This is just a fun toy I coded up in a few hours. If I get more rude App Store reviews, I will just stop working on the app. There is a feedback button in the app.
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PointerFocus AlternativesCursor Highligters & Keystroke Visualizers like PointerFocus
PointerFocus is described as 'Allows you to highlight the cursor using either the toolbar or hotkeys. Options include spotlight, highlight, drawing on the screen, magnifier or show keystrokes' and is a cursor highligter in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to PointerFocus for Windows, Mac, Linux and GNOME. The best PointerFocus alternative is Googly Eyes, which is free. Other great apps like PointerFocus are SHARA, Dockitty, Key'n'Stroke and Spot on the Mouse.
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18 Googly Eyes alternatives
Provides mouse pointer highlighting with animated glow and 3D tilt, lag-free click-through magnification with customizable zoom modes, and a sleek keystroke visualization overlay. Fully local, privacy-first utility for presentations, coding, streaming, and more on Windows.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Windows
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19 Dockitty alternativesDockitty is a tiny animated cat that lives directly in your Mac Dock. The application is the Dock icon itself.
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Displays keystrokes, mouse clicks, cursor position, shortcuts, and special keys in a fully customizable overlay. Offers click-through mode, opacity, resizable window, history of pressed keys, high-dpi and multi-dpi screen support, and notification area icon.
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Key'n'Stroke vs PointerFocus Comments
neat small tool to keep track of your pointer as well as your keystrokes. I personally use it for screencasting.
- Key'n'Stroke is Free and Open Source
- Key'n'Stroke is Customizable and Lightweight
19 Spot on the Mouse alternativesDisplays pointer location, click events, wheel rotation, and keypresses using halos, crosshair, animated rings, and keyboard indicators. All elements are highly adjustable in size, color, shape, and transparency, supporting clear on-screen demonstrations and tutorials.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
Spot on the Mouse vs PointerFocus Comments
pointerfocus has not only highlight function. but spotonthemouse has only highlight function with worse graphic.
so it can't be alternative.
more function compare to pointerfocus
- Spot on the Mouse is Freemium and Proprietary
Highlights the pointer with a moving ring, animates mouse clicks for emphasis, dims surroundings to focus attention, and enables real-time screen drawing—ideal for teaching, video tutorials, presentations, or demonstrations requiring clear visual cues and explanations.
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11 PenAttention alternativesDisplays a visible highlight, pencil, or pointer at the pen's location on Windows devices, enhancing audience visibility during presentations and screen sharing, with customizable styles, low resource usage, real-time on/off toggling, and compatibility for teachers and presenters.
Kokomite is a software that draws semi-transparent circles (or rings) around the mouse cursor to make the focus easier to understand in a presentation.
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The highlight feature creates a spotlight-effect on your screen, so you can point, click, and rest assured that your audience is following along.
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Mouseposé is the indispensible mouse pointer highlighting tool (aka "virtual laserpointer") for everyone doing demos at tradeshows, presentations and trainings, or those individuals with huge and high resolution displays.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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Great application for this purpose