Does BetterSnapTool also unlock BetterTouchTool?

Hi, I read in a reddit comment from 4yrs ago that buying BetterSnapTool also unlocks BetterTouchTool?

Is this (still) the case?

If so, does this apply to purchasing the app on the app store and is the functionality of BetterTouchTool then integrated into BST or separate app that needs to be downloaded and installed?

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Markus

It does give you a one year license for BetterTouchTool (this is not really documented or anything, but it’s still the case). After one year you won’t receive updates but can keep using the last version you received. BetterTouchTool contains all features of BetterSnapTool.

To unlock the license you need to install BetterTouchTool from folivora.ai/downloads and in the registration screen select the BetterSnapTool option.

Vielen Dank Andreas, sounds great. Unfortunately BTT is not available on the mac app store which I need to use at work for installing apps. I'd really love to use both apps. (any plans to release on the app store?) :slight_smile:

unfortunately Apple doesn’t allow tools like BTT on the App Store and this is unlikely to change ;-(

I’ve tried this, and I’ve purchased BetterSnapTool from the App Store, but I couldn’t find the BetterSnapTool option in the registration screen of BetterTouchTool. Could you please help me with this?

not in general. If you are a first time BTT user you can generate a free 3 month promo license if you have purchased BetterSnapTool. If you had already used BTT in the past this option is not available.

You can however purchase a discounted license for BetterTouchTool via BetterSnapTool's "about" screen in the settings.

@Andreas_Hegenberg what about the other way around? I would like to use BetterTouchTool exclusively, but it doesn't offer a way to reproduce "Restore old size & position after doubleclicking again" from BetterSnapTool, so if BTT doesn't fully cover BST capabilities - BTT users shouldn't be able to apply for a free BST license? It's a pity to pay additionally only for this one option

I think you can enable this using this terminal command while BTT is quit:

defaults write com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool doubleclickTitlebarRestore YES

Hah, that's interesting, definitely will test it, thanks! Would be great to have it in GUI as well

yep, I'll add a checkbox to the "Doubleclick WIndow Titlebar" trigger. It was forgotten when I added this many years ago :slight_smile:

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@Andreas_Hegenberg I have just tested the above command, but cannot make it work. I have defined a "Doubleclick Window Titlebar" -> "Maximize Window" action, run the command, restarted BTT, but no effect.

Also, I miss one more thing from BST - "show menu with all (resize) actions" which I could configure for a right click on a window button.

the context menu you‘d need to configure manually via the „show context menu (new)“ action.

I tried the restore option , but it seems to work fine here. Which version of macOS are you on?

@Andreas_Hegenberg Sonoma 14.7.2, BTT 5.070

Hey there. I had bought BetterSnapTool about a week ago, and today I used it to activate BetterTouchTool. BetterTouchTool still had 41 days of trial left.

Now it says "This license will receive free updates until 2 May 2025", which is only 3 months from now. Shouldn't this have been added to the 41 days? Was I not supposed to use this "chance" so early?

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