Comparison

Mouse · Keyboard vs Inventa

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

Inventa

Features
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You know what you own right up until the day you have to prove it. Inventa is a home inventory you can actually finish. Photograph a room, let the camera read the labels, and end up with the list an insurer asks for — before anything happens, not after. RECORDING THAT DOESN'T TAKE AN EVENING Quick Capture keeps the camera open between shots, so you walk a room photographing everything and name it all afterwards, sitting down. Smart Scan reads what you point it at. Hold it over a nameplate and it fills in the brand, model and serial number. Over a receipt and it fills in the price and the purchase date. Over a barcode and it records the product code. All of it happens on your device. No photograph of a thing yet? Pick one from the built-in library of chairs, tables, appliances and more, and swap it for the real one later. WHAT IT KEEPS FOR EACH ITEM Photographs, receipt, brand, model, serial number, barcode, room, category, purchase date, warranty expiry, price and notes — the identification an insurer wants to see to establish which unit you actually owned. THE PART THAT BRINGS YOU BACK Things you own need doing. Inventa tracks what each item needs and how often — a boiler service, a filter, a cambelt — and tells you what is overdue. Every repair you log builds a service history, which is the part nobody can reconstruct from memory later, and the part that holds a resale price. Warranty expiry dates turn into reminders, so a free repair doesn't quietly become a paid one. VALUE, AND WHETHER YOU'RE COVERED Inventa estimates what everything is worth today rather than what you paid, depreciating by category on a straight line. Enter your contents cover limit and it will tell you when what you have recorded has quietly grown past it. PRIVACY Your inventory lives in a database on your device. There is no account, no sign-up, no cloud sync, and no analytics or advertising SDK. Nothing about what you own is sent anywhere. Backups are files you make and put where you choose. FREE, AND WHAT PRO ADDS The free version holds 40 items, with every part of recording, care, reminders, value and the summary report included. It isn't a trial and it doesn't expire. Pro is one purchase, once. Not a subscription. • Unlimited items • The full insurance report — a PDF page for every item with its photographs, serial number, receipt, service history and estimated value today, grouped by room and signed • Backup and restore — every item, photo and year of service history in one file you keep • Face ID / Touch ID lock Available in English, German and French, with the currency you actually use.

Screenshots

Mouse · Keyboard3 screens
Inventa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mouse · Keyboard at none against Inventa's 1. On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. Inventa sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mouse · Keyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mouse · Keyboard versus Inventa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMouse · KeyboardInventa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRemote Sunrise LTDPhong Vu Hong

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

Inventa

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mouse · Keyboard

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Inventa

One-time1
  • Inventa Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Mouse · Keyboard free?
Mouse · Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Inventa free?
Inventa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mouse · Keyboard or Inventa have ads?
Neither Mouse · Keyboard nor Inventa shows ads.

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