# shiftscreen 4X — user reviews > 377 indexed App Store user reviews of shiftscreen 4X by Yannik Schrade, rated 2.20/5 from 158 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shiftscreen-4x/id1573652748/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shiftscreen-4x/id1573652748.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 27 · 4★ 15 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 89 ## What do users think of shiftscreen 4X? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Fills the entire external screen - 🔒 Customizable appearance - 👍 Useful for web browsing and basic tasks - 🚀 Smooth performance for some users **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy, glitchy, and unstable - 👎 Limited app support, can't use native iPad apps - 👎 Slow browser performance, issues with video playback - 👎 Confusing and unintuitive user experience - 👎 Overpriced for the limited functionality **Commonly reported bugs** - Cursor/trackpad issues and freezing - Crashes and app instability - Compatibility problems with certain monitors - Inability to play videos in full screen **Most requested features** - Better Microsoft Office integration - Support for more apps and web services - Improved mouse/trackpad support and controls - Ability to resize and arrange windows - Faster browser with extensions and bookmarks ## Newest reviews (20 of 377) ### 1/5 — 太多常用軟體不支援 *2024-09-11, version 1.0* 千萬不要購買，買了肯定後悔！ ### 1/5 — Kidobott penz *2024-08-15, version 1.0* Iphone 15 pro-n ez nem sok mindenre jo sajnos. ### 1/5 — 환불 요청 *2024-07-18, version 1.0* 환불 부탁합니다. 여러모로 사용하기 힘듭니다 ### 4/5 — A glorified web browser *2024-06-06, version 1.0* The first thing that needs to be mentioned is that this app will NOT let you launch native apps. No photo/video editing apps, no messages, etc.. You can only use things you can go to on a website. That being said, what it can do it does really well. It’s in this awkward spot of doing the best they can do with Apple’s limitations, but it’s still not good enough (for me). ### 1/5 — Nestahovat, neplatit! *2024-05-27, version 1.0* Je to naprosto k ničemu. Ale naprosto! ### 1/5 — まともに使えない *2024-03-04, version 1.0* バグだらけでまともに使えない。無料でも使わない。お金の無駄。 ### 1/5 — 원하던 기능이 아닙니다. *2024-03-01, version 1.0* 원하던 기능도 아닐뿐더러 활용도가 많이 떨어져요. 환불요청드립니다. ### 1/5 — Full screen *2024-02-25, version 1.0* L’ho comprato per usare iPad su tv in full screen ma non si riesce a regolarlo e compaiono sempre delle linee nere laterali. ### 1/5 — ??? *2024-02-24, version 1.0* wtf is this is freezing everytime browser not working i want my money back ### 1/5 — Not good *2024-02-23* Can i get refund ? Your advertisement is different from what you give. And come on you just give support for only some unuseful apps . I want a refund please asap ### 1/5 — Không dùng được *2024-02-11, version 1.0* Bỏ ra 199k không dùng được gì ### 1/5 — No hay ningún tipo de actualización *2023-12-31, version 1.0* Después de un par de años esta aplicación parece muerta. Parecía una idea interesante pero evidentemente ha resultado un fiasco. Una lástima haber pagado para después no tener ni una sola actualización. ### 1/5 — Schlechte Umsetzung *2023-12-29* Die Beschreibung suggeriert leider etwas anderes: Man denkt das man alle IOS Apps nutzen kann, aber man kann nur die sehr eingeschränkten Apps des Launchpads verwenden. Selbst der angebotene Webbrowser funktioniert nicht. Auf dem Ipad aktualisieren sich die Seiten auf dem externen Bildschirm leider nicht. Excel und Word ist augegraut funktioniert aber nicht. Das merkt man erst wenn das Geld schon bezahlt ist. Alles in Allem ein Fake. Die Frage ist, wie bekomme ich jetzt mein Geld zurück? ### 1/5 — Discontinued *2023-12-23, version 1.0* app hasn’t been updated since 2021. Nothing works anymore ### 3/5 — Refund please *2023-11-27, version 1.0* Refund please ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2023-11-08, version 1.0* App keeps freezing ### 1/5 — Not helpful *2023-10-30* This app is not as per expectations and not providing real dual monitor support. They just give few apps inside this like browser and pdf . Most of the other options not useful. I am totally disappointed. Felt the lag while working with this app. ### 1/5 — Proposta boa, mas o Dev sumiu *2023-10-29* A proposta é muito boa e o