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24 alternatives to Leap

Gesture Motion Controller for the Mac & PC

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Leap launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Leap Motion Mobile Platform▲151

   Hand tracking for untethered, battery-powered VR/AR devices

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   LEAP 2.0▲68

   V2 of the Leap Motion API introduces new skeletal tracking

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3ET
   Easy-to-use Gesture Recognizers for Leap Motion in Objective-C and C#▲15

   Upon getting a Leap Motion and wanting to hack the ever-loving crap out of it, we decided to make some gesture recognizers that allow listening and handling motions such as: Did swipe right with x fingers, y hands Did pan on screen with x fingers, y hands Did tap with x fingers, y hands Did rotate with x fingers, y hands Did pinch with x fingers, y hands These libraries make it easy to create a WPF or a Cocoa Mac OS X application for manipulating and using the Leap Motion. These are built on top of the Leap SDK, and a level of abstraction up. We hope that this can be the foundation for a…

   2013 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Leap Motion Orion▲185

   Next-generation hand tracking for Oculus VR

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Leap Motion VR▲126

   Leap Motion for Oculus Rift VR

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Control Air▲113

   Touch-free gestures to control iTunes, Spotify, + more

   2015 · eyesight-tech.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Pawvis▲101

   Control your Mac via camera & train gestures, local & FOSS

   Aug 2026 · pawvis.app · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Curflow▲112

   Draw a gesture for your Mac to execute

   Apr 2026 · curflow.app · its alternatives →

9. 9
   BetterTouchTool▲130

   Free OS X app to configure custom gestures for your trackpad

   2014 · boastr.net · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hawkeye Access for Mac▲279

    Control your Mac using head movements

    2020 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Palette Gear ▲213

    Build your own tactile controller for your computer

    2015 · palettegear.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Voice Board▲71

    Control presentations with voice and gestures (pre-order)

    2014 · voiceboard.co.uk · its alternatives →

13. 13
    gesture.ai▲116

    Easy to use gesture recognition technology and SDK

    2016 · gesture.ai · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Phantomy ▲152

    Hand gesture control for presentations and beyond

    2024 · phantomy.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Good Moves for iOS▲131

    Beautiful motion design videos, daily

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Riverflow▲106

    Control your Mac with custom, two-finger gestures

    2015 · questbe.at · its alternatives →

17. 17
    GradientDaze▲186

    Gesture based gradients never felt so good

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Nimble▲71

    Use your fingers to control devices w/ gestures (pre-launch)

    2014 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Doppler▲157

    Motion sensing using your laptop's speakers and mic

    2015 · danielrapp.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Magic Leap▲160

    Lightweight wearable that brings dreams to life.

    2014 · magicleap.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Remote for Mac▲103

    Remote with basic media controls, keyboard and mouse

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Prose▲65

    the worlds first gesture-to-speech app

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Zero Reflex▲72

    Beautiful designs and fast paced action

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Kiwi Motion▲82

    Bring Motion Into Your App

    2014 · its alternatives →

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