Comparison

Remote Mouse Pro vs El Trackpad

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

Head to head
About

Remote Mouse Pro

Control your computer remotely using your phone or tablet. Mimics mouse, keyboard, and touchpad functions, with specialized panels for media, web browsing, and application switching. Seamlessly transfer text and images between devices.

Highlights
  • Simulated mouse, keyboard, and touchpad
  • Gyro mouse control
  • Cross-device clipboard for text and images
  • Specialized control panels (media, web, apps)
  • Remote power options (shutdown, restart)
  • Supports multiple operating systems
Features
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Remote Mouse™ transforms your mobile phone or tablet into an easy-to-use remote control for your computer, complete with a cross-device clipboard that enables seamless text and image transfer across platforms. It mimics the functions of a wireless mouse, keyboard, and touchpad, and also offers various specialized control panels that enhance your control over specific operations. The small features, designed for one-handed use or intuitive operations, will delight you. Featured on CNET, Mashable, and Product Hunt, Remote Mouse is recognized as one of the most sophisticated and user-friendly computer remote apps. With over 20 million users worldwide, it's a trusted choice for effortless computer control. Whether you're watching a movie online, giving a presentation, or shutting down your computer with one click, nothing can be more convenient than having a mobile phone remote at your fingertips. Mouse • Fully simulated mouse function • Gyro mouse is a feature that allows you to move the mouse cursor with a gyro sensor • Left-handed mode Keyboard • Integrated with system and third-party keyboards, supports typing in various languages • Remotely typing by voice if the soft keyboard supports speech recognition • Supports sending various shortcuts • Displays different keypads for Mac or PC Touchpad • Simulates the Apple Magic Trackpad and supports multi-touch gestures Specialty Control Panels • Media Remote: Control videos, music, and presentations across apps and sites like YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, VLC, Spotify, and more, automatically adapting to what’s playing. • Web Remote: Supports Chrome, Firefox, and Opera • Application Switcher: quickly launch and switch between programs • Power Options: Supports remotely shutting down, sleeping, restarting, and logging off • Cross-device Clipboard: Allows for the transfer of text and images between your computer and mobile device Other Features • Use the physical volume buttons on the mobile device for remote control • Set a password for the connection • Customizable wallpaper Connection Method • Connect via IP address or QR code • Connect via history Operating Environment • Compatible with Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux • Works under Wi-Fi or Bluetooth To Get Started 1. Visit https://www.remotemouse.net on your computer and download the Remote Mouse computer server software. 2. Install and run the computer server software. 3. Connect your mobile device to the same Wi-Fi network or use Bluetooth to pair with your computer.

About

El Trackpad

Turn your iPhone or iPad into a responsive Mac trackpad. Control your computer with familiar gestures like scrolling, zooming, and rotating, all with minimal lag. It's a convenient way to enhance your Mac experience.

Highlights
  • Transform iPhone/iPad into Mac trackpad
  • Full gesture support
  • Lag-free control
  • Inertial scrolling
  • Multi-touch support
  • USB connection
Features
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Transform your iPhone or iPad into a fully featured Mac trackpad with gestures support. This app was written by a single person and was featured by 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, AppAdvice, MacMagazine and more. REVIEWS “I’ve tried many similar apps before, but none of them worked as well as El Trackpad. Besides not having any notable lag, the app lets the user perform the same gestures as you can do on Apple’s Magic Trackpad.” — 9to5Mac “What makes El Trackpad so impressive here is the fact that it appears to be lag-free and works identically to an actual Apple Magic Trackpad, which is super awesome.” — Redmond Pie “If you’ve ever used a Magic Trackpad or the built-in version on any MacBook model, you’ll be right at home with the app.” — AppAdvice “This app transforms the iPhone/iPad into a complete trackpad for Macs, with multi-touch support and everything.” — MacMagazine DESCRIPTION Move the mouse cursor with the slide of a finger and smoothly navigate through your content with inertial scrolling. Pinch to zoom, rotate with your fingers and much more. Control your Mac in real-time with no lag. El Trackpad works like magic and has the features and touch gestures that you expect from a touchpad for a Mac computer. GET STARTED - Download and Install El trackpad on your iOS/iPadOS device and on your Mac. - Enable accessibility features on the Mac app when prompted. This is required to control the mouse cursor. - Connect the devices via USB cable. SUPPORTED GESTURES - Tap to click: Tap with one finger to click - Secondary click: Tap with two fingers to right click - Smart zoom: Double-tap with two fingers to zoom in and out - Scroll: Slide two fingers to scroll - Zoom: Pinch with two fingers to zoom - Rotate: Move two fingers around each other to rotate - Three-finger drag: Use three fingers to drag items on the screen - Look up: Tap with three fingers to look up a word - Show desktop: Spread your thumb and four fingers to show the desktop - Launchpad: Pinch with your whole hand to show Launchpad - Mission Control: Swipe up with four fingers to open mission control - App Exposé: Swipe down with four fingers to open App Exposé - Swipe between desktops: Swipe left or right with four fingers to move between full-screen apps or desktops ADDITIONAL INFO El Trackpad can be downloaded for free and offers a 7-day free trial with full functionality. After that, gestures with 2 fingers or more will no longer be recognized. At any time, you may unlock the app forever with a one-time in-app purchase.