app teria tudo para ser excelente não fosse o fato de que o desenvolvedor nunca mais atualizou o aplicativo que vive dando problema. Portanto não gastem seu dinheiro a toa. O app é horrível. ### 3/5 — Microsoft Word not working *2023-10-24, version 1.0* I wanted to use this app for multitasking while plugged into a monitor and I was annoyed when this app wouldn’t let me open Word. The app shows Word as one of the supported apps but it is grayed out. Also I was highly disappointed that you couldn’t use any app that you have downloaded. Better off just using the an iPad via HDMI with the regular resolution then this app. Cool concept but not quite there yet. Maybe this app will be better in the future but right now at $8 it is not worth it at all. ### 1/5 — 리뷰랑 똑같습니다 *2023-09-25, version 1.0* 혹시나 하는 마음으로 구매를 하였지만 리뷰랑 같습니다. 사용설명서라도 한국어로 되어있다면 괜찮겠지만 영어로 되어있어서 하나도 모르겠습니다 환불해주세요 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Abandoned *2026-06-28, version 1.0* No updates in years barely functions anymore which is really a shame because this is such an amazing idea ### 1/5 — Não Comprem *2025-10-10* O aplicativo não vai atender vocês porque o navegador interno esta muito desatualizado, o que faz com que por exemplo, o WhatsApp não funcione, o Google drive já alerta sobre o navegador desatualizado também, então em breve deve parar de funcionar. Os desenvolvedores devem ter abandonado o app, deveriam retirar da App Store, caso comprem estarão jogando dinheiro fora ### 1/5 — YouTube can’t play *2025-08-14, version 1.0* Browser’s frame seems too old. It can’t not support almost websites today. ### 1/5 — Không như mô tả - rất hạn chế và gây hiểu lầm *2025-05-13, version 1.0* Ứng dụng không cho phép mở các app như Tệp, Keynote hay bất kỳ ứng dụng nào trên màn hình ngoài. Chỉ chạy được trình duyệt web và vài công cụ cơ bản do app tích hợp sẵn, trình duyệt web đăng nhập tk google còn bị báo không bảo mật ### 1/5 — Não serve pra nada *2025-03-30* Simplesmente não serve pra nada ### 1/5 — Terrible App *2024-12-11, version 1.0* Very few Apps, if not most important, unavailable for screen splitting. Not good! ### 1/5 — Very limited *2024-11-22, version 1.0* If u only use notes and calculator it’s fine the app has no apps also it’s not as u would expect that it would expand the screen view u simply open an empty app in a full screen view , so upset i paid for it ### 1/5 — Abandoneware *2024-11-18, version 1.0* App has been abandoned. The feedback menus fail to submit and a ton of features just don’t work. Avoid. ### 1/5 — No compren esta app, no gasten su dinero. *2024-09-18, version 1.0* No es compatible con ninguna app instalada en el iPad, es bonita si, pero totalmente inservible, no abrirán ninguna app como safari o Pages, tiene Notion pero no da confianza iniciar sesión sesión en esta app de mala muerte, es cara y no es de utilidad. UNA COMPLETA ESTAFA!!! ### 1/5 — 使えない *2024-09-14, version 1.0* 無料体験的なものも無く、色々とネットでも使えるかと思って意を決して購入したが、全く自分の意に反して使えない事が判明した。 使えるのは中に入っているものだけでその他は無理でした。 わずか10分足らずで1200円が消え時間とお金を無駄にしてしまった。 自分の中では詐欺にあったようなものでお金を返金してもらいたいです。 これから検討される方は、じっくり考えて購入して下さい。 ただ製品としては素晴らしいと思いますので星1とさせていただきます。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Works better than it should! *2023-09-20, version 1.0* I think that some who have reviewed this app have been overly critical. It works well within its intended parameters and can be quite useful if used as intended. I work with Chromebooks quite a bit, and Shiftscreen works in much the same way. It allows one to have multiple browser windows open and running web apps. The browser windows can be resized and moved around the screen, and can be arranged in any way desired. I have a iPad Mini 5 and an iPad Air2. Both run ShiftScreen well. Neither has direct monitor support, so I use Airplay and a Roku. I have used several Roku devices and several TV sets and monitors, and all have worked. I also use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard to complete my set up, and everything plays well together. I have experienced a few glitches. I have learned to close any apps running on my iPad that don't need to be open, as it is easy to overload my relatively old iPads. Windows can only be resized from the right hand top corner of the window, which can be a bit awkward. When I use