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 five 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 BetterJoy by d3xMachina, Joystick Mapper, Controllers and USB Overdrive.

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    BetterJoy

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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.

    8 BetterJoy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Joystick Mapper

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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.

    21 Joystick Mapper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Controllers

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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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    USB Overdrive

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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
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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