Volwheel AlternativesVolume Control Tools and other similar apps like Volwheel

Volwheel is described as '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' and is a Volume Control tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Volwheel for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Mozilla Firefox apps. The best Volwheel alternative is EarTrumpet, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Volwheel are Volume2, SoundSource, Background Music and Volumouse.

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  1. EarTrumpet icon
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    Provides advanced per-app volume control for Windows 10 and 11 with multi-channel audio visualization, device switching, configurable hotkeys, modern interface options such as light and dark modes, automatic updates, multilingual support, and enhanced audio routing.

    29 EarTrumpet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • EarTrumpet is the most popular Windows alternative to Volwheel.

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

    • EarTrumpet is Free and Open SourceVolwheel is also Free and Open Source
    • EarTrumpet is LightweightVolwheel is not according to our users
  2. Volume2 icon
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    Volume2 is an advanced Windows audio mixer, a complete replacement for the standard Volume Control. This application lets you easily change the sound volume just by rotating the mouse wheel or by using keyboard hot keys or just mouse move on screen border.

    26 Volume2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. SoundSource icon
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    Control audio on a per-app basis, adjusting the volume and output device for individual apps.

    13 SoundSource alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • SoundSource is the most popular Mac alternative to Volwheel.

    • SoundSource is Freemium and ProprietaryVolwheel is Free and Open Source
  4. Volumouse icon
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    From authors website:

    Volumouse provides you a quick and easy way to control the sound volume on your system - simply by rolling the wheel of your wheel mouse.

    It allows you to define a set of rules for determining when the wheel will be used for changing the sound volume. For.

    19 Volumouse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) is a volume control tool (“mixer”) for the PulseAudio server. In contrast to classic mixer tools, this one allows you to control both the volume of hardware devices and of each...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
    • PulseAudio Volume Control is the most popular Linux alternative to Volwheel.

    • PulseAudio Volume Control is Free and Open SourceVolwheel is also Free and Open Source
  6. Volumey icon
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    Volume mixer that allows you to set up global hotkeys to control your Windows audio system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Volctl - Volume Control per application from System Tray for Linux

    Volctl is a free and opensource app for Linux writen in python and gtk+ and that can be used to control volume per application and for enabled pulseaudio outputs from the system tray.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Audio Sliders icon
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    Audio Sliders is a audio control panel that is much smaller than and yet far more feature-rich than the standard Windows version. Features include... basics adjustment of volume/bass/treble levels; preset storage of different audio levels for different tasks; customizable global...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Volti icon
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    Volti is an GTK+ application for controlling audio volume from system tray/notification area.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    It es easy and fast to use

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    • Volume Scroller is Free and Open SourceVolwheel is also Free and Open Source
  11. SoundBunny icon
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    SoundBunny allows you to control the volume level for all open applications on your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • SoundBunny is the most popular commercial alternative to Volwheel.

    • SoundBunny is Paid and ProprietaryVolwheel is Free and Open Source
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