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
     6 likes

    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
     
  2. Dockitty icon
     4 likes

    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
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Key'n'Stroke  icon
     15 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. 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...

    16 FocusCursor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. SpotOnTheMouse icon
     11 likes

    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.

    18 SpotOnTheMouse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Kokomite icon
     1 like

    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
     
  7. Demo your keyboard shortcuts, easy as pie.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Mouseposé icon
     5 likes

    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.

    26 Mouseposé alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. PointerFocus icon
     4 likes

    Allows you to highlight the cursor using either the toolbar or hotkeys. Options include spotlight, highlight, drawing on the screen, magnifier or show keystrokes.

    17 PointerFocus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. KeyPosé icon
     3 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Projecteur icon
     2 likes

    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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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