# Ultimate Gamepad — user reviews > 44 indexed App Store user reviews of Ultimate Gamepad by NEGU Soft ., rated 2.74/5 from 86 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ultimate-gamepad/id575567569/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ultimate-gamepad/id575567569.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 24 · 4★ 12 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 37 ## Newest reviews (13 of 44) ### 2/5 — Good but bad *2022-03-03* Would be good for emulators but needs analog sticks for most games :( ### 3/5 — Works, more features would be excellent *2019-03-12* It works quite well. I haven’t had any trouble getting it to work. The biggest complaint I have is it is missing certain keys from being configured to buttons, mostly symbols like .,’:; etc. If you could save assignments in profiles and quickly load them, the app would be far more useful. Each time I want to play a different game with it I have to reconfigure. Also being able to support sending the buttons as an xinput device rather than a keystroke would be a killer feature. If those things were added, it’d easily be a 5 star app. ### 4/5 — More effective than that kinoni game pad *2018-07-25* At least it does works and stables connection than the kinoni app, but you can’t change the position of the button and also lacks some basic buttons of a xbox or ps4 controllers. Hope the dev still going to update the app P/s: after using it for a while, there are some more bugs like the buttons are getting stuck often and the app loses connection with the computer also frequently. I noticed that when I lost connection and reconnected, there are 2 devices showed on the driver ( I think this is a bug that caused interference ) ### 4/5 — Great App, Does what I need. *2018-06-04* Wonderful app, can play my games real easily, only complaint is sometimes the connection will drop out mid game. ### 1/5 — Booooo *2017-08-27, version 0.9.2* Can't move my mouse in game ### 2/5 — Not what I needed *2016-11-10* Does not work with OpenEmu. Works for everything else though. Bummer. 😣 ### 3/5 — NOOOO!!! *2016-10-09* I was so excited when i found this but its not connecting!! I have the reciver on and the app on. They were both connected to the same network but it wouldn't find anything! I would rate it five star if it worked for me. Hope it's great for others though! ### 3/5 — More!!! *2016-08-20, version 0.9.1* It's awesome but PLEASE ADD A MOUSEPAD!!, ### 3/5 — Joystick(s) *2016-08-16, version 0.9.1* Add a joystick option, and make it where the app user can make it where either the arrow pad or the action buttons replaced with a joystick, or where they can have both the arrow pad and the action buttons replaced with a joystick ### 4/5 — good for emulators. *2015-07-27, version 0.9.1* This app works fine in my pc and best for playing with it on some emulators and I know it's been 2 years since there hasn't been an update but it would have been more better if it has analog sticks or some mouse support so it would be more playable with most pc games then it has now put good job though. ### 3/5 — It's glitchy, but gets the job done! *2015-06-27, version 0.9.1* I dug around to find the best gamepad app out there for iPhone. This is it. It doesn't have analog sticks though, which really cuts down on the number of games you can play with it. As for usability, just make sure every key is mapped correctly before playing. Then enjoy. The glitchiness is in the controller itself. Maybe it's my crappy phone, but every once in a while, when I press a d-pad button, it won't detect that I let go of it (thus making my character run in circles). Only way to stop that I've found is to forcibly slide my thumb along the entire d-pad. So still buggy here and there, and the lack of analog sticks is a real drawback, but overall good ### 3/5 — Ok but... *2015-01-30, version 0.9.1* This is a good app but there is no way of looking around when I play minecraft ### 3/5 — eh *2014-11-02, version 0.9.1* i didnt expect much for free software but this surprised me. i really appreciate that someone actually would do this for free. i would enjoy more customization though. everybody has a different style and customization can be the best thing in some cases. i wanted an nes controller because i am using this for an nes emulator and i'd like to be able to move the buttons around on my own, turn some off, and maybe even some themes or changing colors and using pictures of our own. that last parts not extremely important but its something i would really love to see out of an app such as this. running ios 6.1.3 on iphone 4s ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not recommended at all *2023-09-22* Telling me wifi connected while my wifi is literally off ### 1/5 — So annoying *2023-09-18* Can’t connect to my WiFi?? ### 1/5 — Unltame gamepad *2021-03-25, version 0.9.2* THIS IS SUCH A BAD APP It CANT DO anything ON IOS ### 1/5 — Keeps disconnecting. *2020-04-18* Simple as that. It will disconnect almost every second. ### 1/5 — pointless *2020-04-02* Doesn't connect = Doesn't work ### 1/5 — It is stupid *2019-08-18* It just sets buttons as keyboard inputs ### 1/5 — Not connected to WiFi? *2019-05-17* I’m connected to my WiFi network and the app says I’m not. ### 1/5 — Do not recommend. *2018-03-09* Until theyve fixed the connection issues, I cannot recommend this app. the app and receiver both install just fine, but running them is another story entirely. Neither piece of software will connect to the other, not via wifi nor via bluetooth. Overall? Its a waste of space. ### 1/5 — Did not work *2018-02-23* no avaliable connection show retry retry ### 1/5 — Does not establish Connection *2017-12-04* I have tried this thing many times WiFi/Bluetooth it does not work I do have an older Mac still just want to use for Roms the Server is up to date actually version 1.2 & does not work. Trust me I know computers enough to work this nonsense the receiver is all that should do the communication just more app crap ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2022-06-01* The best app I have used！It works very well. But Untimate control doesn‘t work on mac，how to fix it？ ### 5/5 — Amazing *2021-12-27* Work flawless. Truly free. But please add analog control, and more keys config. ### 5/5 — L love this but there is a-t-il a problem *2021-06-20* Hello this is a cool app! But there is. A problem when l was connected to network it didn’t work please fix it ### 5/5 — YA ARE DUM *2018-04-15, version 0.9.2* GO TI SETTINGS IN BLUETOOTH ### 5/5 — Functional, easy and totally free *2016-09-26* It's hard to find apps like this these days. It does what you want, it's easy to set up and it's totally free, not even ad supported. It is a basic gamepad with a 4 way D-pad and ABXY buttons, perfect for playing basic games like emulators on a computer. ### 5/5 — Nice but *2015-01-17, version 0.9.1* Can you make it like a playstation controller or something that would be great and the button are to small its hard. I really like the app ### 5/5 — Saved me money *2014-08-02, version 0.9.1* Works as advertised, saved me from having to buy a controller. Needs tactile feedback though sometimes i don't know what button i am pushong. ### 5/5 — Exactly what I wanted *2013-11-24, version 0.9.1* This app worked perfectly! Connected it to my laptop and I now can play emulated or dedicated laptop games whenever I want. I only wish it took advantage of the accelerometer but I'm not complaining. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Read it😃 *2013-07-01, version 0.9.1* If the receiver doesn't show click the refresh are if u have proba connecting ### 4/5 — Needs haptic feedback and joystick *2020-06-20* This would be perfect if it had haptic feedback! It would feel much more like a real controller if there was a slight vibration with each tap of a button. Also, a joystick alongside the D-pad would be great to have. Thank you for making this! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-07.*