Comparison

Clicker vs Commonplace

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

Head to head
About

Clicker

Transform your iPhone into a wireless presentation remote for Windows, Linux, and Mac. Control slides, manage videos, and even use your phone as a trackpad for your computer. Supports popular presentation software like PowerPoint, Keynote, and Google Slides.

Highlights
  • Wireless slide control
  • Remote trackpad functionality
  • Screen preview of slides
  • Speaker notes display
  • Volume control
  • Cross-platform compatibility
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Clicker turns your iPhone into WiFi remote presentation controller which works with Windows, Linux and Mac. It supports a wide range of popular presentation software including PowerPoint, Keynote, LibreOffice Impress and Google Slides. NOTE. For the application to work Clicker Desktop App (https://bit.ly/clicker-desktop) should be running on your PC. FEATURES - automatically finds available computers in the local network - connect manually to computer in the remote network - supports Windows, Linux and macOS - lightweight protocol makes sure there are no lags when you click - play videos with mouse click support (remote trackpad) - point on important stuff with mouse (remote trackpad) - remote volume control (presentations with audio and video) - see your slides on your phone (remote screen preview) - see speaker notes for PowerPoint and Keynote presentations

About

Commonplace

This app helps you retain information from books and audiobooks by prompting you to write down your thoughts after each chapter. It then asks you questions to reinforce learning and provides a summary of your notes when you finish.

Highlights
  • Chapter-based note-taking
  • Active recall prompts
  • Customizable questions
  • End-of-book summaries
  • Export notes (text/JSON)
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Commonplace is for people who finish a book and cannot remember what was in it. It is not a highlighter and not a summary service. You write, in your own words, what stayed with you after a chapter. That is the whole ask — a few sentences, typed or dictated, while it is still fresh. It works the same for audiobooks. Listening is where things slip away fastest, because there is no page to flip back to — so pause after a chapter and say what you heard. THE EVENING AFTER Reading a summary changes nothing. Reaching for something you half-remember is what makes it stick. So the next evening, Commonplace asks you three questions about what you wrote — one to bring it back, one to argue with it, one to connect it to your own life. A day is the point: answers you can still see in front of you are not memories yet. QUESTIONS THAT FIT THE BOOK A business book makes claims you can test. A novel does not. Commonplace asks different questions of each — where an idea might break down, or where you did not believe a character's choice. WHEN YOU FINISH Mark a book done and Commonplace reads back through everything you wrote and hands you an account of what you made of it: what you kept returning to, where you contradicted yourself, what you raised once and never mentioned again. Built entirely from your notes, quoting your own sentences. It adds nothing about the book you did not write down yourself. YOUR WORDS STAY YOURS Your recaps are never rewritten. Everything you write can be exported as readable text or as JSON, any time, in two taps — and that keeps working whether or not you subscribe. Delete your account from inside the app and it is really deleted, not hidden. No ads. No analytics SDK. No tracking. Nothing sold to anyone. SUBSCRIPTION Your first book is on us — twenty recaps and one end-of-book account, enough to see the whole thing before deciding. After that Commonplace is a yearly or monthly subscription, priced in the App Store. Reading and exporting what you have already written stays free forever. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Clicker4 screens
Commonplace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Commonplace at 100% against Clicker's 42%. Commonplace also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). Clicker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (98 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Commonplace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Clicker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Commonplace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clicker has 98 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Clicker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Commonplace's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clicker ships an update every 3 weeks, Commonplace daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Clicker versus Commonplace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClickerCommonplace
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (98 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings98 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViktor KiferDK Data Science

Customer experience

Clicker

All ratings98 ratings
Positive63.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative22.4%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive42.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative38.0%

Commonplace

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Clicker

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Upgrade buttons not functioning
  • Clicking upgrade buttons does nothing
  • Touches don't register on upgrade buttons
  • Slide advance is sometimes slow
  • Writing lags badly
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  • Desktop application has malware alerts
  • iPad Pro and iPhone don't sync
  • Cannot connect
  • Does not connect reliably
  • Arrows do nothing on control screen
  • Cannot get to sync with MacBook Pro
  • Free version works well but upgrade button doesn't work
  • Clicking upgrade button does nothing
  • Free version works great, makes me want to buy Pro/Plus
  • Instructions not included
  • Error upon opening desktop app
  • Not working
  • Not working at all
  • Poorly designed

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add support for Canva
  • See next slide
  • Annotate on a slide on iPad
  • Use Apple Pencil for writing
  • Turn off speaker notes to enlarge preview
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  • Enable volume button when screen is off
  • See notes in Google Slides
  • See notes on Google Slides
  • Support for physical volume buttons for navigation
  • Laser pointer feature

Commonplace

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Clicker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Commonplace

Subscriptions2
  • Commonplace Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Commonplace Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Clicker free?
Clicker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Commonplace free?
Commonplace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clicker or Commonplace?
Commonplace is rated higher. Clicker averages 3.7 out of 5 from 98 ratings, while Commonplace averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Clicker or Commonplace have ads?
Clicker shows ads; Commonplace does not.
Which is updated more often, Clicker or Commonplace?
Clicker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Commonplace daily. Most recently, Clicker was updated on October 25, 2026 and Commonplace on October 24, 2026.

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