# Beam: Stream & Remote Desktop — Mirror, click, type and play

> Mirror, click, type and play (iPhone/iPad app by KEVIN ERIK IIN.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beam-stream-and-remote-desktop/id6760154962 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [KEVIN ERIK IIN](https://appshunter.io/developer/1882890521)
- Category: Utilities, Developer Tools
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 18 MB
- Released: 2026-03-17
- Data updated: 2026-10-28

## What is Beam?

See your Mac on your iPhone or iPad, and control it from there. Beam streams your Mac's screen and sound to your phone. Tap to click, type with real Mac keys, run your own shortcuts and macros, and play Mac games with a controller.

Answer a prompt on the Mac from the couch. Keep a film going in bed. Watch a render finish from the kitchen, then tap in when it needs you.

CONTROL YOUR MAC FROM YOUR PHONE
• Click mode: tap to click, double or triple tap, touch and hold then lift to right-click, touch and hold then move to drag, slide two fingers to scroll
• Live keyboard with a row of Mac keys above it: esc, tab, arrows, home, end, page up and down, F1 to F12, plus command, option, control and shift (tap for one use, hold to lock)
• A bar of up to eight buttons you design in Beacon on the Mac: keys and shortcuts, media keys, recorded macros, a text box, the live keyboard and click mode
• Pair a game controller with your iPhone or iPad and your Mac sees a real gamepad. No driver to install.

STREAM YOUR MAC
• Your whole Mac display, or one window you pick from the phone
• Mac audio on your phone, or turn it off
• About 25 ms typical delay on good home Wi-Fi
• Up to 4K or your Mac display's native resolution
• Up to 120 fps on ProMotion iPhones and iPads when your Mac's display runs that fast
• Picture in Picture, pinch to zoom, and crop to one area of the screen
• Flip the picture for teleprompter glass

SET UP IN ABOUT 2 MINUTES
1. Install the free Beacon app on your Mac from beamscreen.app. It needs macOS 14 or later.
2. Open Beam on the same Wi-Fi and tap Pair Your Mac.
3. Type the 6-digit code Beacon shows. You only pair once.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• The stream goes straight from your Mac to your phone. It never passes through a Beam server.
• The picture, the sound, your clicks and everything you type are encrypted end to end with keys from your pairing.
• No account, no sign-up, no email.
• Beam and Beacon are open source under AGPL-3.0.

FREE, THEN BEAM UNLIMITED
• Your first stream starts a 3-day trial with no limits.
• After that, 30 minutes of streaming in every 24 hours on your home Wi-Fi, with every feature and every quality setting.
• Beam Unlimited is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It removes the time limit and lets you stream and control your Mac from anywhere over your own Tailscale network (free for personal use).

GOOD TO KNOW
• Clicking and typing from the phone need Accessibility permission for Beacon on the Mac.
• Beam shows and controls your Mac's screen. It doesn't add a second display, move files or sync the clipboard.
• Beacon runs on Macs only, not Windows or Linux.
• Beam needs iOS 16 or later.

Questions go to support@beamscreen.app. A person reads every message, usually within a day.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beam Unlimited | $7.99 | one-time |
| Beam Unlimited | $7.99 | one-time |


## Is Beam safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Beam.

## Is Beam legit?

Beam: Stream & Remote Desktop has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Beam is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.7 — 2026-10-26

Beam now runs on iPhone Duo, folded and unfolded. The controls move with the screen, and the stream keeps going when you open or close it.

### 3.6 — 2026-10-14

Encrypted connection: everything between Beam and your Mac is now encrypted with a key from your pairing. That covers the picture, the sound, and every click and key you type, so nobody else on your Wi-Fi can read it. Update Beacon on your Mac too (it updates itself).

Also: the Lock Screen widget now works on every iPhone Beam supports, and Beam no longer asks for camera access it doesn't use.

### 3.5 — 2026-10-03

Choose 1440p, 4K, or up to your Mac display's native resolution at 30 or 60 fps. Beam shows only sizes supported by your Mac display. Advanced settings can also force connections through your stored Tailscale address.

### 3.4 — 2026-09-27

Beam 3.4: Mac keys, right-click, drag and scroll.

• Mac keys above your keyboard. Live keyboard now has a row of Mac keys: esc, tab, the arrows and ⌃ ⌥ ⇧ ⌘. Swipe it for home, end, page up and down, forward delete and F1 to F12. Tap a modifier for one key, or hold it to lock it for as many shortcuts as you like.
• Double-click, right-click, drag and scroll. In click mode, tap twice to double-click. Touch and hold, then move to drag windows or select text, or lift to right-click. Slide two fingers to scroll. The cursor button shows every gesture.
• Type and click together. Keyboard and click mode can be on at the same time, and the picture slides up so the keyboard doesn't cover it.
• Fixes. Zooming out no longer leaves the picture off the edge, turning the phone keeps the keyboard open, and the key row stays clear of the notch in landscape.

The new keys and gestures need Beacon 1.7 on the Mac (it updates itself).

### 3.3 — 2026-09-21

Beam 3.3: a new streaming engine, stream modes, and audio that stays put. Everything from v3 is here too.

• New streaming engine. Video, audio and controller input travel over a transport built for games: lost packets are repaired in milliseconds instead of stalling the stream, so a busy Wi-Fi network no longer means hitches. If it ever struggles, Beam falls back to the old path on its own. Needs Beacon 1.6 on the Mac (it updates itself).
• Stream modes. Game trades a little picture detail for the tightest input response, Video gives the picture everything, Auto picks Game whenever a controller is attached or click mode is on. Change it in Settings or from the in-stream sheet, it applies live.
• Audio that stays put. Sound no longer crackles or drops out when the radio hiccups. Beam sizes its audio buffer to what your network actually does.
• Much lower latency. A press reaches the screen in about a third of the time it took before. The Mac sends video at the pace your Wi-Fi can carry and frames go straight to the display. Needs Beacon 1.5.1 or later on the Mac (it updates itself).
• 120 fps. Beam streams at your screen's refresh rate, up to 120 fps, for smoother motion and lower latency.
• Advanced settings. Frame pacing (lowest latency for games, smoothest for video), a bitrate cap for shared Wi-Fi, codec choice, a Legacy Transport switch and a latency meter.
• Play Mac games with a controller. Pair a controller with your iPhone or iPad and your Mac sees a real gamepad: both sticks, analog triggers, every button.
• Beam on iPad. Same pairing, same stream, more screen.
• Click the Mac from your phone. Turn on click mode and tap the stream. The Mac clicks the same point, with zoom, viewport lock and window mode taken into account.
• Type on the Mac live. The Keyboard button opens your phone keyboard and each key goes to the Mac as you type. Sticky ⌘ ⌃ ⌥ ⇧ buttons turn the next key into a shortcut.
• Your buttons, your layout. In Beacon Settings, build the media bar you want: up to eight buttons with their own icons and actions.
• Pick the window from your phone. Lock the stream to one Mac window, or go back to the full display.
• Stream without audio. Turn audio off in Settings or with the speaker button.

The new engine needs Beacon 1.6 on the Mac. Everything else works with Beacon 1.5.0 or later.

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