Comparison

Deck vs JoinVia

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

Head to head
About

Deck

Transform your iPhone into a wireless presentation remote for your Mac. Control slides, manage timers, and navigate presentations seamlessly across various apps without needing an internet connection or cloud account. Offers Apple Watch integration for hands-free control.

Highlights
  • Wireless presentation control for Mac
  • Supports Keynote, PowerPoint, Google Slides, Figma
  • Direct peer-to-peer connection (no internet)
  • Apple Watch integration for hands-free control
  • Presentation timer with haptic alerts
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island timer
Features
Read full description

Deck turns your iPhone into a wireless presentation remote for Mac. Control Keynote, PowerPoint, Google Slides, or any app that uses arrow keys — no dongle, no Wi-Fi router, no cloud account required. HOW IT WORKS Install the free Mac companion app. Open Deck on your iPhone. Tap your Mac in the list. That's it — you're live in under 10 seconds. Everything stays on your local network. Nothing leaves your devices. APPLE WATCH SUPPORT Control slides from your wrist without touching your iPhone. - Double-tap gesture: advance hands-free on Apple Watch Series 9+ - Wrist flick: flick forward or back to navigate slides - "No Going Back" mode: disable backward flick for accident-free forward-only presenting - Digital Crown: rotate to move through slides FEATURES - Works with Keynote, PowerPoint, Google Slides, Figma, and more - Peer-to-peer: direct Mac to iPhone connection, no internet needed - Presentation timer with haptic alerts at custom intervals - Live Activities: see your timer on Lock Screen & Dynamic Island - Dark mode only, optimized for stage and low-light visibility - Always-on screen during presentations, no connection drops - Color-coded timer bar: green, yellow, orange, red SUBSCRIPTION Deck Pro - $19.99/year Includes a free 7-day trial. Cancel anytime. REQUIREMENTS - iPhone running iOS 18 or later - Mac running macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later - Apple Watch optional (watchOS 10+) - Both devices on the same local network Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

JoinVia

Features
Read full description

Keep Apple Reminders. See your tasks in Google Calendar or Outlook, and bring your day together with JoinVia's optional Agenda and Home Screen widget. JoinVia mirrors dated reminders into a separate JoinVia calendar in Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook or both. Edit in Reminders and your calendar follows, so you keep planning where you already do while seeing tasks beside meetings. YOUR REMINDERS, EVERYWHERE YOUR CALENDAR GOES Once your reminders are in Google Calendar or Outlook, they show up wherever that calendar does: on your Windows or work computer, an Android phone, Android Auto, and Alexa or Google Nest speakers. REMINDER SYNC, YOUR WAY - Choose Google Calendar or Outlook for free - Sync all dated reminders, timed reminders only or all-day reminders only - Select the reminder lists you want to include - Preview reminder eligibility before changing your calendars - Customize event duration, availability, alerts and title markers - Add [30m] or another whole-minute value to set a timed event's duration - Add [nosync] to exclude an individual reminder - Remove completed events or keep them with a completed marker - Optionally complete a reminder using its private calendar link - Sync manually, with Apple Shortcuts or through iOS background scheduling YOUR DAY INSIDE JOINVIA - PRO Turn on the optional Agenda tab to see your calendar events and Apple Reminders together in a scrolling day view. Choose two or five days, complete reminders with a quick undo, and create for the selected day. Plan my day: tap a reminder's clock, pick 15 minutes to 1.5 hours, and JoinVia suggests free times between your meetings. Or move it to the next day. Keep Sync as your first tab or put Agenda first. YOUR DAY ON YOUR HOME SCREEN - PRO See calendar events and Apple Reminders together. Choose Small, Medium, Large, or Extra Large on iOS 27, plus Next Up for your Lock Screen. - Browse up to five days in larger widgets, with pages for busy days - Keep original calendar and reminder-list colours - See event times and durations, with an optional countdown that fills up and shows the time left in the current event - Choose whether countdown seconds are shown - Spot high-priority reminders - Complete original Apple Reminders and undo a quick tap - Refresh the agenda, create a reminder or event, or open your chosen calendar - Choose Compact or Roomy spacing and whether finished events stay visible - Enjoy Pearl in light mode and Graphite in dark mode Try the interactive sample widget inside JoinVia before choosing Pro. Explore days, spacing and checkboxes without calendar access. Widget events come from calendars available on your iPhone. Signing into Google or Outlook for reminder sync does not automatically add those accounts to the iPhone's calendar store. Widget settings group available calendars by account and helps you find missing calendars and avoid reminder copies. iOS controls background updates and widget timing. JOINVIA PRO Pro includes the in-app Agenda, agenda widgets, Google Calendar and Outlook together, up to three accounts per service (such as Work and Personal), per-list destination routing, additional accent colours, extended sync activity and Family Sharing. Choose Annual or a separate one-time Lifetime purchase. Eligible new annual subscribers receive an introductory trial. Apple confirms eligibility and localized prices before purchase. PRIVACY FIRST Your reminders move directly from your iPhone to your selected calendar provider. No JoinVia account, sync server, advertising, analytics or tracking. OAuth tokens and sync mappings remain protected on your device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Deck4 screens
JoinVia4 screens

Verdict

The call

Deck and JoinVia are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Deck sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year and JoinVia sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deck ships an update weekly, JoinVia every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Deck versus JoinVia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeckJoinVia
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDOU Inc.Jeroen Visser

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Deck

Subscriptions1
  • ClickerRemote Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
5 purchases

JoinVia

Subscriptions1
  • JoinVia Pro Annual1 Month trial$2.991 Year
One-time4
  • Buy me a coffee$1.99
  • Treat me to a sandwich$3.99
  • Pizza’s on me$8.99
Show 1 more
  • JoinVia Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Deck free?
Deck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JoinVia free?
JoinVia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Deck or JoinVia have ads?
Neither Deck nor JoinVia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deck or JoinVia?
Deck ships an update weekly, and JoinVia every 4 days. Most recently, Deck was updated on October 1, 2026 and JoinVia on October 6, 2026.

Other comparisons