Tap your laptop. Switch anything.
QuickTap turns the body of your laptop into a button. One tap to switch apps, cycle windows, or panic-hide whatever's on screen. No hotkey, no trackpad — just a tap.
macOS 14+ · Intel & Apple Silicon · Windows version coming soon
Built for window-jugglers.
QuickTap doesn't care what you do with your tap. It just gives you a button that's always under your fingers.
12 terminals. 8 browsers. 1 IDE.
Tap to cycle. Faster than ⌘-Tab and you don't have to lift your hand off the keyboard.
Tabs you'd rather not explain.
One tap and your screen looks like work again. Tap back later — same tabs, no panic.
Boss-key, reinvented.
Lecture, notes, Discord, PDF.
Tap through every app open on your laptop without ever clicking a thing.
Your boss is two desks away.
Tap the lid. The browser is gone. Slack is on top. You look productive. They keep walking. Tap again later — your tabs are right where you left them.
No frantic ⌘-W. No mouse pointer flying to the dock. Just a small, casual tap nobody notices.
Boss approaches.
One tap on the lid.
Looking good.
One tap. Many tricks.
Small, focused, and out of your way. QuickTap does one thing and tries to be excellent at it.
Physical tap detection
QuickTap reads the laptop's built-in motion sensor. No external hardware. No hotkey to memorize.
Map taps to actions
One tap, two taps, a long tap — give each pattern its own action. Switch app, switch window, hide screen, or anything you wire up.
Adjustable sensitivity
From gentle finger tap to firm knuckle rap. Tune QuickTap to your desk, your laptop, your touch.
Lives in your menu bar
A small icon at the top of your screen. No dock clutter, no floating window, no Electron.
Works offline
QuickTap doesn't talk to the internet. No account, no cloud, no telemetry. It can't phone home — there's no home.
Light on your laptop
A few megabytes of memory. Almost zero CPU when idle. Your fans won't notice it's running.
Three steps. Two minutes.
Download and open.
QuickTap installs in seconds. It lives in your menu bar — no dock icon, no window.
Pick what a tap does.
Cycle windows. Switch apps. Hide screen. Run a keyboard shortcut. Map up to three patterns.
Tap your laptop.
Anywhere on the body works — the lid, the deck, even the table next to it. It just works.
Your taps stay on your machine.
No analytics. No telemetry. No cloud. No account. QuickTap doesn't make any network calls — we wouldn't know how many people use it if we wanted to.
Give the gift of taps.
Buy QuickTap for a friend, a sibling, that one developer who has 45 tabs open. Polar emails them the download link and license key — they tap, you look thoughtful.
- Enter their email at checkout — Polar delivers everything
- Same full license as a regular purchase, theirs forever
- Add a personal note that goes in their delivery email
Frequently asked.
Will tapping my MacBook damage it?
No. QuickTap reads motion, not impact — a gentle finger tap is enough. You're not knocking on it like a door. We tune sensitivity so the lightest tap registers.
Does it work on Intel Macs?
Yes. Any Mac running macOS Sonoma 14 or later — Intel or Apple Silicon.
When is the Windows version?
We're building it. The Windows version will use the same approach — read the laptop's motion sensor, map taps to actions. We don't have a date yet. Drop us a line if you want a heads-up.
Does QuickTap send anything over the internet?
No. Zero network calls. No analytics, no telemetry, no update pings. The app is offline-first because that's the only mode it has.
What permissions does it need?
Just Accessibility, so QuickTap can switch apps and windows on your behalf. That's a standard macOS permission. No kernel extension. No root. No background daemon.
My desk wobbles. Will it tap by accident?
Tune sensitivity down, or set QuickTap to only respond to double-tap patterns. Most people land on a setting where a casual hand-rest does nothing and a deliberate tap always works.
Can I get a refund?
Yes — email us within 14 days and we'll refund you. No questions, no forms, no friction.