MoniCon vs Dongled
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MoniCon
Transform your iPad into an HDMI monitor for console gaming. Features AI-powered super resolution, color filters, and real-time diagnostics. Offers a fluid, nostalgic user interface for an enhanced gaming experience.
- iPad as HDMI console monitor
- AI-powered super resolution (MagicSR)
- Customizable color filters
- Capture and preview video
- Manage resolution and frame rate
- Fullscreen immersive style
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Introducing MoniCon — an app that transforms your iPad into an HDMI monitor! Harness the potent combination of MoniCon’s robust features and a video capture card to effortlessly play your favorite console games on the sleek display of your iPad. MoniCon also brings you mighty utilities such as MagicSR (AI-fueled super resolution), Color Filters, and real-time diagnostic information. All these handy functions are seamlessly packaged into an elegant, fluid, and nostalgically designed user interface that makes your gaming experience even better. Try MoniCon for FREE now! Key Features: • Capture and preview video with UVC compatible capture cards. • MagicSR: AI-powered super resolution enhancing game rendering. • Color Filter: Customize content color to match your taste. • Manage capture resolution and frame rate. • Fullscreen immersive style. Requirements: • An USB-C iPad with iOS 17 or higher. • An UVC compatible capture card. • Any HDMI output device that can work together with the capture card (like gaming console, camera, etc.).
Dongled
This utility app transforms your USB-C enabled iPad into a wired video monitor using a UVC capture card. It offers low-latency, real-time streaming for cameras and game consoles, adapting dynamically to various resolutions and frame rates.
- Real-time UVC video and audio streaming
- Low latency wired connection
- Dynamic resolution and frame rate adaptation
- Fullscreen display for cameras and consoles
- Open-source and free to use
- No ads or data collection
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Dongled: Seamless UVC Video Streaming This app requires a USB-C enabled iPad and UVC capture card or dongle to function. Dongled brings straightforward USB-C video and audio streaming to your device, with a UVC capture card Dongled turns your display into a full screen wired video monitor. Key Features: ◎ No Ads: Dongled is a free app, does not use or collect your data, and all the audio and HD visual monitoring functions are free. ◎ Open Source: The app source code is free and open to anyone under the permissive MIT license. ◎ Super Lightweight: A responsive user experience focused on one task, Dongled is designed as a plug and play app, no interface needed. ◎ Low Latency: Dongled was built around a core goal of achieving minimal latency, experience quicker response times and higher refresh rates vs wireless connections. ◎ Real-time Monitoring: Connect to USB-C camera sources for both video and, on supported devices, 1 or 2 channel audio playback via speakers or Bluetooth. ◎ Dynamic Adaptation: Dongled auto-adjusts to various resolutions and frame rates. The app uses the aspect ratios and resolutions set by your hardware. Dongled lets you connect game consoles or cameras directly to your USB-C device for fullscreen gaming, enhanced resolution, and seamless camera monitoring—no wireless setup or extra configuration needed.
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MoniCon at every 2 days against Dongled's every 3 months. MoniCon also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
MoniCon holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of MoniCon's written reviews are positive against 91% of Dongled's.
MoniCon ships an update every 2 days, Dongled every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and July 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MoniCon | Dongled |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (19 ratings) — better | 4.6 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 90.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 星佑 李 | Oddforms Design LLC |
Customer experience
MoniCon
Dongled
In-app purchases
MoniCon
No in-app purchases
Dongled
No in-app purchases






