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Step frame by frame, measure angles, angles to vertical, lines and calibrated distances, and mark stride events on a timeline.
There is no Kinovea for Mac. Kinovea is Windows-only, and its own site says it does not run on Apple silicon Macs, even in Parallels. Kinema is a native Mac app with the same kind of tools: frame-by-frame stepping, joint angles, lines and distances, side-by-side comparison and export.
Ships January 2027 · Mac with Apple silicon · Full refund any time before launch
Step frame by frame, measure angles, angles to vertical, lines and calibrated distances, and mark stride events on a timeline.
Native code, smooth stepping through 4K and 240 fps slow motion, no virtual machine and no Windows licence.
Sessions filed by person and date, and a one-page PDF report with frames and numbers, which Kinovea does not do.
Video stays on your Mac. One payment, no subscription.
No. Kinovea is a Windows program, and its site says it does not run on Apple silicon Macs, even in a Windows virtual machine such as Parallels.
No. Kinema is a separate app written from scratch for macOS. It shares the kind of tools, not code.
No. Kinema is a one-time purchase: $69 as a founding pre-order, $129 at launch. No subscription.
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