Comparison

ChargeMAX vs Padoo Trackpad

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

Head to head
About

ChargeMAX

Features
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Serving customers who have purchased home Bluetooth charging piles, the app aims to provide users with more convenient, fast, efficient after-sales and superb scalability when controlling Bluetooth charging equipment. 1.Bluetooth/networked remote start charging 2.Share devices privately and strictly control your privacy 3.Device parameter setting to support device personalization and so on

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Padoo Trackpad

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Padoo turns your iPhone into a trackpad for your Mac or Windows PC. It isn't a remote desktop app. The phone's glass becomes the pointing surface, and your computer's cursor responds in about 2ms over a direct wireless link. Setup is one QR scan. After that the two apps find each other on their own and pick whichever connection is fastest: USB cable, direct phone-to-Mac Wi-Fi, or your normal network. TRACKPAD Works the way your MacBook trackpad already works. One finger moves the cursor. Tap to click. Two-finger tap for right click. Two fingers to scroll, with acceleration and coasting like a real trackpad. Rest a finger to stop a page mid-glide. Three-finger swipe between desktops. Tap-and-a-half gives you click and drag. If the defaults don't suit your hands, every threshold is adjustable from the Mac: how far a tap can travel and still count as a tap, how long the drag window stays open, how much movement commits a swipe. TRACKPAD DOCK Up to five apps of your choosing sit along an edge of the trackpad. Tap one and it comes forward on the Mac, without leaving the trackpad. The dock shows which of them are already running, and you can arrange it separately for portrait and landscape. Drag an app onto a slot to put it there. AIR POINTER Aim the phone at your screen and the cursor goes where you point, like a TV remote. It sends absolute position rather than relative movement, so nothing sits between your aim and the screen. A quick relative mode works straight away. There's also a calibrated mode if you want it mapped to your actual display. The Mac draws a soft ring around the cursor while you're aiming, so you can see what it's tracking. APP DECK A grid of keys, one per app in your Mac's Dock, in the same order, using the real icons. Press one and that app comes forward. Brightness and volume sliders sit on either side. The Mac reads its own Dock, so there's nothing to configure. MULTI-COMPUTER CONTROL An optional one-time purchase lets one iPhone stay connected to up to three computers. Switch between them with a tap, or lay out your screens and slide the pointer off the edge of one computer onto the next. Trackpad, Air Pointer and App Deck all follow the computer you choose. ABOUT THE CONNECTION Wireless input can stutter, and it's usually one of two things. Either Wi-Fi channel contention on the Mac's single radio, or Low Power Mode on the iPhone cutting the capture rate in half. Padoo checks both and tells you which one you're hitting, in plain language. If the link drops while you're mid-drag, the Mac lets go of the button within about 1.5 seconds. You won't get stuck holding something you can't see. PRIVACY No account. No sign-in. No analytics. No server. The phone talks to your computers and nothing else. Pairing keys stay in the keychain. YOU'LL NEED THE COMPANION APP Padoo does nothing on its own. It works with a Mac or a Windows PC, and the companion app for both is a free download from taltools.site/padoo. On a Mac it needs macOS 15 or later. It runs in the menu bar with no Dock icon, and it needs Accessibility permission so it can move your cursor.

Screenshots

ChargeMAX4 screens
Padoo Trackpad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChargeMAX at none against Padoo Trackpad's 2. ChargeMAX also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Padoo Trackpad's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads 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. Padoo Trackpad sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. ChargeMAX asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChargeMAX ships an update every 5 weeks, Padoo Trackpad every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
ChargeMAX versus Padoo Trackpad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChargeMAXPadoo Trackpad
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size36 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFoshan Dalv New Energy Technology Co.. Ltdtal alfi

In-app purchases

None

ChargeMAX

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Padoo Trackpad

One-time2
  • Multi-Computer Control$5.99
  • Padoo Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is ChargeMAX free?
ChargeMAX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Padoo Trackpad free?
Padoo Trackpad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChargeMAX or Padoo Trackpad have ads?
Neither ChargeMAX nor Padoo Trackpad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChargeMAX or Padoo Trackpad?
ChargeMAX ships an update every 5 weeks, and Padoo Trackpad every 4 days. Most recently, ChargeMAX was updated on October 27, 2026 and Padoo Trackpad on October 31, 2026.

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