The best Klack alternatives for Mac
Klack alternatives for Mac: free MechvibesDX, KeyClicker, Tapkey, Thock and Koi's 16 sound packs. Prices, macOS versions and privacy, checked on each site.
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Can a Mac make keyboard click sounds?
Not by itself. macOS has no keyboard click setting: a MacBook types in silence apart from the keys themselves. Your iPhone does have one, under Settings, Sounds & Haptics, Keyboard Feedback (Apple's guide), but nothing like it ships on the Mac. So every typing sound on a Mac comes from an app that listens to your keys and plays a clip for each one.
There are a lot of them. The App Store is full of small clones, so this list sticks to the ones with a clear price, a recent update and a reason to pick them: Klack if you want the polished paid one, MechvibesDX if you want free and open source, and Koi if you already want a Mac assistant and the clicks come with it.
We make Koi, so read this with that in mind. Koi is first below because it's ours, and it's the only one here where key sounds are a small part of a bigger app. Every fact about another app comes from its own site, App Store listing or GitHub page, checked October 25, 2026. We didn't test how any of them sound.
What matters
What to look for in a keyboard sound app
- Sounds you like. Most apps are mechanical switches only; a few have typewriters, laptops or pops.
- A different sound for the key going down and coming back up, and for Space and Return. That's what makes it sound real.
- A little change from press to press, so fast typing doesn't sound like a machine gun.
- Silence where it matters: password fields, calls, and while you dictate.
- A recent update. Several old favourites stopped working on newer Macs.
- What it does with your keys. Every one of these hears every key you press, so it should keep none of them.
The picks
The best keyboard sound apps for Mac in 2026
1. Koi
Best for: Key sounds inside a Mac assistant, quiet in passwords and on calls
Koi is a Mac assistant that lives in your MacBook's notch: dictation in any app, call recording, documents, a calendar and an AI you talk to. Koi 2.0 added keyboard sounds. Turn them on in Settings, Notch & tools, Keyboard sounds, or from the notch's Tools, and every key you press in any app clicks like a real keyboard.
There are 16 packs: Tactile, Clicky, Linear, Brown, Thock, Alps, Buckling, Retro, Office, Membrane, Laptop, Typewriter, Toy, Pop, Click and Tick. Each one types “hello koi” as you pick it, so you hear it before you choose, and there's a volume slider. Packs play a separate sound for the key coming back up where they have one, and their own sounds for Space, Return and Delete. Each press is a little higher or lower and softer or louder than the last.
It goes quiet on its own: for a key held down and repeating, in password fields, for what Koi types itself, while you dictate, on a call with Koi, while a call is recorded and while a meeting app has the microphone. The packs are free-to-use recordings, credited in the app. Koi hears your keys through Accessibility only to play the sound; which key it was is never kept, logged or sent.
Where it loses: it isn't sold on its own. Koi is Pro at $20 a month or $7 for a first week, or Lifetime, paid once, with no free plan. If clicks are all you want, Klack or a free app below is the better buy.
2. Klack
Best for: The polished paid one, for one small price
Klack is $4.99 once on the Mac App Store, with no in-app purchases. Its site lists seven switches, among them CherryMX Japanese Black, Gateron Milky Yellow, Keychron Super Red and NovelKeys Cream, with key-down and key-up sounds, random pitch and spatial audio, from the menu bar. Its App Store privacy label says Data Not Collected.
It needs macOS 15 or later, so it won't run on a Mac still on Sonoma. Its last update was version 2.1.4, in May 2026. Searches for “Klack alternative” are common, so we wrote a page of those too.
3. MechvibesDX
Best for: Free and open source, with custom sound packs
MechvibesDX is the official successor to Mechvibes, rewritten and still free and MIT licensed. Version 0.8.4 came out on October 15, 2026. It ships a curated set of sounds and takes custom packs, the thing Mechvibes was loved for.
Read its README before you install it. The Mac build is for Apple silicon only, marked experimental and untested, and isn't notarized, so macOS blocks it on first launch. It needs both Accessibility and Input Monitoring, plays nothing when another app is in front without Input Monitoring, and asks again after each update. It also sends one anonymous ping when it starts. The original Mechvibes last shipped in December 2023.
4. KeyClicker
Best for: Almost free, from the App Store
KeyClicker is free on the Mac App Store, with an All Access Lifetime unlock for $1.99. It was updated in September 2026 (version 2.9.0), and its privacy label says Data Not Collected. The listing doesn't say how many sounds it has.
