# ShareMouse review (2026): is it worth it? > Software KVM that shares one mouse and keyboard across PCs and Macs Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. ShareMouse lets one mouse and keyboard control several Windows and Mac computers on the same local network: move the pointer to another computer's screen and input follows it. It also shares the clipboard and supports file drag and drop between machines. A free edition covers personal use, and Standard and Professional editions are sold as lifetime licenses. - **Category:** Desktop Utilities - **Made by:** Bartels Media GmbH - **Website:** https://www.sharemouse.com/ - **Runs on:** Windows, macOS - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if it is for a company, as free is personal use only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing ShareMouse's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **One mouse and keyboard for several computers:** Move the pointer to the monitor of another computer and mouse and keyboard input is sent to it over the local network, with no hardware switch. - **Windows and Mac together:** Works with any mix of Windows 10/11 and macOS computers, so a Mac can be controlled from a PC and the other way round. - **Clipboard sharing and drag and drop:** Formatted text or files copied on one computer can be pasted on another, and files can be dragged between machines. The vendor's shop table places some of these in paid editions. - **Encrypted traffic:** Network traffic can be password-protected and AES encrypted; the vendor says it never records or transmits your input anywhere. - **Editions by computers and screens:** Free and Standard cover 2 computers; Standard allows up to 4 screens, and Professional allows up to 9 computers and 16 screens. ## Good for - People who work on a Mac and a PC side by side - Desks where a second keyboard and mouse take up space - Home users who fit the free edition's two-computer limit ## Worth knowing - Prices could not be read: the shop sends buyers to a PayProGlobal checkout that this research could not open, so no price is recorded. - The free edition is for personal use only; use in a company context, with more than two displays or with Standard or Professional features needs a paid license. - The vendor states it has no refund policy and points to the free demo, which runs all features for about 30 minutes at a time. - Each computer must have its own monitor and be on the same local network, and every display counts toward the limit, including a laptop's built-in screen. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. ShareMouse lets one mouse and keyboard move between Windows and Mac computers on a network, and the free edition covers two computers. But it is personal use only, no paid prices could be read, and every computer needs its own monitor and the same network. - **Value for money: C.** No price is published on the pages we could read, as the shop hands off to a checkout we couldn't open. So this is the middle of the range by default. - **Free plan and trial: B.** ShareMouse Free covers 2 computers and 2 screens for personal use only. Company use is excluded. - **Features: C.** Shared pointer, keyboard, clipboard and file drag and drop across Windows and Mac. Every screen counts toward the limit, even a laptop's own, and each computer needs its own monitor. - **Ease of use: C.** Software on every computer and a shared network to get working. No store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Windows and Mac, computers only. No Linux, phone or web version. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Bartels Media's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among desktop utilities - ShareMouse's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 13 of the 186 other desktop utilities we grade, and level with 21. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 75 of 186) and worst on features (C, above 2). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/utilities ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace ShareMouse you would be making keys and buttons remapped below the level of apps. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 152 of the 186 other desktop utilities grade higher. - You could not: Keys and buttons remapped below the level of apps. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Keyboard and mouse remapping, File sharing, One-time purchase ## Alternatives - [Synergy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/synergy): Share one keyboard and mouse across Windows, Mac and Linux PCs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sharemouse-vs-synergy) - [DisplayFusion](https://toolgpa.com/tools/displayfusion): Multi-monitor taskbars, wallpaper and window control for Windows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/displayfusion-vs-sharemouse) - [LocalSend](https://toolgpa.com/tools/localsend): Open-source file sharing between nearby devices, no cloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/localsend-vs-sharemouse) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.sharemouse.com/ - https://www.sharemouse.com/shop/ - https://www.sharemouse.com/shop/freeware/ - https://www.sharemouse.com/download/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/sharemouse Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).