Spotlight for Mouse AlternativesCursor Highligters and other similar apps like Spotlight for Mouse

Spotlight for Mouse is described as 'The highlight feature creates a spotlight-effect on your screen, so you can point, click, and rest assured that your audience is following along' and is a cursor highligter in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Spotlight for Mouse for Windows, Mac and Linux. The best Spotlight for Mouse alternative is Googly Eyes, which is free. Other great apps like Spotlight for Mouse are Dockitty, Key'n'Stroke , FocusCursor and SpotOnTheMouse.

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  1. Googly Eyes icon
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    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.

    18 Googly Eyes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Googly Eyes is the most popular Mac alternative to Spotlight for Mouse.

    • Googly Eyes is the most popular free alternative to Spotlight for Mouse.

    • Googly Eyes is Free and ProprietarySpotlight for Mouse is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Dockitty icon
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    Dockitty is a tiny animated cat that lives directly in your Mac Dock. The application is the Dock icon itself.

    19 Dockitty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Key'n'Stroke is the most popular Windows alternative to Spotlight for Mouse.

    • Key'n'Stroke is the most popular Open Source alternative to Spotlight for Mouse.

    • Key'n'Stroke is Free and Open SourceSpotlight for Mouse is Free and Proprietary
    • Key'n'Stroke is Customizable and LightweightSpotlight for Mouse is not according to our users
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. SpotOnTheMouse icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Demo your keyboard shortcuts, easy as pie.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Kokomite icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Mouseposé icon
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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.

    25 Mouseposé alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Mouseposé is the most popular commercial alternative to Spotlight for Mouse.

    • Mouseposé is Paid and ProprietarySpotlight for Mouse is Free and Proprietary
  9. KeyPosé icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Projecteur icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Projecteur is the most popular Linux alternative to Spotlight for Mouse.

    • Projecteur is Free and Open SourceSpotlight for Mouse is Free and Proprietary
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