Mechanical keyboard sounds for your Mac
Hear every keystroke
Echo plays real recordings of mechanical keyboards and typewriters as you type, on the keyboard you already have. Eight sounds, from a soft tactile thock to a typewriter from 1912.
macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon · Intel version
Pick a sound. Start typing.
These are the same recordings Echo plays on your Mac, one clean keystroke at a time. Turn your sound on and try each one.
Playing Violet · Turn your sound onLeft keys play on the left, right keys on the right
Small details that make it feel real.
Recorded, not synthesized
Every sound is cut from a real recording, one clean keystroke at a time, with a few slightly different takes so no two presses sound alike.
Down, up, and the big keys
Keys sound as they go down and again, softer, as they come back up. Space, Return and Delete each have their own heavier sound.
Heard where you press
Keys on the left of your keyboard come from the left, keys on the right from the right. Best with headphones.
Clicks, if you like
Four mouse click sounds, from a sharp snap to a feather-light tap. Off until you turn them on.
Quiet on calls
Echo goes silent while any app is using your microphone, and in any app you add to its list. It never listens to the mic itself.
Out of your way
It lives in the menu bar and uses almost nothing while you're not typing. Press ⌃⌥E to turn it on or off from any app.
Private by design
It hears that a key went down. Nothing more.
- Echo never records, stores or sends what you type. It needs macOS's Input Monitoring permission only to know when a key is pressed.
- In password fields macOS hides your keys from every app, so Echo stays quiet there. That's a good thing: nobody near a microphone hears your password.
- The only thing it sends anywhere is a licence check with Polar, once a day: the key and an anonymous ID for your Mac.
$3once
- 3 days free with every sound, no card needed
- One payment. No subscription, no account
- One licence works on 2 Macs
- 8 keyboard sounds and 4 mouse sounds
macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon · Intel version
Questions
Do I need a mechanical keyboard?
No. Echo plays the sounds through your speakers or headphones while you type on any keyboard: your MacBook's built-in one, a Magic Keyboard, anything.
Why does Echo ask for Input Monitoring?
It's how macOS lets an app know a key was pressed. Echo uses it for that alone: it never records or sends what you type. Its setup guide takes you to the right switch in System Settings.
Why is it silent when I type a password?
Password fields turn on macOS's Secure Input, which hides keystrokes from every app. Echo can't hear them, and shouldn't: distinct sounds per key could give a password away to a nearby microphone. If an app leaves Secure Input on by mistake, Echo's menu tells you which one.
Will people on my calls hear it?
Not unless you want them to. Echo goes quiet while any app is using your microphone, and you can add apps it should always stay quiet in.
What happens after the free trial?
For 3 days everything works. After that the sounds stop until you buy a licence ($3, once) and paste the key into Echo. You can still click a sound in the menu to hear it. One key works on 2 Macs.
macOS says it can't check Echo for malicious software.
Echo isn't notarized by Apple yet, so the first time you open it, macOS asks. Either install it with the one-line Terminal command on the Help page, or open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
Where do the sounds come from?
Real recordings of keyboards, typewriters and mice from freesound.org, shared under Creative Commons licences. Each one is credited in Echo's settings and on the Help page.