5. Tapkey
Best for: The most sounds to try
Tapkey is free to download, then $1.99 a month, $3.99 a year or $5.99 once for its full set. It claims more than 50 built-in sound effects. Its last update was version 1.3.2, in July 2026.
6. Thock
Best for: Cherry and Gateron switch sounds, paid once
Thock, Mechanical Keyboard is $4.99 on the Mac App Store, with Cherry and Gateron switch profiles. It's new: version 1.01, from January 2026. The listing doesn't say how many sounds it has.
Comparison
Keyboard sound apps for Mac compared
From each app's own listing, checked October 25, 2026. “Not listed” means the listing doesn't say.
| Price | Sounds | macOS | Last update | Open source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koi | $20 a month, or Lifetime, paid once | 16 packs, typewriter and pops too | 14+ | Koi 2.0 | No |
| Klack | $4.99 once | 7 switches | 15+ | May 2026 | No |
| MechvibesDX | Free | Curated set plus custom packs | Apple silicon, experimental | October 2026 | Yes, MIT |
| KeyClicker | Free; $1.99 lifetime unlock | Not listed | Not listed | September 2026 | No |
| Tapkey | Free; $1.99 a month, $3.99 a year or $5.99 once | 50+ | Not listed | July 2026 | No |
| Thock | $4.99 | Cherry and Gateron profiles | Not listed | January 2026 | No |
Privacy
These apps hear every key you press
To play a sound when you type in another app, an app has to know a key went down. macOS guards that behind Accessibility or Input Monitoring permission, and you can see and take back that access in System Settings, Privacy & Security, Input Monitoring (Apple's guide). Apple's page also points out that what an app does with that data is up to its own privacy policy.
So it's fair to ask. Klack and KeyClicker's App Store labels say they collect no data. MechvibesDX is open source, so anyone can read what it does, and it says it sends one anonymous ping per launch. Koi plays the sound at once and never keeps, logs or sends which key it was.
How to
How to turn on keyboard sounds with Koi
- Open Koi's Settings, then Notch & tools, and find Keyboard sounds. Or hover the notch, open the Tools and click Keyboard sounds.
- Turn it on. It uses the Accessibility permission Koi asks for when you set it up.
- Click through the 16 packs. Each one types hello koi as you pick it.
- Set the volume and start typing in any app.
The full walk-through, and the free way with MechvibesDX, is in how to make your MacBook keyboard sound mechanical.
Choosing
Which keyboard sound app should you use?
- One polished app, paid once, on macOS 15 or later? Klack.
- Free and open source, and fine with an experimental build? MechvibesDX.
- Almost free from the App Store? KeyClicker.
- As many sounds as possible? Tapkey.
- Typewriter, laptop and pop sounds too, quiet in passwords and on calls, inside an assistant you'd use anyway? Koi.
Koi's plans are on the pricing page. Paid from the first day, with no free trial.
Keep exploring
How to make your MacBook keyboard sound mechanical
Make a MacBook keyboard click like a mechanical one: turn on Koi's 16 sound packs, or use free MechvibesDX or $4.99 Klack. Steps, gotchas and privacy.
The best notch apps for MacBook in 2026
The best MacBook notch apps: Boring Notch and Atoll (free), Droppy, Alcove, DynamicLake, MediaMate, NotchDrop, and Koi. Music, AirDrop, battery and more.
Koi 2.0: your notch, a teleprompter and a board on your desktop
Koi 2.0 moves into your MacBook's notch, with a teleprompter under the camera, a board on your desktop, Spotify, AirDrop, keyboard sounds and an idle screen.
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Frequently asked questions
No. macOS has no keyboard click setting. iPhone does, under Settings, Sounds & Haptics, Keyboard Feedback. On a Mac you need an app like Klack, MechvibesDX or Koi.
MechvibesDX is free and open source, with custom packs, but its Mac build is Apple silicon only and marked experimental. KeyClicker is free on the App Store with a $1.99 lifetime unlock.
Klack is $4.99 once on the Mac App Store, with no in-app purchases. It needs macOS 15 or later.
Every one of them needs Accessibility or Input Monitoring to hear your keys, so check what it keeps. Klack and KeyClicker's App Store labels say they collect no data, and Koi never keeps, logs or sends which key you pressed.
The original Mechvibes last shipped in December 2023. Its successor, MechvibesDX, has an Apple silicon build its README calls experimental, and it needs Accessibility and Input Monitoring.