GameGlass vs BenQ Smart Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GameGlass
Enhance your gaming experience with custom touchscreen interfaces on your phone or tablet. Design, modify, and use intuitive controls with dynamic animations and clear layouts. Connect seamlessly to your PC for ultra-low latency command execution.
- Immersive touchscreen interfaces
- Dynamic interactions and animations
- Customizable layouts and buttons
- Action Manager for macros and automations
- Forge editor for creating and sharing Shards
- Ultra-low latency WiFi connection
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Control your games in a brand new way, with GameGlass Shards - immersive touchscreen interfaces on your phone and tablet. Shards let you use intuitive touch controls that include dynamic interactions and animations. Switches, buttons, toggles, sliders and more allow you to see your controls laid out clearly. Beautiful designs for a wide variety of game genres make them feel immersive. Once you download the host application and create an account on our website, you will be able to access our "Forge" editor which allows you to create, modify, and download other users shards. Every Shard is customizable. With our flexible Action Manager you can assign keybinds, mouse clicks, delays, sound effects and more. You can even combine actions to create powerful macros and automations. Want a different layout, or more buttons - you can move, delete and add parts to create the perfect Shard for any game. Setup is super easy - simply download Shards or create your own, then connect to the GameGlass desktop app. Commands are sent directly to your game via a secure, ultra low-latency connection using your own WiFi.
BenQ Smart Control
Control BenQ smart display devices like GV1, GS2, and TK810 directly from your smartphone or tablet. This app offers a brand new design for easy device management.
- Control smart display devices
- Smartphone and tablet compatibility
- Brand new user interface
- Easy device management
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• Brand new design for smart display device such as GV1, GS2, and TK810. • Control your device with your smart phone or tablet easily
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GameGlass at 4.0 against BenQ Smart Control's 1.9. GameGlass also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 12%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). BenQ Smart Control's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GameGlass holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of GameGlass's written reviews are positive against 12% of BenQ Smart Control's.
GameGlass ships an update every 2 months, BenQ Smart Control every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GameGlass | BenQ Smart Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (50 ratings) — better | 1.9 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.2% of reviews — better | 11.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GameGlass Inc. | BenQ Corporation |
Customer experience
GameGlass
BenQ Smart Control
Bugs and requests
GameGlass
Reported bugs
15 issues- Crashes PC
- Fails at login
- Black screen on iPad
- Stopped working
- Display messed up
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- Input lag
- Buttons without actions
- Email not accepted
- Logs out frequently
- Connection issues
- Error on selecting game
- Elite Dangerous won't connect
- Doesn't work in ED
- Instant error
- Won't let me login
Requested features
1 request- Add Russian language
BenQ Smart Control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GameGlass
No in-app purchases
BenQ Smart Control
No in-app purchases
Questions
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