ShiftScreen without a monitor, just on the iPad screen, one is reminded that even the screen on the Air is awfully small! I have learned that ShiftScreen works best if the iPad is not in split screen mode and it is the only app running, although that is mostly a matter of my mouse maneuvering skills, and it might not be an issue for anyone else. Maybe I am just lucky, but I personally have found ShiftScreen to be a very useful and usable app. If one already has an iPad, a monitor, and a Roku or similar device (and ideally a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse), and if you want to have multiple web apps running in multiple windows, ScreenShift is well worth its minimal price tag. ### 5/5 — Best app EVER *2023-07-24, version 1.0* I got this app yesterday and basically couldn’t sleep thinking about how great this app was I almost got a iPad Pro for the full screen feature but I kept my iPad Air 4th generation and it worked full screen and great. Great work with the app. ### 5/5 — Still hoping for an update, its amazing *2023-01-06, version 1.0* This is still such an amazing concept, far more effective than stage manager. I wish it would update lol. Totally worth supporting. ### 5/5 — Diese App wird missverstanden. *2022-12-11* Leider beschränkt Apple den Externen Monitor Support sehr stark. Mein iPad Air 2020 schaut leider in die Röhre. Mit shiftscreen habe ich einen guten workaround gefunden. Schaut euch vor dem Kauf ein paar Reviews bei YouTube an! ### 5/5 — Works great for what it is intended *2022-11-20, version 1.0* Like many folks I’m trying to use my iPad more but really missed the second screen I have attached to my desktop. I was puzzled by the bipolar reviews about this app, so read through the instructions first and watched a couple of YouTube videos about it. Bottom line to explain the love or hate relationship: you need to take a few minutes before you buy with false expectations to see if this app will suit your needs. If you want a browser on that second window as I did, it will do the job. Sure, it’s not the same as a second screen on Mac OS, but an incredibly innovative and reasonably priced product that really extends what one can do with an iPad. For my needs this app is great and works well with my 2022 IPad Air, ios 15.6. ### 5/5 — Thanks for the app! *2022-11-02, version 1.0* I appreciate someone doing what Apple never would. Still getting the hang of the app, but at least it allows me to use my iPad Pro with a second screen. Looking forward to more features and improvements. ### 5/5 — 适合需要浏览器和pdf阅读器的 *2022-10-09* 为了二屏幕扩展浏览信息购买的。可以用。五十块并不算多，毕竟可以多出一块屏幕。适合的才是好的。但不用浏览器和pdf阅读器的，基本不用考虑了，会浪费，因为其他的app国内用不了，只能用这俩。 ### 5/5 — Great app with great monitor support! *2022-09-27, version 1.0* What a great app, just downloaded it when I found out that my 2020 iPad Pro (without M1) wound have support for the desktop like experience which really got me frustrated, until I found Shiftscreen, now what an innovation and a great product this is, to be able to use your iPad like a desktop computer (with the use of web apps). Can’t wait to see more progress! I’m really looking forward to seeing what this amazing app will turn into. One suggestion by the way, and that would be to add the ability to add web apps to the launchpad, just for ease of use. And I absolutely can’t wait to see Figma support too! I’ve been using just the website which has done the job but have seen the roadmap of 2021… it’s 2022 now so hope you haven’t given up but I just can’t say it enough how happy I am! ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT! ### 5/5 — 앱 업데이트 해주세요 *2022-09-03, version 1.0* 앱이 더 원할하게 움직일수 있도록 업데이트 부탁드립니다. 지금은 조금의 오류가 있습니다. 앱이 더 업그레이 된다면 훨씬 사용하기 좋을것 같습니다. 곧 ios 16 업데이트가 있지만 m1가 아닌 아이패드와 아이폰을 사용하는 사람들이 이 앱을 많이 사용할것입니다. 왜냐면 스테이지 매니저가 없을때는 이것이 중요하다고 생각하지 않았을겁니다. 하지만 스테이지 매니저를 사용함에 따라서 m1을 사용하지 않는 사람들은 이 앱을 사용할것입니다. 조금 더 앱이 업그레이드 된다면 훨씬 사용하기 좋을것 같습니다. 전 이 앱을 사용하고 있고 응원하고 있습니다. 앱이 더 업그레이드 되서 더 많은 사람들이 이용했으면 좋겠습니다. 감사합니다. ### 5/5 — 유튜브 전체화면 4k 60fps 됩니다 *2022-07-28, version 1.0* 유튜브 전체화면 하나로도 만원의 가치를 했다고 봅니다... 사파리 들어가서 youtube.com 주소 입력하고 영상 볼 때 pip모드 바꾼 뒤 전체화면으로 바꾸면 되네요 에어플레이 안되는 모니터를 가진 죄... 이제 잊을수있는 과거입니다 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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