Leave a Review Duet Display
Tried to like it
Update:
Im giving this 2 stars because of their customer support was great and responsive. Their app just didnt work for me. So I thought I save others time
I have an ipad pro 2020 and a macbook 2015 and I kept getting lags and very pixelated resolution no matter what I tried
The lag was the worse
I was willing to pay 20 a year but got frustrated like why am I trying to make an app work and pay money.
I dont know what the hiccup is but I found another app to work smoothly and its Screens4 maybe this app can work for older ipads but if you have a newer one you may get the same lag issues
It was beyond unworkable and just couldnt anything done
I really want to support ex apple workers since I figured they would know the hardware personally but I was wrong
Great customer service though
We already know we can go the free route with Sidecar but I really wanted to give this a try mainly for the Remote Desktop option because Sidecar doesn’t offer that.
There is sooooo much lag, makes me feel like I’m stuck in the past with a slow connection
It’s bad can’t even click on things on my iPad, cant get anything done and than the resolution is horrible. It looks blurred out and hurts my eyes
I was willing to pay the 20 or 30 a year but why am I going to stress myself and pay for something when Apple offers it for free and works
I really wanted to like this and support
Maybe it’s the 13.5 update, maybe it’s the app itself idk but gosh it just doesn’t workShow lesskissysho
Not perfect but the best solution I have found so far for using my iPad as a 2nd monitor
Pros. When it works, it works well. Speedy reaction that allows me to connect my iPad to my Windows 10 laptop to use as an external monitor. I have bought two external monitors for travel and have not been satisfied with either. (One was too small and required a separate power cable, and the other required a private wifi connection, which is usually not an option when traveling.). Now I can use my iPad Pro, which I take along anyway, as my second, good screen-size monitor.
Cons. The connection can be capricious. I have had multiple instances in which it refused to connect to my machine or would constantly disconnect. It seems that the issue might be related to drivers either on the Windows machine or on the iPad that need to be regularly updated. Hopefully doing that will keep it working ok.Show lessnew york tennis player 4.0
Much cheaper than buying a new external display
When my decade old Apple Cinema Display finally lit its last pixel, I thought about buying another external display for my MacBook Pro, which was a year too old to run Apple’s Sidecar. Then I remembered Duet Display. I hooked up my iPad Pro to it, and decided that I don’t need to clutter my desk with a new display after all. I’m a writer and don’t need more than two decent sized screens: one for source/reference material (which I put in Duet), the other for the document I’m writing (which goes on my MacBook screen). Duet and my Macbook give me all the space I need, while still allowing me to cut and paste etc. between documents, websites and emails. And when something went wrong with a recent update, I emailed the help address and got it all sorted in a couple days. (The old version still worked, I just couldnt install the update, so I was able to keep using the app.) I definitely recommend it to anyone who needs more screen space and has an iPad and a Mac but doesn’t necessarily require 20+ more inches of display.Show lessBCwrite
So much better than Sidecar
I've been using Duet for ages. Now that Catalina is out I thought I could replace this third party app with Sidecar. I could not have been more wrong about it! Sidecar works... sometimes. For no apparent reason it refuses to start at all, disconnects randomly or – my favorite bug – displays everything squashed, like someone forced the aspect ratio to be 16:4. No amount of rebooting devices, reconnecting to WiFi or praying to the IT gods seems to fix it.
All the while Duet just works. Connect the iPad, screen's up. So simple. Every time Sidecar failed, ie every day the past month, I just launched Duet and I had a second screen. Flawless!
Duet also seems to be more responsive than Sidecar and has more options for resolution, performance vs visual clarity and refresh rates. These are irrelevant with my iPad Pro but they made a great deal of sense when I had an older iPad Air 2 until a year and a half ago. Dropping the frame rate to 30 and putting settings to medium made it very responsive for me.
Apple did a poor job at copying Duet – in typical Cupertino feature copying fashion. I think I’ll stay with the original.
Thank you to the Duet developers! You are the saviors of my productivity when I am not at my multi monitor office setup. With the Covid-19 quarantine this is basically my every day now so a big, massive THANK YOU is in order.Show lessSledge81
Does what it’s supposed to do...
