Pick your mic. It stays picked.
Keep your mic when headphones connect.
Keyboard sounds and a tidy device popup, too.
macOS 14+ · Apple silicon · One-time purchase, one Mac
SoundBuddyDemoWindow: native capture, 25 October 2026. Popup: simulation with sample devices. No access to your Mac.
Your Mac can switch your microphone the moment headphones connect. SoundBuddy keeps the one you picked.
Headphones connect. Your mic stays put.
Input Lock puts it back.
SoundBuddy keeps your choice selected while it is open. If that mic disconnects, the fallback you set takes over.
Check your call app's own input setting too.
SoundBuddyDemoSimulation. Sample devices. No access to your Mac.
Every key, a little more satisfying.
Six sound packs. Pick one, switch it on, and type. Nothing plays until you say so.
The 3D keyboard and the full pack library live in the lab.
Explore the keyboard labOff. Switching on is silent.
Original synthesized demo samples, not recordings of physical switches. They preview the sound packs bundled with the Mac app.
Your headphones, at a glance.
A quiet popup tells you what just connected. Then it gets out of the way.
Original illustration. Sample device. This page cannot connect to your devices.
Headphones on. Mood up.
A small friend for the quiet moments. Drag to turn it, or tap it to make it bop.
Idle. Breathes, blinks and glances at your cursor.
3D illustration. Silent, and not connected to your Mac or any device.
Ready in three steps.
No account to create. Buy once, install, choose your microphone.
Buy once. Get the installer.
The installer and your license arrive by email after purchase.
Open it from the menu bar.
Confirm the normal macOS download prompt, then open SoundBuddy.
Choose your mic. Lock it.
Pick the microphone you want and switch Input Lock on.
This is the real settings screen.
Microphone choice and Input Lock live in the Audio settings of the installed app.
Native capture, 25 October 2026.
Straight answers.
What SoundBuddy does today, and what it does not yet.
Does today
- Keeps your preferred microphone selected while SoundBuddy is open, with a fallback you choose.
- Plays keyboard sounds when you switch them on.
- Shows a quiet popup when a device connects.
- Keeps device controls and preferences on your Mac.
Not yet, or not verified
- Active-call switching is not fully verified. Check your call app's own input setting too.
- Clean-Mac installation and Intel support are not verified.
- Proximity automation, ear detection and Now Playing integration are not built.
- Battery appears only when your device exposes it.
One purchase. One Mac.
- Apple silicon
- macOS 14+
- Developer ID signed and notarized
- Internet for license checks
Version 0.4.1 (build 25). Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple. Includes identity-based microphone selection, Listen Together and independent output volume controls. The desktop buddy is not included. Installer: 20544171 bytes.
$9$5
One-time purchase · One Mac · No subscription
No free trial. Full refund on request within seven days.
Pricing & license details
Launch price: $5 USD or ₹449 in India, before tax. Planned regular price: $9 USD or ₹799 in India. Crossed-out totals use the same local tax estimate.
One payment. One Mac at a time.
Estimated local total. Your full billing address confirms the amount.
Installer and license delivered by email. Internet needed for license checks.
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