SquiggleRunFormerly QuickDraw
SquiggleRun app icon

Hold ⌥option and draw a letter
to open any app.

Hold Option, draw S on your trackpad, and Safari opens. Draw G for GitHub, D for Downloads. SquiggleRun is a tiny menu bar app for your Mac.

Download on theMac App Store

Free for 7 days, then $4.99 one-time · macOS 13 or later

How it works

  1. 1Hold the ⌥option key.
  2. 2Draw a letter with one finger on your trackpad. No clicking.
  3. 3Let go. SquiggleRun does what that letter is set to do.

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For teachers and presenters

Point at anything,
right on your screen.

Draw on your screen

Hold ⌃control and move. Point things out on calls, demos and recordings. No clicking, and it fades on its own.

  • Arrow
  • Pen
  • Line
  • Box
  • Circle
  • Highlighter

No drawing mode

Most screen pens make you switch into a drawing mode, click and drag, then switch back to get your mouse again. SquiggleRun has no mode. Hold a key, point, let go.

Other tools
  1. Click the pen
  2. Click and drag to draw
  3. Click again to use your Mac
SquiggleRun
  1. Hold ⌃control and move
  2. Let go. You're back.

Teachers

Circle the answer, underline the key line, point at the step. Students follow along, and you never lose your place.

Presentations

Point at the number that matters on a slide without a laser pointer or a clicker.

Calls and demos

Show a teammate exactly where to click while you share your screen.

Recordings

Tutorials and walkthroughs that are easy to follow. Drawings fade on their own, so nothing to clean up.

Small, quick and private

More than apps

Open apps, websites, files and folders, run any Shortcut, or copy a text snippet you use all the time.

Draw on your screen

Hold Control and move to draw arrows, boxes, circles or highlights on screen, in any colour. Perfect for calls and demos.

Learns your handwriting

Draw a letter your own way a few times and SquiggleRun gets it every time.

Nothing leaves your Mac

No accounts, no tracking, no internet. Everything stays on your computer.

No special permissions

No Accessibility or keyboard monitoring. Just hold Option and draw.