I use this program with my iPad and HP Zbook workstation. I’m a graphic designer and love using my pen for everything. However the pen that came with the Zbook has wavy lines, so i wanted something more stable, in steps the iPad. My iPad combined with Duet makes it possible to use the Adobe apps that I need to and still use my pen. There is not a lot of lag at all when drawing and using the pen. I have used it in Photoshop, Indesign and Illustrator with no problems. I still need to test a few other adobe apps. The reason for the 4 stars is that in order for me to do this I had to also tack on the pro version, and this whole pay $30 a year or month crap with everything now days is very draining. Between the full adobe suite and everything else I need for my job alone its a big drain on my money (I make less then 40k a year atm). All and all I do like the app just don’t like the extra pay it cost, but when I get my MacBook for school (going back so I can have more opportunities) and the new screen Share thing it has, the “what the hell ever its called”. I’ll probably dump this when that works well enough.Show lessHiltsBilt
Not perfect
Now that it is working I think it is a fairly smooth app that will help make my life a little easier when I’m not at home. At home I use a dual monitor setup with both screens at 1080p at 60 Hz with no lag at all. I have been disappointed that I don’t get this same result when I am using duet.
The biggest issue I had with the app is that it didn’t work at all at first. The Mac app was completely non functional and doing some things I’d never seen another app do. I couldn’t close the app or click anything on it. In my task manager it didn’t show the app running but I couldn’t delete it because it was open. All of this was very confusing and frustrating so I contacted duet and they were extremely helpful. The person I talked to couldn’t answer all of my questions so she talked to the app developers and after following their directions I got it working.
So far I’m happier with the customer service than I am the app and I’m alright with that. It’s for sure worth the $10.Show lessJoesuperzoo
THIS is exactly what you’re looking for!!!
So...I can’t upgrade my system to the latest OS to take advantage of the side car feature. Ive had Duet for quite some time and really only used the mirror desktop setting but the extended display feature for me is what now helps my ability to multitask without having to buy additional hardware. It did have trouble in the beginning recognizing my iPad Pro as a separate display in which I uninstalled and restarted the process twice. Now it works like a charm. I have no idea what the issue was but needless to say I was upset so I sent an email requesting some help from their tech support and they did not disappoint. Granted I had already “fixed” the problem myself but their prompt response and professionalism has pushed me into writing a much deserved 5 star review. Thank you to the Duet Team!Show lessO21313
Blue Screens
I bought this app on a suggestion of a coworker. It looked very promising in the demonstration. I have two monitors at work, and use my laptop as a 3rd display. It would be really convenient to be able to use my iPad Pro as a second screen when on the road or working from home.
The installation was fine, but required a bit of help from our IT group to install the software and get the iPad and Laptop to “talk” to each other. After successfully hooking the two up, things seemed to be working. However, there was significant lag and freezing when using the iPad as a secondary screen. Cranking down the resolution, power, and refresh rate seemed to help (but did not completely eliminate). One issue we couldn’t diagnose was the iPad had a text tine displayed across it when using duet which read “osbase idisplay evaluation copy”. I reached out to duet several times, but have yet to hear anything back.
Once the settings were squared away, and I started using duet, the blue screens started. Two within 30 minutes. Looking at the codes, there is a conflict with duet and the Nividia drivers I need for doing CAD work. Despite ensuring we had the latest drivers, the problem persisted. In the end we had to uninstall duet.Show lesscoux
Works great for my music gigs.
As a musician, I wanted something that I could slide the chord window, or the lyrics window (or both) to my iPad wirelessly from my laptop, so musicians or singers could use it when sitting in at one of my gigs. This works perfectly for that purpose. I also use it at home as a dual monitor for other things. At first I had trouble connecting, but a couple of emails back and forth to support and I was up and running. It turned out my anti-virus software was interfering with the installation to the laptop. Once I turned it off and reinstalled the program it had no problem connecting from my iPad. The company seems committed to improving their product, so I feel confident in my purchase. For my own situation, I also purchased a portable wireless router that I can use as a home network when away from home so I don’t have to rely on the house connection at a gig, if they even have one. I don’t need internet to run this software, once installed, just a wireless network. I can also hardwire the iPad directly to the laptop.Show lessMike Lucich
Definitely your best option to display your Desktop to iOS...
I’ve been using Duet Display for over 4 years now and I can say that it’s gotten better over time as far as stability. I’ve also done beta testing in the past. Whenever I had an issue, support has done a good job at resolving each concern I had. I really like being able to extend my desktop to my iOS devices to mirror or use as a display with touch control. I’ve tried many apps with similar features. But for the price of Duet Display, none of them come close. I also enjoy the Touch Bar, which is an added bonus. I used it to control Adobe Premiere a few days ago and Ableton. Wow, I have more editing control that will allow me to use my cursor much less. I would like to suggest that Duet Display provide more demos and clearer instructions on the different types of products they have from the start. It seems to be all over the place. I contacted support and they were able to give me clarity, which was good.Show lessBecool5257
