Comparison

Mouse · Keyboard vs pocketgg

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

Head to head
About

Mouse · Keyboard

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a precise trackpad and full-featured keyboard for your Mac or PC. Control your computer remotely for presentations, browsing, or messaging with a natural, intuitive interface. Enjoy seamless connectivity and privacy on your local network.

Highlights
  • Precise multi-touch trackpad gestures
  • Full-screen keyboard with shortcuts
  • Works with Mac and PC
  • Local network privacy
  • Landscape and portrait modes
  • Quick setup
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a powerful trackpad and keyboard for your Mac or PC. Present with confidence, browse from the couch, or answer messages without reaching for your computer. Why You’ll Love Input - Feels instantly natural. Smooth, precise multi-touch tracking with scrolling, swipes, and gestures that behave just like a real trackpad. - Type comfortably anywhere. Enjoy a full-screen keyboard with text shortcuts, emoji, and function keys—perfect for long messages or quick replies. - Works with all your computers. Install the free helper on any Mac or PC and switch between devices with a single tap. - Built for privacy. Everything stays on your local network. Connections use HTTPS and require on-device approval before pairing. - Made for every moment. Landscape or portrait, light or dark mode—Input adapts beautifully to any iPhone or iPad screen. Quick Setup 1. Download the free helper for Mac or PC at rs.ltd/get 2. Make sure your devices share the same Wi-Fi or Personal Hotspot 3. Open Input, select your computer, and you’re ready to go Requirements - Mac with macOS 10.10+ or PC running Windows 7 SP1+ - Latest helper app from rs.ltd/get - Shared network connection (Wi-Fi or Personal Hotspot); details at rs.ltd/connect Input turns any spot—sofa, stage, or bedside—into the perfect place to control your computer with ease and precision.

About

pocketgg

This app provides a mobile interface for start.gg, allowing users to easily find and follow esports tournaments. View event details, live streams, registration links, and navigate tournament brackets with intuitive controls. Track your favorite players and organizers, and manage your own tournament participation.

Highlights
  • Discover upcoming tournaments
  • View tournament details
  • Access live streams and registration
  • Native bracket view with zoom
  • Follow tournament organizers
  • Search start.gg tournaments
  • View personal tournament participation
Features
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pocketgg is a client app for start.gg that makes it easy to keep up with the latest tournament results. Discover upcoming tournaments for your favourite video games, or view details of tournaments happening right now. Once you've selected a tournament, information like location, contact info, live streams, or even registration are all just a tap away. View event details from entrant standings all the way down to individual games for a specific match. And when you want to get a bird's-eye view of the entire bracket, use the native bracket view (complete with pinch-to-zoom controls) and see your favourite player's progression through the tournament. Features: • Discover upcoming and featured tournaments for your favourite video games • View tournament details such as events, location, contact info, etc. • Easy access to tournament live streams and registration • Native bracket view with pinch-to-zoom controls for single/double elimination and round robin brackets • Follow tournament organizers to see when the next local or regional is • Search for any tournament on start.gg • Profile page where you can view tournaments that you're organizing or competing in • Pin your favourite tournaments for easy access pocketgg is in no way affiliated with start.gg.

Screenshots

Mouse · Keyboard3 screens
pocketgg4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: pocketgg at Free against Mouse · Keyboard's $7.99. Mouse · Keyboard's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 76) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

pocketgg is free to download; Mouse · Keyboard costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mouse · Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mouse · Keyboard has 2.5K ratings behind it against 76, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Mouse · Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 82% of pocketgg's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mouse · Keyboard ships an update fortnightly, pocketgg every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Mouse · Keyboard versus pocketgg: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMouse · Keyboardpocketgg
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (2.5K ratings) — better4.4 (76 ratings)
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews — better81.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2.5K — better76
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#59 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRemote Sunrise LTDGabriel Siu

Customer experience

Mouse · Keyboard

All ratings2,478 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral2.3%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews943 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative4.7%

pocketgg

All ratings70 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral10.5%
Negative7.9%

User reviews

Mouse · Keyboard

From 2.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Responsive and fast
  • 💡 Useful remote control features
  • 🔒 Secure and reliable
  • 🎨 Clean and intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional lag or connectivity issues
  • 🔋 Drains device battery faster
  • 📚 Unclear instructions or documentation

pocketgg

From 76 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smoother than website
  • 👍 Great for tournament management
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 👍 Better mobile experience
  • 👍 Follow organizers feature

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Search feature is poor
  • 🐛 Old tournaments in search
  • 🐛 Cannot view seeding
  • 🐛 Doesn't update immediately
  • 🐛 Tournament search worthless

Bugs and requests

Mouse · Keyboard

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Cursor disappears or becomes unresponsive
  • Keyboard input not registering correctly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add volume and brightness controls
  • Improve scrolling and zooming gestures
  • Provide more keyboard customization options

pocketgg

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Old tournaments in search
  • Cannot view seeding
  • Doesn't update immediately after bracket is live
  • Tournament search feature is basically worthless
  • Featured and Upcoming tournaments list doesn’t acknowledge geography
Show 5 more
  • Nothing loads on the app. Everything is labeled as “Unable to load tournament.”
  • App has stopped loading tournaments
  • Search feature is pretty poor
  • Search function is very limited
  • Search button isn’t quite working

Requested features

19 requests
  • Add editing profile feature
  • Add filtering to search/home tabs
  • Add ability to accept invites
  • Add notifications for invites
  • Add way to see registered people
Show 14 more
  • Add support for character data in bracket
  • Add roster view in bracket/standings
  • Add notifications for following organizers
  • Add pending invites/active roster view
  • Add tournament time
  • Add rule sets for tournaments
  • Add ability to follow players
  • Add search for specific players
  • Add bookmark/pin tournament feature
  • Make bracket the first tab
  • Add radius setting for location
  • Add attendees list
  • Add tournament descriptions
  • Add Spanish language support

In-app purchases

None

Mouse · Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

pocketgg

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mouse · Keyboard free?
Mouse · Keyboard costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is pocketgg free?
pocketgg is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mouse · Keyboard or pocketgg?
Mouse · Keyboard is rated higher. Mouse · Keyboard averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while pocketgg averages 4.4 from 76 ratings.
Do Mouse · Keyboard or pocketgg have ads?
Neither Mouse · Keyboard nor pocketgg shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mouse · Keyboard or pocketgg?
Mouse · Keyboard ships an update fortnightly, and pocketgg every 2 months. Most recently, Mouse · Keyboard was updated on October 27, 2026 and pocketgg on October 21, 2026.

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