Vibepad vs Tact

Your phone can be a pad for the computer shortcuts you use every day. Start with a ready-made pad, or arrange your own buttons for shortcuts, text, and sequences. Keep editing actions together and assign swipe gestures to shortcuts, scrolling, or switching pads. SET UP YOUR PHONE AND COMPUTER 1. Install Vibepad on your phone and choose a pad. 2. Install and open the Vibepad Link companion app on your computer. 3. Follow the Bluetooth and permission guidance, open the app you want to control, and try a matching shortcut. The companion app must remain running while you use Vibepad. After setup, keyboard and pointer input travel directly over Bluetooth without an internet connection. No cloud account is required for those controls. CUSTOMIZE YOUR CONTROLS - Keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys - Reusable text snippets - Multi-step sequences combining shortcuts, text, and delays - One-, two-, and three-finger swipe mappings for shortcuts, scrolling, volume, or switching pads - App-aware layouts that switch when an assigned computer app becomes active - Drag-and-drop editing with flexible sizes, shapes, colors, and 1,000+ icons - Portrait and landscape configurations A PAD FOR YOUR ROUTINE Create multiple layouts for coding, editing, meetings, or everyday shortcuts. Duplicate, import, and export configurations as JSON, or use the web Pad Builder when you want more room to design. Vibepad sends the shortcuts and text you configure. It does not require a direct integration with the app you want to control. Set up app assignments and swipe mappings to suit your routine. OPTIONAL VOICE-TO-TEXT Add a microphone button to turn speech into text and send it to your computer. This optional feature requires your own OpenAI API key and an internet connection. Your key is stored only on your device. Audio is sent to OpenAI for transcription, and API usage may incur charges. Privacy policy: https://vibepadapp.com/privacy.html

Your PC controls, alive on your iPhone. Tact turns your iPhone into a flexible, tactile control deck for your PC. Launch apps, run shortcuts, open websites, control media, switch profiles, and build workflows that match the way you work. A CONTROL DECK THAT ADAPTS Tact can switch decks as you move between supported PC apps and browser experiences. Keep a universal Home deck, use app-specific decks, or customize every page yourself. MORE THAN BUTTONS • Tactile buttons with multiple gestures • Smooth dials and infinite scroll controls • Edge and corner controls with live feedback • Trackpad controls for cursor, clicks, and dragging • Clipboard history and quick paste • Live PC system stats • AI Actions for selected text using your own provider key • App, website, shortcut, file, media, and automation controls MADE FOR YOUR WORKFLOW Use ready-made controls or customize pages, grids, labels, icons, actions, and profiles from the PC companion. Create multiple pages, organize app decks, and export or import your setup. SMART APP PROFILES Build focused decks for creative apps, browsers, meetings, media, Finder, Notion, and everyday PC tasks. Automatic profile switching can be turned off whenever you prefer manual control. DIRECT DEVICE CONNECTION Pair your iPhone with your own PC using a QR code or four-digit code. Tact is designed to communicate directly between your devices on your local network, with remembered devices and reconnect support. MAC COMPANION REQUIRED Tact requires the free Tact companion for PC. The companion provides deck setup and performs actions on your PC. Some controls require PC Accessibility permission. Tact does not require a Tact account, does not sell your personal information, and does not track you across apps or websites.