# BetterTouchTool

> Mac input customization: gestures, shortcuts and automation

BetterTouchTool is a macOS app for customizing input devices and automating tasks. It maps trackpad and Magic Mouse gestures, mouse buttons, keyboard shortcuts, Stream Deck keys, game controllers and other devices to more than 600 built-in actions, which can be chained and made conditional on the active app. It also bundles window snapping, a clipboard manager, a Spotlight-style launcher and custom AI agents that work with OpenAI, Anthropic or local models.

- **Category:** Desktop Utilities
- **Made by:** folivora.AI GmbH
- **Website:** https://folivora.ai
- **Runs on:** macOS
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

BetterTouchTool is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $15 one-time purchase (Standard License, 2 years of updates).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 45-day free trial, no account required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Standard License | $15 one-time purchase, 2 years of updates | Updates for 2 years, after which the last version received keeps working. Covers all of the buyer's personal Macs and unlocks BTT Mobile. |
| Lifetime License | $25 one-time purchase, lifetime updates | All updates for as long as BetterTouchTool exists, plus any other Mac apps the developer releases in the 2 years after purchase. |

Read from https://folivora.ai/buy on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with BetterTouchTool before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Lifetime License with all future updates** (Lifetime license): The $25 Lifetime License receives every update for as long as BetterTouchTool exists, where the $15 Standard License covers 2 years of updates. Source: https://folivora.ai/buy
- **Included with a Setapp subscription** (Other savings): BetterTouchTool is also available through Setapp, a subscription service that bundles many Mac apps for a monthly fee. Source: https://folivora.ai/buy

## Key features

- **Trackpad and Magic Mouse gestures:** Map multi-finger taps, clicks, swipes and drawn shapes on a MacBook trackpad, Magic Trackpad or Magic Mouse to any action.
- **Keyboard shortcuts and Hyper Key:** Global hotkeys that tell left and right modifiers apart, short and long presses, typed key sequences, text triggers and a configurable Hyper Key.
- **Window snapping and built-in tools:** Window snapping, resizing and switching, plus a clipboard manager and a screenshot tool. The vendor says the snapping is the same technology as its separate BetterSnapTool app.
- **Spotlight-style launcher:** Searches apps, windows, files, actions and calendar events, calculates inline and browses clipboard history. Several launchers can run in parallel, each with its own pinned items.
- **Stream Deck, macro pads and controllers:** Drives Elgato Stream Deck and 43 recognized macro pad models without vendor software, and maps Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch controllers, MIDI devices and the Touch Bar.
- **Conditional automations and scripting:** A trigger can run different actions by active app, Wi-Fi or time of day. It can run Apple Shortcuts, JavaScript or AppleScript, and BTT itself is controllable by URL scheme, web server or CLI.

## Good for

- Mac users who want custom trackpad, mouse and keyboard gestures in one app
- People automating multi-step tasks triggered from any input device
- Stream Deck and macro pad owners who want to skip the vendor software
- Buyers who prefer a one-time license to a subscription

## Worth knowing

- macOS only. BTT Mobile for iPhone and iPad is a companion remote control for the Mac app, not a standalone version.
- There is no free version: after the 45-day trial a license or a Setapp subscription is needed.
- The Standard License stops receiving updates after 2 years, though the last version received keeps working.
- Listed prices vary by country and taxes, and refunds outside the European Union are decided case by case.

## Works with

Elgato Stream Deck, Apple Shortcuts, OpenAI, Anthropic, Logitech MX Creative Keypad, Loupedeck Live, Setapp

**Tags:** Keyboard and mouse remapping, Workflow automation, Window management, Clipboard manager, Launcher, AI features, One-time purchase

## Alternatives

- [Keyboard Maestro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/keyboard-maestro): Macro automation for macOS with triggers and actions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bettertouchtool-vs-keyboard-maestro)
- [Karabiner-Elements](https://toolgpa.com/tools/karabiner-elements): Free, open-source keyboard customizer for macOS. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bettertouchtool-vs-karabiner-elements)
- [Hammerspoon](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hammerspoon): Free, open-source macOS automation scripted in Lua. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bettertouchtool-vs-hammerspoon)
- [Raycast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/raycast): Keyboard launcher with extensions, clipboard history and AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bettertouchtool-vs-raycast)
- [Swish](https://toolgpa.com/tools/swish): Trackpad-gesture window manager for macOS. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bettertouchtool-vs-swish)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://folivora.ai
- https://folivora.ai/buy
- https://folivora.ai/downloads
- https://folivora.ai/about-me
- https://folivora.ai/imprint

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/bettertouchtool
Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).