4 alternativesBetterTouchTool: $15 once
The best BetterTouchTool alternatives
For most people the best alternative to BetterTouchTool is Mac Mouse Fix, and the best free one is LinearMouse.
Mac Mouse FixPick this if you use a gaming or budget mouse with side buttons and miss trackpad gestures.$2.99 onceCompare at a glance
BetterTouchTool is highlighted, so you can see what you give up and what you gain.
| App | Price | How you pay | Mac | iPhone | iPad | App Store | Developer | Setapp | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BetterTouchTool | $15 once | Pay once | Too few ratings | ||||||
| Mac Mouse Fix | $2.99 once | Pay once | Too few ratings | ||||||
 LinearMouse | Free, open source | Free | Too few ratings | ||||||
 Mos | Free | Free | Too few ratings | ||||||
 Control My Mac | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | Too few ratings |
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The alternatives, in order
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Pick this if you use a gaming or budget mouse with side buttons and miss trackpad gestures.
Trackpad gestures and smooth scrolling for any third-party mouse, for $2.99 once after a generous trial.
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Pick it if your plugged-in mouse scrolls the wrong way or the pointer speed feels off, and you want a free fix.
Free, open-source mouse tuning for Mac with no acceleration, separate scroll directions and remapped buttons per app.
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Pick this if all you want is smooth, trackpad-like scrolling from your mouse wheel for free.
A free menu bar fix that makes any mouse wheel scroll as smoothly as a trackpad, tuned per app.
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Pick it if you present from a Mac or watch movies on it from across the room.
Your iPhone becomes a trackpad, keyboard and per-app shortcut grid for the Mac, free to start.
BetterTouchTool head to head
- BetterTouchTool vs Mac Mouse FixPick this if you use a gaming or budget mouse with side buttons and miss trackpad gestures.
- BetterTouchTool vs LinearMousePick it if your plugged-in mouse scrolls the wrong way or the pointer speed feels off, and you want a free fix.
- BetterTouchTool vs MosPick this if all you want is smooth, trackpad-like scrolling from your mouse wheel for free.
Karabiner-Elements vs BetterTouchToolPick it if you want Caps Lock or another idle key to do something useful, for free.
BetterTouchTool vs HyperkeyPick it if you build custom shortcuts and only want Caps Lock turned into an extra modifier key.
Keyboard Maestro vs BetterTouchToolPick it if you repeat the same clicks and keystrokes at work every day and want macros to do them.
When BetterTouchTool is still the right pick
You want a 3-finger tap or a spare mouse button to snap a window, paste a snippet or run a script.