PIPin vs IoTFlow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PIPin
Control and view any Mac window directly from your iPhone or iPad. Stream your Mac's screen to your mobile device for remote access, keeping important information visible, or multitasking.
- Remote Mac window control
- On-screen keyboard with modifiers
- Real iOS Picture-in-Picture support
- Local-only Wi-Fi streaming
- Zero account setup
- Multiple pinned window grid
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Keep an eye on — and control — any Mac window right from your iPhone or iPad. Pin a window on your Mac with ⌥⇧X and it instantly appears on this app. Watch an AI agent work, keep a doc or dashboard visible while you do something else, or take over and drive your Mac from the couch. You'll need the free PIPin Mac app — get it at pipin.jylljy.top. • Remote control. Tap to click, long‑press to right‑click, two‑finger swipe to scroll. Switch to trackpad mode for relative cursor moves. iPad trackpad and Bluetooth mouse scroll work too. • Type from anywhere. The on‑screen keyboard ships with sticky ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ ⇧ modifiers and arrow / esc / tab / delete keys, so Cmd‑Tab, Cmd‑C, and friends just work. • Real iOS Picture‑in‑Picture. Leave the app and the stream shrinks into a system PIP window that stays on top of anything else you do on iPhone or iPad. • Local‑only. Streams over your Wi‑Fi network via MultipeerConnectivity. Nothing touches the cloud. • Zero account. Open the Mac app, open this app on the same Wi‑Fi, tap your Mac, done. • Multiple PIPs. See every pinned window in a grid, tap to zoom. • Pinch and pan on the detail view; double‑tap to fill the screen.
IoTFlow
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IoTFlow is the mobile client for the IoTFlow IoT platform. Monitor your connected devices, view real-time telemetry and stay on top of alerts from anywhere. FEATURES • Dashboard — see total, online and offline device counts and active alerts at a glance. • Live telemetry — watch the latest sensor readings stream in from your devices. • Devices — browse every device with status, protocol (HTTP, MQTT, WebSocket) and last-seen time. • Device detail — inspect device IDs, telemetry counts, location and metadata. • Add devices — register a new device and get its connection token in seconds. • Alerts — review recent alerts so you never miss an offline device or threshold breach. • Self-hosted ready — point the app at your own IoTFlow server in Settings. Just exploring? Tap “Explore demo” on the sign-in screen to try the whole app with sample data — no account required. IoTFlow connects to your IoTFlow backend; a free account on the platform lets you manage your own devices and telemetry.
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Verdict
PIPin and IoTFlow 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PIPin ships an update weekly, IoTFlow every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PIPin | IoTFlow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 嘉银 李 | Alfred Ang |
In-app purchases
PIPin
No in-app purchases
IoTFlow
No in-app purchases









