Pearpair vs SidecarBridge

PROMPTER Pick a coaching mode, from supportive to adversarial, add context, and start speaking. Pearpair transcribes what you say and scores the cues it shows you. Save the session as a note. Available where Apple Intelligence is enabled. NOTES - Write or paste a note and Pearpair adds a title and tags. - Refine a note: clean up a transcript, extract action items, or summarize. - Paste text and Pearpair splits it into separate notes and saved sites. - Search by title or tag. - Pin a note to a widget. - Add notes to websites. Auto-labeling and Refinements are available where Apple Intelligence is enabled. CHAT Chat with any OpenAI-compatible model using an API key. ICLOUD SYNC Notes, conversations, and saved sites stay in sync over iCloud. Access them on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

SidecarBridge turns your iPhone or iPad into a private local viewer and remote-control surface for your Mac. Pair once with the companion Mac app, then connect over the same Wi-Fi or a nearby peer-to-peer link. View your desktop and control it with touch, a trackpad, Magic Keyboard, or Apple Pencil. FEATURES • One-time-code pairing with encrypted local sessions and remembered trusted devices • Direct local-network and nearby peer-to-peer connection paths • Adaptive, hardware-encoded Mac screen streaming with quality and frame-rate controls • Touch and trackpad gestures: click, drag, scroll, pinch-to-zoom, and left/right/double click • Standard and special on-screen keyboard controls, with hardware keyboard support • Chinese/English input switching and common modifier/navigation keys • Encrypted file transfer with visible transfer progress and an in-app file area • Recovery after short app switches or network stalls PRIVACY AND REQUIREMENTS Both devices need SidecarBridge. The Mac companion requires Screen Recording permission to stream the display and Accessibility permission for remote input. Sessions stay on your local or nearby link; SidecarBridge does not relay your screen through a cloud server. SidecarBridge mirrors the Mac's main display. It does not create a native extended display and does not bypass Apple's security, code-signing, device-management, or App Store protections.