Comparison

VGamepad vs iDOS 3

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

VGamepad

Transform your phone into a versatile PC game controller. Enjoy customizable buttons, motion controls, and haptic feedback for an immersive gaming experience. Connect wirelessly to your computer for seamless play.

Highlights
  • Emulates standard controllers
  • Motion control via phone sensors
  • AR body tracking for games
  • Customizable button layout
  • Haptic and sound feedback
  • Mouse & keyboard support
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VGamepad gives you the full experience of a physical controller. Customizable buttons, haptic feedback, motion control, and more. Play on your PC using nothing but your phone. Features: - Emulates standard controllers (including Joy-Con). - Motion Control: steer, aim, and move using your phone’s sensors. - AR Body Tracking (iPhone XS or later): play certain games using body motion. - Customizable layout: move and resize buttons to fit your hands. - Game Capture button for quick recording. - Haptic feedback that makes every press feel physical. - Pressure-sensitive inputs with 3D Touch (supported devices). - Optional sound feedback for buttons. - Change joystick images from a large selection. - Basic mouse & keyboard support (W/A/S/D buttons on keyboard). Connectivity: Use the simple Windows/Mac companion app for Wi-Fi/LAN pairing, or use PCGameConsole to turn your PC into a full gaming console compatible with VGamepad. Full setup guide: https://github.com/PJSoftCo/VGamepad TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY POLICY: https://pjsoftco.com/vgamepadpp.html ONLINE SUPPORT: Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/ZcAuAJp8py

About

iDOS 3

Experience classic DOS games and applications on your iPhone and iPad. This app emulates a DOS PC, offering modern controls for enhanced playability. It also supports productivity tasks like word processing and programming.

Highlights
  • On-screen keyboard with custom layouts
  • Virtual gamepad with customizable bindings
  • Trackpad mouse emulation
  • MT-32 emulation and MIDI support
  • Bluetooth keyboard and gamepad support
  • Bluetooth mouse support
Features
Currently charting
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Play classic DOS games on your iPhone and iPad! iDOS turns your device right into a powerful DOS gaming PC, with modern game control to make your old favorites as playable as possible. You can also use iDOS for non-gaming purposes, such as word processing, casual programming. Apps in the DOS days are often simpler and surprisingly productive. KEYBOARD iDOS provides a PC compatible on-screen keyboard with carefully designed layouts for different devices and orientations. The keyboard has a sliding control in landscape mode so that you can keep it from covering critical part of the screen. Bluetooth keyboard is fully supported on iOS 14+. GAMEPAD iDOS provides a virtual gamepad with key bindings that are fairly common in DOS games. You can customize the bindings. The DPAD works in 8-axis way. It can also be toggled into a joystick. External bluetooth game controllers are supported. Make sure your game controller is connected (System Settings->Bluetooth). To customize button bindings, go to iDOS in landscape mode, tap on bluetooth icon on the auto-hiding top bar. MOUSE The screen area serves as a trackpad for moving mouse pointer. Tap on the screen for left click. If direct touch is enabled, the mouse pointer will move to where you tap. Hold one finger on the screen, and tap with another finger for right click. On-screen mouse buttons are also provided for your convenience. Bluetooth mouse are fully supported on iOS 14+. AUDIO iDOS supports mt32 emulation, MIDI sound fonts, cuesheet based CDimage with compressed audio tracks (ogg/mp3/flac). SUPPORT - Visit https://litchie.com/dospad for more information - Send email to idos@litchie.com - Follow the developer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/litchiedev - iDOS is open source, report issue on https://github.com/litchie/dospad

Screenshots

VGamepad4 screens
iDOS 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iDOS 3 at $4.99 against VGamepad's $14.99. iDOS 3 also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.1) and chart position (#91 vs unranked). VGamepad's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

VGamepad costs $14.99 and iDOS 3 $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iDOS 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iDOS 3 has 51 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of VGamepad's written reviews are positive against 69% of iDOS 3's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VGamepad ships an update fortnightly, iDOS 3 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
VGamepad versus iDOS 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVGamepadiDOS 3
Price$14.99$4.99 — better
Rating3.1 (8 ratings)4.3 (51 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better69.3% of reviews
Number of ratings851 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#91 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPJSOFTCO潮激 李

Customer experience

VGamepad

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

iDOS 3

All ratings51 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive69.3%
Neutral11.4%
Negative19.3%

In-app purchases

None

VGamepad

No in-app purchases

None

iDOS 3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VGamepad free?
VGamepad costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iDOS 3 free?
iDOS 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VGamepad or iDOS 3?
iDOS 3 is rated higher. VGamepad averages 3.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while iDOS 3 averages 4.3 from 51 ratings.
Do VGamepad or iDOS 3 have ads?
Neither VGamepad nor iDOS 3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VGamepad or iDOS 3?
VGamepad ships an update fortnightly, and iDOS 3 every 6 weeks. Most recently, VGamepad was updated on September 7, 2026 and iDOS 3 on September 23, 2026.

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