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.

The best free alternative to PointerFocus is Googly Eyes. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to PointerFocus and 16 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to PointerFocus are Dockitty, Key'n'Stroke , SpotOnTheMouse and FocusCursor.
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.

Dockitty is a tiny animated cat that lives directly in your Mac Dock. The application is the Dock icon itself.




Key'n'Stroke (previously named PxKeystrokesForScreencasts) displays keystrokes and mouse clicks in an overlay window.

neat small tool to keep track of your pointer as well as your keystrokes. I personally use it for screencasting.


SpotOnTheMouse is a mouse pointer and keyboard action visualization software. It makes mouse clicks visible, it improves the perceptibility of the mouse pointer & it shows the special keys and combinations of keys pressed on the keyboard.



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


This tool clearly highlights the cursor’s position, making its movement and clicks easily visible. It is particularly suitable for use in conferences, teaching, or video tutorial production, helping the audience follow your actions and ideas more easily, thereby attracting their...




A free program that places a highlighted circle or square around the cursor for use in a classroom or doing demonstrations.

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.





The highlight feature creates a spotlight-effect on your screen, so you can point, click, and rest assured that your audience is following along.


Jiggle is a Gnome Shell extension that highlights the cursor position when the mouse is moved rapidly.

A Little utility that implements a global key logger which displays all shortcuts & keystrokes as you type on screen and with a semi-transparent overlay. This makes it very easy to show any shortcuts you use if you for example record a software demo.
Projecteur is a virtual laser pointer for use with inertial pointers such as the Logitech Spotlight. Projecteur can show a colored dot, a highlighted circle or a zoom effect to act as a pointer.



Great application for this purpose