Comparison

Palmrest vs Offhand 随手写

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

Head to head
About

Palmrest

Features
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Palmrest lets you turn your iPhone or iPad into a virtual trackpad and shortcut controller for your Mac. Connect over the local network, then use familiar gestures and customizable shortcuts to control your Mac from your desk, sofa, or any setup where a physical trackpad is not convenient. Key Features Virtual Trackpad: Use your iPhone or iPad as a wireless trackpad for your Mac. Familiar Gestures: Move the cursor, tap, double tap, secondary tap, scroll, and drag. Shortcut Panel: Quickly trigger common Mac actions such as Quit App, Close Window, switch Spaces, adjust volume, control media, and change brightness. Custom Shortcuts: Add, edit, and reorder shortcuts to match your workflow. Keyboard Input: Send text input from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac. Local Connection: Connect to the Mac client over your local network. Dark Interface: A clean, focused dark UI designed for everyday use.

About

Offhand 随手写

Features
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Every time you open Offhand, a blank page is waiting. Write down a moment. Compose your work. Be your first reader. Here, words become Moments. Each one begins on its own, then finds its place. Move them. Reorder them. Return to them. As you keep writing, Moments grow into pages, chapters, acts, and stories. You compose with your words, and Offhand stays out of the way. Writing begins with the relationship between you and your words. Your words stay yours Everything stays on your device. Export a full backup anytime, in a single tap. Import and export files in various formats, so you can bring in work you've already started and keep going. Fiction and non-fiction Write dialogue. Add scene headings. Give your screenplay a cover. The same structure becomes headings and secondary text for essays, journals, and everything in between. On iPad • Now optimized for iPad: write in portrait or landscape, with Split View and Stage Manager. Collections lay out to fit your window, and outlines, layouts and settings open up on the larger screen. • Keyboard shortcuts: with a hardware keyboard, ⌘[ goes back and ⌘] goes one level deeper. ⌘F to search, ⌘+ / ⌘− to change text size on the Writing Page, ⌘0 to reset it. • Set your page: six text sizes, with a larger default on iPad, and on wider screens, a choice of narrow, standard or wide line width. Membership Offhand Membership is a yearly subscription that unlocks the full writing experience on iPhone, iPad and Mac: • An Offhand First Edition · 2026 badge • Unlimited Moments (the free plan includes 50) • iCloud Backup: every collection and moment is saved to iCloud as a plain Markdown file • Export to PDF, EPUB, Final Draft and watermark-free PNG • More cursor colors Offhand. Put a moment into words. Terms of Use: https://offhand.ink/terms Privacy Policy: https://offhand.ink/privacy Support: https://offhand.ink

Screenshots

Palmrest3 screens
Offhand 随手写4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Offhand 随手写 at 4 against Palmrest's 1. Offhand 随手写 also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Palmrest sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Offhand 随手写 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Palmrest ships an update every 8 days, Offhand 随手写 every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Palmrest versus Offhand 随手写: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPalmrestOffhand 随手写
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer杨洋 冯浩 赵

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Palmrest

One-time5
  • 1元捐赠$0.99
  • 6元捐赠$0.99
  • 3元捐赠$0.99
Show 2 more
  • 12元捐赠$1.99
  • 38元捐赠$4.99
1 purchases

Offhand 随手写

Subscriptions1
  • Offhand Membership1 Year trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Palmrest free?
Palmrest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Offhand 随手写 free?
Offhand 随手写 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Palmrest or Offhand 随手写 have ads?
Neither Palmrest nor Offhand 随手写 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Palmrest or Offhand 随手写?
Palmrest ships an update every 8 days, and Offhand 随手写 every 10 days. Most recently, Palmrest was updated on October 17, 2026 and Offhand 随手写 on October 13, 2026.

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