BetterJoy Alternatives

BetterJoy is described as 'Allows the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, Joycons and SNES controller to be used with CEMU, Citra, Dolphin, Yuzu and as generic XInput' and is an app. There are six alternatives to BetterJoy for Mac and Windows. The best BetterJoy alternative is Xpadder. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try USB Overdrive. Other great apps like BetterJoy are JoyToKey, Joystick Mapper, Controllers and GamePad Companion.

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    Xpadder

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    A utility for mapping keyboard keys and mouse button actions to your game controller buttons for PC gaming.

    34 Xpadder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    • Xpadder is the most popular Windows alternative to BetterJoy.

    • Xpadder is the most popular commercial alternative to BetterJoy.

    • Xpadder is Paid and ProprietaryBetterJoy is Free and Open Source
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    JoyToKey

     46 likes

    JoyToKey enables you to control any softwares (e.g. browsers, games on the web, Microsoft office applications or even Windows itself) by using your favorite windows joystick! Whenever you press joystick buttons and sticks, JoyToKey will convert the input into keyboard strokes...

    22 JoyToKey alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

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    • Windows
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  4. Joystick Mapper icon

    Joystick Mapper

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    Joystick Mapper is an application that allows you to configure your joysticks or gamepads to simulate keyboard keys/mouse movement/mouse click/mouse scroll, so you can control any app or game using them, even the ones without built-in support.

    20 Joystick Mapper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Joystick Mapper is the most popular Mac alternative to BetterJoy.

    • Joystick Mapper is Paid and ProprietaryBetterJoy is Free and Open Source
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    Controllers

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    Consoles allows you to use console controllers to play almost any game on Mac, even games that don't have built-in support for controllers.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    USB Overdrive

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    The USB Overdrive is a device driver for macOS that handles any USB or Bluetooth mouse, keyboard, trackball, joystick, gamepad or gaming device from any manufacturer and lets you configure it either globally or on a per-application, per-device basis.

    18 USB Overdrive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • USB Overdrive is the most popular free alternative to BetterJoy.

    • USB Overdrive is Freemium and ProprietaryBetterJoy is Free and Open Source
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    GamePad Companion

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    Available exclusively on the Mac App Store. GamePad Companion 3.1 is a utility that makes it easy to configure your GamePads (controllers, joysticks, etc..) to play your favorite OSX games. You can configure your controller to work as your mouse cursor and buttons, or to map to...

    4 GamePad Companion alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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