Scroll the Volume AlternativesVolume Control Tools and other similar apps like Scroll the Volume

Scroll the Volume is described as 'Instantly adjust your Mac’s volume with a smooth scroll gesture! Elegant, intuitive, and distraction-free—take full control of audio with just your fingertips' and is a Volume Control tool in the audio & music category. There are four alternatives to Scroll the Volume for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best Scroll the Volume alternative is Volwheel, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Scroll the Volume are Volume Scroller, Volume Scroll and iVol.

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Instantly adjust your Mac’s volume with a smooth scroll gesture! Elegant, intuitive, and distraction-free—take full control...

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Scroll the Volume alternatives page was last updated Mar 16, 2025
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  1. Volwheel icon
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    VolWheel is a little application which lets you control the sound volume easily through a tray icon you can scroll on. It is written in Perl/Gtk2 and works both for ALSA and OSS. You can configure it quickly through its configuration interface.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Volwheel VS Scroll the Volume

     
    • Volwheel is the most popular Linux alternative to Scroll the Volume.

    • Volwheel is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Scroll the Volume.

    • Volwheel is Free and Open SourceScroll the Volume is Free and Proprietary
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    Volume Scroller allows you to quickly change the system volume. All you have to do is hold the mouse pointer over the taskbar and turn the mouse wheel.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Volume Scroller Features

    1.  Logarithmic volume control

    Volume Scroller VS Scroll the Volume

     
    • Volume Scroller is the most popular Windows alternative to Scroll the Volume.

    • Volume Scroller is Free and Open SourceScroll the Volume is Free and Proprietary
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    Volume Scroll lets you control your main volume by hovering with your mouse cursor over the top menubar and scrolling up or down to change your volume.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Volume Scroll VS Scroll the Volume

     
    • Volume Scroll is the most popular Mac alternative to Scroll the Volume.

    • Volume Scroll is Free and ProprietaryScroll the Volume is also Free and Proprietary
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    iVol is a program you can use to adjust the sound volume of your computer in an extremely easy way. Just press your mouse wheel and scroll it up or down. You do not even have to move your hand! In addition, it also supports Shift+Wheel as an alternative.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 3.4c, released in August 2007, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine

    iVol VS Scroll the Volume

     
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