Comparison
WheelClick vs Multitouch
Multitouch is a general gesture engine, $15.99 after a 30-day trial, where middle click is one action among many; pick it to remap trackpad and Magic Mouse gestures. Pick WheelClick when middle click is the goal: one switch each for middle click, Middle-Drag and autoscroll, with three-finger click and tap on the trackpad free forever and the rest $4.99 once.
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 Multitouch 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.
Multitouch is by Ryan Hanson (the developer of Rectangle) — its site is here. Multitouch is a general gesture-to-action engine: bind trackpad and Magic Mouse gestures to almost anything, of which middle click is one option among many. It is the "power user toolbox" answer where WheelClick is the single-purpose one.
Side by side
| Multitouch | WheelClick | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $15.99 one-time | $4.99 one-time Trackpad three-finger click & tap free forever |
| License | Closed source | Closed source |
| Free trial | 30 days | 14 days No account needed |
| Free tier | No Paid, after a 30-day trial | Free tier Three-finger click and tap, permanently — no account, no countdown |
| macOS support | macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and later | macOS 12 (Monterey) and later |
| Input method | Private frameworks, by its own account Its terms say it relies on APIs "private and otherwise"; a setting avoids them, at the cost of Magic Mouse support | 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 | Yes |
| Magic Mouse | Yes | Yes Paid — touch gestures in the direct build; fn+click everywhere |
| Middle-click-drag | Middle Click and Pan A built-in action; needs a gesture that leaves a finger resting to drag with | 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 General gesture bindings | Yes Three-finger swipes (paid) |
| Per-app rules | Yes App-specific gesture settings | Yes Per-app allow and ignore lists (paid) |
| Where bugs go | Public issue tracker rxhanson/Multitouch-Community on GitHub | Public issue tracker WheelClick-Community on GitHub |
| Last release | 1.48, 8 June 2026 The date carried by the app inside the disk image its own site serves | 1.1.10, 17 October 2026 GitHub Releases |
| Distribution | Direct download | 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 | Active | Active Three releases in September 2026 |
Cells marked “Not documented” mean Multitouch’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 Multitouch’s own current materials on 31 August 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 Multitouch if middle click is only one of many gestures you want to customize — Multitouch is a genuine gesture toolbox, its 30-day trial is generous, and it supports macOS back to 10.15.
Pick WheelClick if middle click is the actual goal. Multitouch has middle-click-and-pan too, but it wants a compound gesture that leaves a finger resting; here it is one switch, autoscroll is another, and the two core gestures cost nothing at all.
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.
More comparisons: vs MiddleDrag · vs Middle · vs MiddleTouch · vs BetterTouchTool · vs MagicPrefs · vs Jitouch · vs MiddleClick · all of them at once