Comparison

TalkScreen vs PointerDeck

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

Head to head
About

TalkScreen

Features
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Specially designed for the guys and girls who don’t have a light sign, brush up the slogan, call you crazy for your idols! The most concise and easy-to-use call artifact! Idol can see you at a glance. Whether it is at a concert, fan/movie meeting, e-sports site, airport pick-up, conference, or you want to confess or chat, just enter the corresponding text in the handheld barrage, raise the phone, and you can swipe it in angrily A wave of presence! 【feature of product】 √Various choices of font color, font size and style √emoji expressions, make your handheld barrage more interesting √Customize background color √Historical records, convenient for repeated one-click use

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PointerDeck

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PointerDeck turns your iPhone or iPad into a focused wireless trackpad for your Mac. The free PointerDeck Receiver for Mac is required, and both devices must be on the same local network. SET UP ONCE Open Add Device on the Mac and create an 8–12 digit Connection PIN. PointerDeck rejects repeated or sequential patterns; use at least five different digits. Then select that Mac on your iPhone or iPad and enter the PIN. After pairing, PointerDeck remembers the trusted connection and reconnects when both apps are open and reachable. TRACKPAD CONTROLS • Move the pointer with one finger • Scroll with two fingers • Tap or use the dedicated Left Click button • Two-finger tap or use the dedicated Right Click button • Use Drag Lock for click-and-drag TUNE THE FEEL • Adjust pointer sensitivity and scrolling speed • Choose Natural or Reversed scrolling • Turn tap-to-click on or off • Switch to a left-handed button layout DIRECT BY DESIGN PointerDeck does not stream or display your Mac screen. The release has no account, advertisements, subscription, analytics SDK, or cloud service. Controller traffic travels directly between your devices and is encrypted on the local network. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone or iPad running iOS/iPadOS 17 or later • Apple silicon or Intel Mac running macOS 14 or later • Free PointerDeck Receiver from the Mac download page • Both devices on the same local network • Accessibility permission enabled for PointerDeck Receiver on the Mac Guest, corporate, public, or client-isolated networks may prevent devices from discovering each other.

Screenshots

TalkScreen4 screens
PointerDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PointerDeck at Free against TalkScreen's $0.99. TalkScreen's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On 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

PointerDeck is free to download; TalkScreen costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
TalkScreen versus PointerDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTalkScreenPointerDeck
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnyi County Bingzhiyi Trading Co., Ltd.Eliyahu Mechtcheriakov

In-app purchases

None

TalkScreen

No in-app purchases

None

PointerDeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TalkScreen free?
TalkScreen costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PointerDeck free?
PointerDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TalkScreen or PointerDeck have ads?
Neither TalkScreen nor PointerDeck shows ads.

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