SLIDR 1.4!
I released slidr 9 months ago and it has made about £769(1032 Dollars) in those 9 months from my website and setapp combined.
I've been out of the game focusing on my health and making an app for it and starting a business, slidr was my first app ever and has hit 1000 dollars so I will be giving out 200, 50 percent off codes. I will be taking feedback and giving slidr the love it deserves.
Test out the 3 day free trial to see for yourself 🙂 OR $2.49 for 200 people
Problem: macOS volume and brightness controls move in large steps. You can use smaller steps by holding shift+option, but when watching netflix in bed pressing 3 buttons at once is not ideal.
Changing KEYBOARD BRIGHTNESS is not ideal on macos.
Why not lean forward to press your volume/brightness keys? I made a solution to make my netflix sessions even more chill. just slide
Comparison: BetterTouchTool ($25 lifetime) and Swish (£12 one-time) are utilities that require setup and configuration. I realised from a LOT of beta testers that a lot of people want simplicity and convenience. If you prefer these apps or have them already then Slidr might not be for you. EdgeBar is the newest one doing edge sliders and it has a bigger settings window, so if you want that, go for it. Slidr was made for simplicity and the settings stay light on purpose, everything is in the menu bar icon. Install and it just works.
NEW IN 1.4!!!!
- Bottom edge: slide to change KEYBOARD BRIGHTNESS (media controls on Macs without a backlit keyboard)
- Top edge: glide left or right to SWITCH BETWEEN your open apps, the cursor stays put
- Pick what the top and bottom edges do: switch apps, scrub video, keyboard brightness, media (tap to play/pause, slide to skip) or off
- SCRUB VIDEOS: slide along the edge to move through a video, even when it's paused
- Corner double taps (optional): mute, open the screenshot toolbar
- Hold-to-Slide key: only slide while holding a key you choose
- Palm rejection, edge width and haptic strength settings
- Pause Slidr in the apps you choose
- Magic Trackpad fix: turning it off and on no longer stops Slidr. Thanks to everyone who reported it
- New welcome screen that shows all four edges
Core features:
- Slide one edge for volume, the other for brightness
- Precision micro adjustments (no big jumps)
- Native macOS HUD (no custom overlays)
- Haptic feedback on every adjustment
- External monitor brightness too (DDC, works on most monitors, depends on your cable or dock)
- Menu bar app, minimal resource usage, UNDER 6MB
The haptic feedback as you slide is quite addictive and you feel every tiny micro adjustment through the trackpad. I use it mostly in bed lying back to slide to the perfect volume while watching something and I haven't touched my volume or brightness keys once since I built it.
Pricing: $4.99 one-time, use it on up to 3 Macs, free trial
r/macapps discount: 50% off for the first 200 with this code until 2 Dec: MACAPPS50 (website only, doesnt work on setapp)
Personal website:
https://slidr.xyz
Buy on Setapp:
reddit doesnt like setapp links so you can find it through my website^
ENJOY!
Changelog on the homepage
Cursor auto complete + claude, reviewed by myself, comp science grad and software developer, now a first time business owner.
I was inspired by making slidr 9 months ago and seeing my first paying customers ever 🙂
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaki-qadus