Screenshots

Remote Mouse Pro4 screens
El Trackpad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: El Trackpad at Free against Remote Mouse Pro's $14.99. El Trackpad also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Remote Mouse Pro's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (4.7K vs 39). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

El Trackpad is free to download; Remote Mouse Pro costs $14.99 up front. Remote Mouse Pro sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and El Trackpad sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Remote Mouse Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remote Mouse Pro has 4.7K ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Remote Mouse Pro's written reviews are positive against 55% of El Trackpad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Mouse Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, El Trackpad every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Remote Mouse Pro versus El Trackpad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote Mouse ProEl Trackpad
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (4.7K ratings) — better3.7 (39 ratings)
Positive reviews67.2% of reviews — better54.8% of reviews
Number of ratings4.7K — better39
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#93 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer耀 阮Hugo Lispector

Customer experience

Remote Mouse Pro

All ratings4,726 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews1,721 reviews
Positive67.2%
Neutral7.9%
Negative24.9%

El Trackpad

All ratings39 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral28.2%
Negative17.9%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive54.8%
Neutral24.2%
Negative21.0%

User reviews

Remote Mouse Pro

From 4.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Surprisingly good design
  • 👍 Handy and versatile
  • 💰 Worth the money
  • 🎨 Customizable
  • 📱 Seamless mobile control

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity issues
  • 🔌 Unreliable after updates
  • 💰 Misleading in-app purchases
  • 🤔 Lacking some key features
  • 🔍 Poor customer support

El Trackpad

From 39 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 No lag with cabled connection
  • 👍 Works well on older devices
  • 💡 Great idea for trackpad functionality
  • ✨ Smooth and fluid experience
  • 💰 Good value compared to hardware trackpad

Room to improve

  • 🔌 Requires wired connection
  • 🐛 Gestures sometimes don't register
  • 🐛 Two-finger tap for right-click fails in some apps
  • 🐛 Scrolling suspends and needs mouse click to fix
  • 🐛 Mouse movement can be reversed on multi-monitor setups

Bugs and requests

Remote Mouse Pro

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Cursor jumps and lags
  • Media controls not working
  • Keyboard not functioning properly
  • Frequent disconnections
  • App crashing on certain devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add mute button
  • Allow reordering of quick launch apps
  • Improve right-click functionality on Arabic version
  • Implement full keyboard support
  • Add dark mode option

El Trackpad

Reported bugs

23 issues
  • App no longer opens on Mac (M1 MacBook Pro)
  • App is non-functional on M3 MacBook Pro with Sequoia OS
  • Swiping with two fingers activates 'desktop view' on Sequoia OS
  • Tap with two fingers for right click refuses to register in certain applications
  • Rarely some gestures will not register
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  • Scrolling functionality suspends and requires mouse click to fix
  • Mouse movement is suddenly reversed on a monitor
  • Pinch to zoom out is only good/precise for zooming in
  • Double two finger tap sometimes registers as a zoom and often responds with a right click
  • Swipes pickup on iPad and swipe you out of the app
  • 3 fingers gestures like switching desktops became 4 fingers
  • Does not recognize long press or 3d press as click
  • El Trackpad overrides USB and nothing else works after sleep period
  • Transaction error when starting trial
  • Device not supported error when plugging in via USB
  • iPadOS 15 no longer allows disabling multitasking gestures
  • System zoom is disabled, cannot switch desktops with 3-finger swipe
  • Mission control gesture does not work for some laptops
  • App is extremely glitchy and frequently crashes
  • Mouse behavior in the app does not replicate Magic Trackpad functionality
  • App only works with USB cable connection
  • Inconsistent trial messaging and immediate charging
  • Cannot drag click for artwork

Requested features

20 requests
  • Add Bluetooth connectivity
  • Add Wi-Fi connectivity
  • Allow landscape orientation
  • Support 3-finger swiping for browser back/forward
  • Support 4-finger gestures for screen switching
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  • Add gesture for toggling between windows
  • Implement drag-and-drop functionality
  • Add pressure sensitivity for drawing/art
  • Make the app usable without a cable
  • Add option to rotate the virtual trackpad
  • Add keyboard support
  • Add option to run app upside down for cable management
  • Support iPhone as trackpad for iPad
  • Add more settings options
  • Add 3D Touch support
  • Add support for 4-finger gestures
  • Add 2-finger gesture for Notification Center
  • Add 2-finger parallel swipe for page navigation
  • Add FaceID authentication integration
  • Make it compatible with Windows

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Remote Mouse Pro

One-time5
  • Customize Wallpaper$1.99
  • Media Remote Panel$1.99
  • Remote Image Viewer$1.99
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  • Unlock Spotify Pad$1.99
  • Unlock Web Remote$1.99
2 purchases

El Trackpad

One-time2
  • 7-day TrialFree
  • Unlock Full App$3.99

Questions

Is Remote Mouse Pro free?
Remote Mouse Pro costs $14.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is El Trackpad free?
El Trackpad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Remote Mouse Pro or El Trackpad?
Remote Mouse Pro is rated higher. Remote Mouse Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.7K ratings, while El Trackpad averages 3.7 from 39 ratings.
Do Remote Mouse Pro or El Trackpad have ads?
Neither Remote Mouse Pro nor El Trackpad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remote Mouse Pro or El Trackpad?
Remote Mouse Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and El Trackpad every 5 days. Most recently, Remote Mouse Pro was updated on October 23, 2026 and El Trackpad on October 23, 2026.

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