Mechanical8 keyboard sounds
Switches from deep and muted to bright and clicky.
- Bright Clack
- ClickyFree
- Creamy
- Crisp Thock
- Deep Thock
- Linear ThockFree
- Soft MembraneFree
- Tactile
A menu bar app for Mac
A satisfying sound for every keypress.
TickThock plays a sound each time you press a key or click the mouse, anywhere on your Mac. Choose a mechanical switch, a typewriter or something sillier, and hear each key from where it sits on the keyboard.
Coming to the Mac App Store Compare Free and Pro
Free to download, for macOS 14 or later. TickThock Pro is a one-time purchase.
- Lives in the menu barOn and off, volume and sound, one click away.
- Nothing you type is keptIt listens for keys, and records none of them.
- Hear it before you pick itEvery sound plays a preview, the Pro ones included.
Sounds
15 keyboards and 3 mice
Every sound can be previewed, including the Pro ones, so you hear what a pack is like before you pick it. Each press is varied a touch in pitch and loudness, so a run of keys never sounds like one clip on repeat.
- 3 keyboard sounds are free: Clicky, Linear Thock and Soft Membrane. So is Classic Mouse, for your clicks
- Import your own sound: one short recording for every key, plus the space bar, return, delete and key release if you like PRO
- Tune any sound up or down and save it as a new one PRO
Typewriter1 keyboard sound
A manual typewriter, typebar striking the platen on every key.
- Vintage Typewriter
Electronic3 keyboard sounds
Blips and tones, for a keyboard that sounds like a machine.
- Chiptune
- Soft Blip
- Sonar
Fun3 keyboard sounds
Nothing like a keyboard at all.
- Bubbles
- Raindrops
- Wood Block
Mouse3 mouse sounds
A sound for every click, left, right or other.
- Classic MouseFree
- Gaming Mouse
- Quiet Mouse
Amber keys are free. Every other sound comes with TickThock Pro.
Spatial audio
Hear each key where it sits
With spatial audio on, a key on the left of your keyboard sounds from your left, and a key on the right from your right. The space bar sits near the middle, and mouse clicks to the right of centre, about where the mouse is.
It works on speakers and is best on headphones. It is free, and you can turn it off in the menu.
Settings
Made to fit your day
Keep it quiet for the room, change the sound for different work, or let it switch itself off after hours.
Only where you want to hear it
TickThock knows whether you are on headphones or speakers, so it can play only in your headphones and nobody around you hears a thing, or only on speakers.
- Headphones only, or speakers only PRO
- If a device is guessed wrong, such as a Bluetooth speaker taken for headphones, set it right once on the Output page
- Bluetooth usually adds a 150–250 ms delay that no app can remove; turn on Silent on Bluetooth to hear nothing rather than late clicks
A profile for each kind of work
A profile remembers a keyboard sound, a mouse sound, the volume, spatial audio, which keys make sound and where it plays. Keep one for writing and one for a quiet office, and switch from the menu bar or with a shortcut.
- Unlimited profiles PRO
- The Settings sidebar always shows which profile you are changing
- Reset Profile puts one back to the defaults, keeping its name and output setting
On a schedule PRO
Let TickThock turn itself on and off, for example only during working hours. A time range can run past midnight.
Only the keys you choose PRO
Have every key make a sound, or pick just a few on a picture of the keyboard, for example only the space bar and return.
Free and Pro
Free to keep. Pro, once, for everything.
The free version is not a trial: 3 keyboard sounds, Classic Mouse, spatial audio and the menu bar controls, for as long as you like. TickThock Pro is a single purchase that unlocks everything else, for good.
| Feature | FreeFree download | ProUSD 3.99, once |
|---|---|---|
| Keyboard sounds | 3 sounds | All 15 |
| Preview any sound before you choose it | Included | Included |
| Spatial audioKeys sound from where they sit, left to right | Included | Included |
| Menu bar controlsOn and off, volume, and sound | Included | Included |
| Silent on Bluetooth | Included | Included |
| Session length | 30 minutes, then resume with one click | No limit |
| Mouse click sounds | Classic Mouse | All 3 |
| Import your own sounds | Not included | Included |
| Pitch tuning, saved as new sounds | Not included | Included |
| Profiles | 1 | Unlimited |
| Headphones-only or speakers-only | Not included | Included |
| Global keyboard shortcutsToggle sound, volume up and down, next profile | Not included | Included |
| Scheduled on and off | Not included | Included |
| Choose which keys make sound | Every key | Included |
| Open at login | Not included | Included |
Privacy
It listens. It never records.
To make a sound for each key, TickThock needs to know a key went down. That is all it uses it for.
- Nothing is recordedIt notes which key went down for the moment it takes to pick a sound, then forgets it. Keystrokes are never stored, logged or sent.
- It only listensIt cannot type, click or block anything you do.
- Passwords stay silentmacOS hides password fields from every app, so they never make a sound.
- No account, no trackingThe app makes no network requests of its own. The only traffic is Apple’s, for the purchase.
Give your keyboard something to say
TickThock is free to download, for macOS 14 or later. Start with 3 keyboard sounds, Classic Mouse and spatial audio; unlock the rest whenever you like.
Coming to the Mac App Store Questions? See support