Comparison

Dual Screen Sync vs Peekside

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

Head to head
About

Dual Screen Sync

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"Welcome to Dual Screen Sync! Stream with ease and enjoy a bigger, better experience on your phone."

About

Peekside

Features
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Peekside puts one screen on another screen, over your own Wi-Fi. An iPhone, iPad, or Mac can send. An iPhone, iPad, or Mac can watch. Every pairing works, so a phone can mirror to another phone just as easily as to a Mac. Nothing is uploaded. There is no server in the middle, no account to create, and no sign-in. The picture goes straight from one device to the other and stops there. Pair once, then tap a device and pick what you want: send your screen, watch theirs, or send captions. Nothing starts until the other person allows it on their device. FREE CORE * No watermark * No session time limit imposed by Peekside * One receiver at a time * App audio with the live picture * Adaptive quality for changing Wi-Fi conditions * A connection HUD with latency and bitrate * Automatic reconnection after brief network changes PEEKSIDE PRO, ONE-TIME PURCHASE * Live Text, copy text straight out of the moving picture * Instant Replay, rewind the last 60 seconds without recording * Follow-zoom, keep the busy part of the screen framed * Annotation, draw on the feed with pen, highlighter, and arrows * Recording, save the feed and your annotations as a movie * Higher resolution when the link can carry it * Guidance, point and draw on the other screen to walk someone through something * Companion Cue, type a line that appears along the bottom of their screen * Presentation mode, a clean full-screen feed with the controls hidden HONEST LIMITS Peekside is view-only. The watching device cannot tap, type, or drive the device it is watching. A phone sends its screen or its captions, one or the other, not both in the same session. A Mac can send both at once. This is because screen capture on iPhone and iPad runs in a separate system process that cannot be handed a caption. Protected video appears black. That is the operating system blocking capture, and Peekside does not work around it. Sharing stops when the sending phone locks, and on iPhone and iPad it always starts through Apple's own broadcast picker. Peekside needs two devices on the same Wi-Fi network. It does not work over the internet, by design. Some features need Peekside Pro.

Screenshots

Dual Screen Sync4 screens
Peekside4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dual Screen Sync at none against Peekside's 1. Peekside's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Peekside sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dual Screen Sync asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dual Screen Sync ships an update every 3 weeks, Peekside every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Dual Screen Sync versus Peekside: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDual Screen SyncPeekside
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB9 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperInsik ShinRoxyKovu LLC

In-app purchases

None

Dual Screen Sync

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Peekside

One-time1
  • Peekside Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Dual Screen Sync free?
Dual Screen Sync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Peekside free?
Peekside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dual Screen Sync or Peekside have ads?
Neither Dual Screen Sync nor Peekside shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dual Screen Sync or Peekside?
Dual Screen Sync ships an update every 3 weeks, and Peekside every 2 days. Most recently, Dual Screen Sync was updated on September 10, 2026 and Peekside on September 17, 2026.

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