech, i really had a good help

19 February 2026
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Reply from Medal

Thanks for the kind words! Glad to hear you're enjoying Medal. Hope you capture plenty of great moments.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

THIS THING SUCKS I HAVE DELETED IT…

THIS THING SUCKS I HAVE DELETED IT EVERYWHERE AND WHENEVER IM TRYING TO USE TINYTASK IT WILL JUST POP AFTER I DELETED IT, tinytask is good by the way, DO NOT GET METAL

21 February 2026
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Reply from Medal

Hi Kaden, it sounds like you’re running into an issue. So we can take a closer look, please open a support ticket here: https://support.medal.tv/support/tickets/new.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing customer support!

While I used it it was great and did everything I wanted. Sadly I had to cancel due to not having the money. Even sadder I forgot to cancel and it took the money before I realised. Now this is why I'm writing a review, they refunded the full amount even though they fully had the right to keep it and keep me on for another year!

13 February 2026
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Reply from Medal

Thanks for the kind words, Bradley! Glad to hear our support met your expectations and that you had a great experience with the app. It's awesome we could assist you with the refund—ensuring our users feel cared for is a priority.

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