Virtual Steering Controller vs V
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virtual Steering Controller
Transform your iPhone or iPad into a responsive steering wheel for PC driving games. Enjoy low-latency control over WiFi with customizable layouts and analog pedal options. No account or personal data collection required.
- Real-time steering control
- Low latency performance
- Customizable on-screen layout
- Analog and digital pedal options
- Adjustable sensitivity
- Works over local WiFi
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Virtual Steering Controller transforms your iPhone or iPad into a customizable controller for PC games over your local WiFi network. Choose the control style that best suits your game, including steering wheel controls, tilt steering, high-range gyro steering, gamepad controls, and mouse-based aiming. Customize layouts, adjust sensitivity, and create a control setup that works for your play style. Download the required PC receiver software from: https://vsteer.pages.dev Key Features • Multiple control modes • Steering Wheel Mode • Tilt Steering • Gyro Wheel (up to 2000° rotation) • Gamepad Mode • Mouse Mode • Fully customizable on-screen layouts • Save multiple custom control layouts • Analog and digital pedal options • Adjustable steering and sensitivity settings • Gyroscope support for compatible devices • Dynamic touch camera controls • Real-time haptic feedback for supported games • Works over your local WiFi network (LAN) • No account required How It Works 1. Download and install the VSteer Receiver on your Windows PC from the website above. 2. Connect your phone and PC to the same local WiFi network. 3. Launch both applications and follow the connection instructions provided in the documentation. Important Information • Requires the VSteer Receiver application on a Windows PC. • Both devices must be connected to the same local network. • Gyroscope-based features require a device with a gyroscope sensor. • Real-time haptic feedback is available for supported games and compatible devices. Virtual Steering Controller provides a flexible and responsive way to control compatible PC games using your phone, without requiring dedicated gaming hardware.
V
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V-Pad turns your iPhone into a game controller for the computer in front of you. Twin analog sticks, a D-pad, four face buttons, shoulders and analog triggers — on a layout you can rearrange, resize and recolour until it fits your thumbs. BEFORE YOU START V-Pad needs a small free program running on your computer: V-Pad Helper, for Windows and macOS, from vpadcontroller.com. Your phone reaches it over your own Wi-Fi — both devices on the same network, nothing in the cloud, no account, no sign-in. Why not Bluetooth? iOS does not let a third-party app present itself as a Bluetooth gamepad. That is a platform rule, not a missing feature, and it is why every iPhone app in this category ships a desktop companion. ON WINDOWS The helper creates a real virtual Xbox 360 controller. Games and Steam see an ordinary XInput pad — no key mapping, sticks and triggers stay analog. ON macOS Apple grants no third-party app a virtual gamepad, so the pad is mapped to keyboard and mouse instead: left stick to WASD, D-pad to the arrows, right stick to the mouse, triggers to clicks. Games that insist on a real controller will not find one on a Mac. 22 LAYOUTS, READY TO PLAY Classic, Pro, Edge and Compact for the shape of your hands. Football, Tactical and Sci-Fi for the kind of game. Crimson Dragon and Gold Dragon for their own illustrated worlds. Plus a metal and neon set: Chrome, Gold, Rose Gold, Gunmetal, Obsidian, Sapphire, Emerald, Copper, Volt, Neon, Plasma, Circuit, Prism. MAKE IT YOURS Drag any control where you want it. Pinch to resize. Change its colour and shape. Pick a backdrop for the app and a separate surface for the pad. Save your own layouts and open them straight from the home grid. SHORTCUTS Bind a sequence of presses to a single control, with the timing recorded as you tap — up to five seconds per shortcut. One thumb, several inputs. TILT TO STEER Racing Gyro turns the phone itself into a wheel: hold it in landscape and tilt. It drives the left stick, so any game that steers with a stick steers with your hands. VOLUME KEYS AS BUTTONS Assign the physical volume keys to gamepad buttons. They only act as buttons on the gamepad screen and behave normally everywhere else. TUNE THE FEEL Stick deadzone and response curve. Haptics set per group — face buttons, shoulders, triggers, system buttons, D-pad, sticks — each with its own strength. Triggers as analog drags or single presses. Press glow on or off. TWELVE LANGUAGES English, Turkish, German, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese and Arabic. FREE, WITH ONE OPTIONAL PURCHASE Every layout and every setting is free, with ads. V-Pad Premium is a single one-time purchase — not a subscription, nothing recurring: it removes every ad and unlocks saving your own custom layouts. Privacy: no accounts, no servers of ours, and nothing you do in the app is reported back to us. Full policy at vpadcontroller.com/privacy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Virtual Steering Controller at none against V's 1. V's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. V sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Virtual Steering Controller asks for nothing beyond the download.
Virtual Steering Controller ships an update fortnightly, V every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Steering Controller | V |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Agastya Raj C | SAMET VOLKAN CAVUSOGLU |
In-app purchases
Virtual Steering Controller
No in-app purchases
V
- V-Pad Premium Lifetime$4.99
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