Steer
When a mouse hurts, a controller doesn't.
A game controller rests in relaxed hands — no pinch grip, no fine wrist work, no reaching across the desk. If a mouse or trackpad is tiring, painful, or hard to reach, Steer turns the controller into a complete way to run your Mac: point, click, type, and scroll, with a cursor you can slow right down.
14-day free trial — no account, no card. Try it on a good day and a bad one before you decide.
Everything the mouse does, in a shape that's kinder to hold.
Held in relaxed hands, not gripped
Your hands stay loose around the controller instead of pinching a mouse or splaying over a trackpad. Nothing to grab, drag, or reach for across the desk.
Slow the cursor right down
A cursor-speed slider and a response curve you can shape mean the pointer can be as gentle and forgiving as you need — small, deliberate moves instead of a jumpy one. Tremor and low precision are what the curve is for.
A button is a click
No mouse button to press while holding steady — a click is just a button, and you choose which one. Left click, right click, double-click, drag: each can live on the button that's easiest for you to reach.
One-handed, without giving anything up
Hold one shoulder button and every other button changes job — so a handful of buttons within one thumb's reach can carry a full set of actions. Steer is usable with a single hand, and you decide the layout.
Type without a keyboard
An on-screen keyboard you drive from the controller means you can enter text — a search box, a password, a message — without moving to a physical keyboard. And if a stick is hard, tilt the controller to aim instead.
Feedback you can feel
A gentle buzz confirms an action landed, so you're not relying on watching the screen for every click. Quiet, optional, and tuned to a strength that suits you.
A great input device, that happens to help.
Steer isn't a medical device and this isn't medical advice — it's a genuinely good, full-price Mac app, built with the same care for everyone. It just turns out that a controller you can hold in relaxed hands is, for a lot of people, the most comfortable way to run a computer. The kerb-cut helps the wheelchair and the stroller both.
Comfort is personal, so the honest test is your own hands. The 14-day trial takes no card and no account — try it on a good day and a hard one, and keep it only if it earns its place.
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Have a specific need — a particular controller, a one-handed layout, a question about your setup? Email steer@seanfloyd.dev and a real person answers.