Comparison

Mouse · Keyboard vs WhenWorks

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

WhenWorks

Features
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Stop texting "does Thursday work?" to twelve people. WhenWorks finds the time everyone is free, without the back-and-forth in group chats. No polls. No links. No sharing your calendar with strangers. Three taps and everyone's in. — HOW IT WORKS — 1. Create an event. Name it. Pick a date range. Invite your people. 2. Each person's calendar is read on their own device. Only free/busy windows are shared — never event names, descriptions, or attendees. 3. The group sees overlapping free times, votes, and the best time wins. That's it. You'll never write "does anyone do Saturday?" again. — BUILT FOR FRIENDS, NOT MEETINGS — WhenWorks is for the dinners, the weekends away, the family catch-ups, the footy team trips, the hen's nights, the book clubs, the cousins flying in. Up to 100 people per event. It's not for booking 1:1 sales calls. (Use Calendly.) It's not for company all-hands. (Use Outlook.) It's for the plans that matter — the social ones. — PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE — Your calendar data never leaves your phone. Not to our servers. Not to anyone. Ever. We built WhenWorks on Apple's CloudKit and EventKit, so the only thing that ever syncs through the cloud is whether you're free at a given time — never the events themselves. We can't read your calendar even if we wanted to. We don't. No analytics SDKs. No third-party trackers. No advertising. Sign in with Apple, and that's the only identifier we ever see. — FEATURES — • Reads your calendar locally — Apple, Google, Outlook, Exchange (anything synced to iOS) • Or skip calendar access entirely and mark your free times by hand • Multi-timezone support — auto-converts for friends overseas • Ranked-choice voting — first / second / third • Beautiful confirmation screen with one-tap "Add to Calendar" • Invite by share link, QR code, or 6-character code • Per-event member roles (lead vs. member) • Local notifications — never marketing, only event updates — WHAT'S COMING — WhenWorks is free at launch with no limits other than the 100-person ceiling. A paid "Pro" tier will arrive later for groups of 9 or more, and everything you create today will keep working. We'll always be transparent about what changes and when.

Screenshots

Mouse · Keyboard3 screens
WhenWorks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WhenWorks at every 2 days against Mouse · Keyboard's fortnightly. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mouse · Keyboard ships an update fortnightly, WhenWorks every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mouse · Keyboard versus WhenWorks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMouse · KeyboardWhenWorks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRemote Sunrise LTDMarc Ravida

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

WhenWorks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mouse · Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

WhenWorks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mouse · Keyboard free?
Mouse · Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WhenWorks free?
WhenWorks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mouse · Keyboard or WhenWorks have ads?
Neither Mouse · Keyboard nor WhenWorks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mouse · Keyboard or WhenWorks?
Mouse · Keyboard ships an update fortnightly, and WhenWorks every 2 days. Most recently, Mouse · Keyboard was updated on November 3, 2026 and WhenWorks on October 31, 2026.

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