
thePadToo
What is it?
It’s a macOS app for customizing trackpad gestures and keyboard shortcuts, with some enhancements. It’s basically the same as BetterMouse, but for trackpad users.





Features
Trackpad
- Maps for tap, click, deeper click, swipe, pinch, and rotate, with modifier keys optionally.
- Special fast version of space switching, mission control, and other animations.
- Click-through for left, right clicks, as well as scrolling.
- Scrolling friction adjustment.
Keyboard
- General hotkey maps.
- Vendor-defined key mapping for supported Logi keyboards, with some hardware settings such as backlight, fn inversion and onboard profiles.
- Physical key-to-key substitutions at the system level.
Exception apps
- Per-app settings for trackpad and keyboard mapping.
App
- Apple-notarized regular app, doesn’t install any extensions, drivers, or agents.
- Clean & safe, with no custom network access, and no file access.
- Menu bar app with the hide-able app icon.
- Non-sticky to your system with no hidden processes.
- Low CPU & power usage.
- 7-day free trial with full functionality, one-time purchase for a lifetime.
Installation
Unzip the downloaded file and move it to your /Applications folder and you’re ready to go.
It will ask for accessibility permission the first time you run it, it’s a necessity for all these kinds of apps that have global controls outside the app itself. Enable it in System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Accessibility.
To uninstall, simply drag the app from your Applications folder to the Trash.
Version 25.11.07
macOS 14.0 minimum
Intel/Apple silicon universal
File size: 3.6MB
one-time purchase for life for $7.99
5 activations per license
and won’t spam you with any unsolicited email
Version 25.11.07
Bug fixes. Download
Version 25.11.03
Add haptic feedback for actions. UI improvements. Bug fixes. Download
Version 25.10.01
macOS 26 menu bar click-through bug fixes. An onscreen notification for mic mute action. Bug fixes and some improvements.
Version 25.09.03
Initial release.
