Ultimate Gamepad vs Gamepad Space
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimate Gamepad
Transform your iPhone into a multitouch joystick for your computer. Connect wirelessly by installing a receiver program on your PC, Mac, or Linux. Enjoy real button emulation for a gaming experience designed by gamers.
- iPhone to PC/Mac/Linux controller
- Wireless Wi-Fi connection
- Multitouch joystick
- Real button emulation
- Simple setup with receiver program
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Turn you iPhone into a multitouch joystick! Connect through wifi in the most simple way. Install the Ultimate Control Receiver program on your computer (PC, Mac or Linux) and select it from the list displayed on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Ultimate Gamepad provides a real button emulation, press several buttons with your thumb as you would on a regular controller. The gamepad designed by real gamers! *download the agent program from "www.negusoft.com/ucontrol"
Gamepad Space
This utility app allows users to deeply customize Bluetooth controller settings. Tailor button mapping, macros, motor feedback, and joystick dead zones to match your playstyle or specific games for a personalized experience.
- Custom button mapping
- Button combo settings
- Motor property adjustments
- Button macros
- Trigger dead zone settings
- Joystick dead zone settings
- Joystick mapping
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Gamepad Space is a tool APP that can customize the function settings of Bluetooth controller button mapping, button combo, motor properties, button macros, trigger button dead zone, joystick dead zone and joystick mapping after private protocol connection. By modifying the custom button mapping, button combo, motor properties, button macros, trigger button dead zone, joystick dead zone and joystick mapping, etc., the key positions can be adapted to the player's own operating habits or the game the player wants to play.Gamepad Space is a tool APP that can customize the function settings of Bluetooth controller button mapping, button combo, motor properties, button macros, trigger button dead zone, joystick dead zone and joystick mapping after private protocol connection. By modifying the custom button mapping, button combo, motor properties, button macros, trigger button dead zone, joystick dead zone and joystick mapping, etc., the key positions can be adapted to the player's own operating habits or the game the player wants to play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ultimate Gamepad at 2.7 against Gamepad Space's 1.4. Ultimate Gamepad also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 12%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Gamepad Space's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 23 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ultimate Gamepad holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 86 and 55 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Ultimate Gamepad's written reviews are positive against 12% of Gamepad Space's.
Ultimate Gamepad ships an update every 23 months, Gamepad Space every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Gamepad | Gamepad Space |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (86 ratings) — better | 1.4 (55 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews — better | 11.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 55 |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 235 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NEGU Soft . | Shenzhen Qixiong Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Ultimate Gamepad
Gamepad Space
Bugs and requests
Ultimate Gamepad
Reported bugs
14 issues- Telling me wifi connected while my wifi is literally off
- Can’t connect to my WiFi
- Untimate control doesn‘t work on mac
- Buttons are getting stuck often
- App loses connection with the computer frequently
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- When I lost connection and reconnected, there are 2 devices showed on the driver
- Can't move my mouse in game
- Does not work with OpenEmu
- Not connecting
- Receiver doesn't show
- Cannot establish connection to receiver
- Receiver won't always launch on my PC
- Sometimes it disconnects a lot
- When I press a d-pad button, it won't detect that I let go of it
Requested features
11 requests- Add analog sticks
- Add mouse support/mousepad
- More key configuration options
- Save button presets in profiles
- Support sending buttons as xinput device
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- Haptic feedback
- Joystick option
- Make buttons larger
- Playstation controller layout
- Accelerometer support
- Bluetooth connectivity
Gamepad Space
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ultimate Gamepad
No in-app purchases
Gamepad Space
No in-app purchases
Questions
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