GamePad Companion Alternatives

GamePad Companion is described as 'Available exclusively on the Mac App Store. GamePad Companion 3.1 is a utility that makes it easy to configure your GamePads (controllers, joysticks, etc..) to play your favorite OSX games. You can configure your controller to work as your mouse cursor and buttons, or to map to' and is an app in the gaming software category. There are four alternatives to GamePad Companion for Mac and Windows. The best GamePad Companion alternative is BetterJoy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GamePad Companion are Joystick Mapper, Controllers and USB Overdrive.

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  1. BetterJoy icon
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    Allows the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, Joycons and SNES controller to be used with CEMU, Citra, Dolphin, Yuzu and as generic XInput.

    6 BetterJoy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • BetterJoy is the most popular Windows alternative to GamePad Companion.

    • BetterJoy is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GamePad Companion.

    • BetterJoy is Free and Open SourceGamePad Companion is Paid and Proprietary
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    Joystick Mapper is an application that allows you to configure your joysticks or gamepads to simulate keyboard keys/mouse movement/mouse click/mouse scroll, so you can control any app or game using them, even the ones without built-in support.

    20 Joystick Mapper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Joystick Mapper is the most popular Mac alternative to GamePad Companion.

    • Joystick Mapper is the most popular commercial alternative to GamePad Companion.

    • Joystick Mapper is Paid and ProprietaryGamePad Companion is also Paid and Proprietary
  3. Controllers icon
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    Consoles allows you to use console controllers to play almost any game on Mac, even games that don't have built-in support for controllers.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. USB Overdrive icon
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    The USB Overdrive is a device driver for macOS that handles any USB or Bluetooth mouse, keyboard, trackball, joystick, gamepad or gaming device from any manufacturer and lets you configure it either globally or on a per-application, per-device basis.

    18 USB Overdrive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    the compatibility of this app is to small

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    • USB Overdrive is Freemium and ProprietaryGamePad Companion is Paid and Proprietary
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