Comparison
WheelClick vs Jitouch
Jitouch is a free, open-source gesture app with middle click on the trackpad (three-finger tap) and the Magic Mouse on by default, plus drawn-character gestures; its last release is from January 2023. WheelClick is built around the middle click and maintained, runs from macOS 12, keeps three-finger click and tap free forever, and costs $4.99 once for the rest.
macOS understands a middle click everywhere, but Apple’s trackpads and the Magic Mouse have no way to make one, and macOS has never had the autoscroll Windows and Linux users take for granted. Anyone who switches platforms with that muscle memory ends up looking for an app. WheelClick and Jitouch are two independent answers to that same gap, built by different developers with different approaches; neither is a copy of the other. Below is an honest, attribute-by-attribute comparison so you can pick the one that fits how you work.
Jitouch is by Supasorn Suwajanakorn and Sukolsak Sakshuwong, later Aaron Kollasch — its site is here. Jitouch is a free, GPL-3.0 gesture app for the trackpad and Magic Mouse, known for drawn-character gestures and per-app gesture sets. A three-finger tap on the trackpad and a "Middle Click" gesture on the Magic Mouse are on by default. Its last release, 2.82.1, came out in January 2023.
Side by side
| Jitouch | WheelClick | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $4.99 one-time Trackpad three-finger click & tap free forever |
| License | GPL-3.0 open source | Closed source |
| Free trial | Not needed — free | 14 days No account needed |
| Free tier | Whole app The whole app is free and GPL-3.0 | Free tier Three-finger click and tap, permanently — no account, no countdown |
| macOS support | macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and later No official statement for macOS 14 or later; its users report it running up to macOS 27 | macOS 12 (Monterey) and later |
| Input method | Private multitouch framework | Public Accessibility API (CGEventTap) One exception: Magic Mouse touches, which no public API exposes. Those come from a separate unsandboxed helper, in the direct build only |
| Trackpad | Yes Three-finger tap, on by default | Yes |
| Magic Mouse | Yes A “Middle Click” gesture, on by default | Yes Paid — touch gestures in the direct build; fn+click everywhere |
| Middle-click-drag | Not documented | Yes Opt-in Middle-Drag plugin for CAD, plus a configurable modifier-key + click (paid) |
| Autoscroll | Not documented | Yes System-wide, opt-in (paid) |
| Swipe gestures | Yes Many trackpad and mouse gestures, plus drawn characters | Yes Three-finger swipes (paid) |
| Per-app rules | Yes A gesture set per app | Yes Per-app allow and ignore lists (paid) |
| Where bugs go | Public issue tracker GitHub issues, 34 open | Public issue tracker WheelClick-Community on GitHub |
| Last release | 2.82.1, 2 January 2023 GitHub Releases | 1.1.10, 17 October 2026 GitHub Releases |
| Distribution | Homebrew, GitHub Releases | Mac App Store, direct download, Homebrew Magic Mouse gestures come with the direct download: the App Store sandbox hides the mouse’s touches from every app |
| Maintenance | No release since January 2023 Its maintainer still answers issues now and then | Active Three releases in September 2026 |
Cells marked “Not documented” mean Jitouch’s own materials don’t state it either way — we would rather leave a blank than publish a guess about someone else’s app. Every cell was re-verified against Jitouch’s own current materials on 9 October 2026; if something has gone stale since, tell us and it gets fixed. Comparing more than one alternative? See the full comparison — WheelClick and every middle-click app in one table.
Which one fits you
Pick Jitouch if you want free, open-source gestures well beyond a middle click: drawn characters, window moves, and a gesture set per app, on the trackpad and the Magic Mouse alike, and you are fine with an app whose last release was in January 2023.
Pick WheelClick if the middle click is what you came for and you want it kept working: WheelClick is maintained, with three releases in September 2026, keeps three-finger click and tap free forever, and adds fn+click, Force Click, Middle-Drag and autoscroll for $4.99 once.
Either way you end up with a middle click your Mac should arguably have shipped with — see why macOS never did.
Three-finger click and tap on the trackpad are free forever — no trial needed for those.
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