Honkpad vs Soundpad

Soundpad is a Windows soundboard that plays sounds into your microphone. Honkpad plays sounds together with GIFs on stream, on Mac and Windows.

	Honkpad	Soundpad
Platforms	Desktop app for Mac (macOS 12+) and Windows 10 and 11	Windows only
Price	Free during early access. Free and Pro tiers are planned.	€4.99 one-time purchase
What triggers a sound	Hotkeys, Twitch chat commands, channel points and a phone remote	Hotkeys. Sound goes into your microphone.
Overlay and GIFs	Sound with its GIF or video and caption, through one OBS browser source	None, sound only
Twitch	Chat commands and channel points. After early access, Free includes 5 channel-point cards.	No viewer triggers

Competitor details were checked in October 2026 and can change. Sources: Soundpad on Steam

Which one to pick

you are on Windows and only need sounds in voice chat or your microphone.

you stream from a Mac, or you want a GIF on screen with each sound and Twitch chat to trigger memes.

This build isn't notarized by Apple yet, so macOS warns you the first time you open it.

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Windows 10+ x64. The installer isn't signed yet, so Windows may warn about an unknown publisher. Click More info, then Run anyway.