Moonlight Game Streaming vs VoidLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moonlight Game Streaming
Stream your PC games and applications to your iOS device over your local network. Control them with your touchscreen or a compatible gamepad. Supports high resolutions and frame rates for a smooth gaming experience.
- Stream PC games and apps
- Use touchscreen or gamepad
- Up to 4K 120 FPS with HDR
- Supports MFi, PS4/5, Xbox controllers
- Bluetooth keyboard and mouse support
- Wake-on-LAN support
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Stream games and other apps from your gaming PC on your local network with Moonlight. Use your touchscreen or an iOS-compatible gamepad to play your PC games on your iOS device. If you have an NVIDIA GPU in your gaming PC, you can install NVIDIA GeForce Experience (GFE) on your compatible PC, enable GameStream in GFE's SHIELD settings page, and you're ready to stream. If you would like to host using LizardByte Sunshine, which works on all GPUs, simply install Sunshine on your PC, perform first-time setup, and you're ready to stream. Features: • Open-source and completely free • Up to 4K 120 FPS with HDR • Stream games purchased from any game store • Bluetooth keyboard and mouse support • Support for MFi, PS4/5, and Xbox Bluetooth controllers • Wake-on-LAN to wake your PC for streaming • Local co-op with up to 4 connected controllers Other Requirements: • 5 GHz WiFi is highly recommended • A physical gamepad is recommended for faster paced games If you have any trouble, click our support link for help or look for the help links within Moonlight. This app is open-source. The code can be found here: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-ios All trademarks cited here are the property of their respective owners.
VoidLink
This app enhances game streaming performance on iOS devices with features like HDR support and picture-in-picture mode. It offers advanced tools for drawing, external controller customization, and on-screen widgets for a tailored gaming experience.
- Enhanced streaming performance
- HDR and YUV 4:4:4 streaming
- Picture-in-picture mode
- Drawing toolkit with pressure mapping
- External controller mapping
- Advanced touch and on-screen widgets
- Motion control mapping
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VoidLink is a project developed & maintained by Sunshine - Moonlight game streaming community players. After long term development and iterations, it has been refined into a powerful and feature rich game streaming tool. More details about VoidLink including our community support is available on the app support web page. Key Features of VoidLink 1. Better performance - VoidLink's standard video rendering pipeline delivers unparalleled streaming performance and reference-grade HDR accuracy. Check our app support web page for details. - Supports YUV 4:4:4 streaming (requires device hardware decoding). - Picture‑in‑picture mode supported (iOS15+) —stream in the background without interruption. 2. High-performance frame-interpolated streaming with HDR support: - Supports stable 60 → 120 FPS frame-interpolated streaming on at least A15 and newer devices 3. Drawing Toolkit: Toolkit built for drawing: better stroke transmission, pro-level pressure curve mapping, double-tap and squeeze shortcuts, exclusive on-screen buttons. (Basic stylus support remains available without purchasing the Drawing Toolkit) 4. External controller support - Radial menu and global controller navigation, covering 95% of app settings and operations for gamepad streamers. Enjoy a handheld-like experience without touching the screen! - Super fun! VoidLink brings the first-ever [Gamepad Visual Feedback Overlay] to the game streaming community. - Specify controller mapping as Xbox360 or DualShock 4. - User-defined controller mouse mode. - User-defined gyro toggle & hold button. - Controllers can be connected anytime during streaming. - DS4 Gyroscope mapping. 5. Advanced touch support - Smooth, reliable multi‑touch passthrough. - The app introduces a multi‑Touch game fine‑tuning feature for games with native mobile UI on PC. - Simulated mouse click, double click, right‑click, drag, etc., with adjustable pointer sensitivity. 6. Powerful on-screen widgets - Button widget includes: controller, keyboard, mouse, gyro control, functional (settings menu, soft keyboard, etc.) - Supports grouping, layering, collapsing, and expanding on-screen widgets. - Widget group is able to import complete layouts for quick reuse. - Supports combo buttons, button macros, button+touchpad hybrid widgets - Touchpad widget that enables mobile style gaming. - Auto tap timer for each button widgets - Visual and haptic feedback supported (requires device with vibration motor). - Customize on-screen widget & layout—adjust size, shape, border, transparency, sensitivity, labels, and more. - Import/export on-screen widget layouts for sharing configurations across devices. 7. Powerful motion control - Directly maps built-in gyro or external gamepad gyro to mouse or controller stick, no need for third party PC software for motion control mapping - Works with on-screen gyro control button “GYRO” & “GYROPAUSE” or user-defined physical controller buttons. 8. Haptic engine selection (iOS 13+) - Auto: rumbles iPhone when controller does not support rumbling. Able to rumble iPhone when using on-screen widget control while no physical controller is connected. - swap rumbling left & right handle motor on controller Note: external controller rumbling supported on iOS 14+. 9. Microphone redirection - Support for microphone redirection with Sunshine-Foundation. 10. Changing bitrate upper limit without disconnecting - Bitrate upper limit can be adjusted without disconnecting when working with Sunshine-Foundation. Note: check out our technical support page for more details about Sunshine-Foundation 11. Full portrait‑mode support - Streaming content and on‑screen widgets adapt to portrait orientation: automatic resolution and widget layout adjustment 12. External display support: duplicate or external display only
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Moonlight Game Streaming at Free against VoidLink's $1.49. Moonlight Game Streaming also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (607 vs 82). VoidLink's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Moonlight Game Streaming is free to download; VoidLink costs $1.49 up front. VoidLink sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Moonlight Game Streaming asks for nothing beyond the download.
VoidLink holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moonlight Game Streaming has 607 ratings behind it against 82, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Moonlight Game Streaming's written reviews are positive against 86% of VoidLink's.
Moonlight Game Streaming ships an update every 2 weeks, VoidLink weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moonlight Game Streaming | VoidLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.49 |
| Rating | 4.2 (607 ratings) | 4.7 (82 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.3% of reviews | 85.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 607 — better | 82 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Diego Waxemberg | 伟敏 张 |
Customer experience
Moonlight Game Streaming
VoidLink
Bugs and requests
Moonlight Game Streaming
Reported bugs
4 issues- Handshake errors when connecting remotely
- Audio quality issues with Bluetooth devices
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Inability to save game progress or settings
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable on-screen controls
- Support for external displays and resolutions
- Bluetooth mouse and keyboard support
- Gyroscope and vibration integration
- Multitouch gesture support
VoidLink
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Moonlight Game Streaming
No in-app purchases
VoidLink
- Drawing Toolkit$5.99
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