Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to PawPause
Lock your keyboard and prevent cats from causing chaos
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Cats Lock▲91Lock your Mac keyboard so your cat can walk on it.
May 2026 · catslock.app · its alternatives →
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Lacona▲645Fast, simple, powerful keyboard-driven commands for Mac
2016 · lacona.io · its alternatives →
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Paw-Paw▲86A tiny desktop pet for your Mac that types along with you
16d ago · paw-paw.pet · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone! I'm Marius Hauken, an indie developer, and I'm excited to share my app: Pie Menu. It offers a fresh way to access your favorite menu bar commands and keyboard shortcuts on macOS. By simply pressing a hotkey you choose during setup, a radial menu appears around your cursor, customized to the current active application. This allows you to quickly select commands without having to remember complex shortcuts across different applications. Pie Menu comes with a library of preprogrammed commands for popular apps, but you can easily add any app on your computer. We've also created an…
2024 · pie-menu.com · its alternatives →
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HotkeyClash▲88Find where your Mac keyboard shortcuts clash
Jun 2026 · hotkeyclash.com · its alternatives →
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Tyke▲362Mac menu bar app that @torrez really needed to take notes
2017 · tyke.app · its alternatives →
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Touch Bar Timer▲186A little stopwatch for your Mac's touch bar
2018 · touch-bar-timer.alexzirbel.com · its alternatives →
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Command-Tab Plus▲248Keyboard-centric application switcher for your Mac ⌘
2016 · commandtab.noteifyapp.com · its alternatives →
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QuakPit▲241Meeting reminders that actually make you smile.
May 2026 · quakpit.app · its alternatives →
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Breaks▲118A quiet Pomodoro that lives in your menu bar.
May 2026 · gjinprelvukaj.github.io · its alternatives →
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Key Click Pro▲108Track mouse clicks & keystrokes in your macOS status bar
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Pawvis▲101Control your Mac via camera & train gestures, local & FOSS
Aug 2026 · pawvis.app · its alternatives →
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Slapppy▲80Trigger macros with rhythmic taps on your trackpad or mouse
Apr 2026 · slapppy.com · its alternatives →
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Furwall is a tiny macOS menu bar app. While you're at the keyboard or mouse, the FaceTime camera looks for a human face or upper body. When it doesn't find one, the keyboard stops accepting input. Cat walks across your laptop, nothing happens to your code. Some notes: Apple's Vision framework runs locally. Video is processed in memory and never uploaded. On a block, Furwall saves one local JPEG to ~/.furwall/catpures/. A second Vision pass throws out anything that isn't a cat, so the daily count in the menu only reflects confirmed cats. There is now a folder on my disk that is…
May 2026 · olliewagner.com · its alternatives →
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