Comparison

FlooPaste vs MXa

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

Head to head
About

FlooPaste

Features
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Have an iOS device alongside your Windows/Linux PC? Now, you can effortlessly share, copy, and paste text, URLs, and images between them using our innovative Bluetooth dongle, the FMA100. Simply install the app on both your iOS device and your Windows/Linux PC to streamline these essential tasks. Visit https://www.flairmesh.com/Dongle/FMA100.html to access the app for your host. On iOS, when you copy something, you can either open the app to apply it to your connected host or use the share button to send it to the app running in the background, which will then forward it to your host's clipboard. On your host, a regular Ctrl+C command will trigger a notification on your iOS device, allowing you to choose whether to copy or discard the information. Rest assured that all shared information is encrypted and transmitted locally via Bluetooth. Your privacy is safeguarded, whether you're copying a password or sharing a screenshot, as nothing is sent over the internet. Additionally, you have the option to star frequently used items, eliminating the need to repeatedly copy them from the source whenever you need to paste them.

About

MXa

Features
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MXa turns your iPhone or iPad into a screen and a keyboard for a computer you own. You see the whole desktop, exactly as it is on the machine itself, and you drive all of it: move the pointer, click, scroll, type, send keyboard shortcuts, copy and paste between the two devices. Nothing is installed into the apps you work with over there. Getting in takes two numbers. The other machine shows a 9-digit ID and a 6-digit code; you type them here once. No account to create, no email to leave, no VPN to configure, no router port to open. On the same Wi-Fi the two devices talk directly and the picture never leaves your network. Over distance they meet at a relay that only moves bytes โ€” the 6-digit code never crosses the wire, and the keys are derived at the two ends, so what passes through the middle cannot be read there. The picture is H.264 at 30 frames per second, encoded by the hardware at the far end. On a thin connection the bitrate drops instead of the picture freezing. Lose signal, switch Wi-Fi, lock the screen and come back: the session rebuilds itself. Made for a finger, not for a mouse pretending to be one. Tap where you want the pointer, drag to scroll, pinch to zoom into a corner of a large desktop. The shortcut row sits on the software keyboard, so Command-Tab and Command-Q are one tap away instead of a hunt. Also here: a clipboard shared both ways, several displays to switch between, and text in Vietnamese or any other Unicode script typed straight through. WHAT YOU NEED A computer you own, running macOS 14 Sonoma or later, with the free MXa desktop app on it โ€” and this device. Both ends are the same connection: no server to rent, no ports to open. On your own network there is no time limit. Over the internet a session ends after a while unless the machine you are reaching has been activated.

Screenshots

FlooPaste4 screens
MXa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FlooPaste at 15.6 against MXa's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
FlooPaste versus MXa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlooPasteMXa
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRADIOWORKS MICROELECTRONICS PTY LTDDuy Pham

In-app purchases

None

FlooPaste

No in-app purchases

None

MXa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlooPaste free?
FlooPaste is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MXa free?
MXa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FlooPaste or MXa have ads?
Neither FlooPaste nor MXa shows ads.

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