PocketCtrl vs Telkino

Your Mac, wherever you need it. PocketCtrl turns your iPhone or iPad into a remote screen, trackpad, and keyboard for your Mac. Connect on the same local network, or use your own Tailscale network to reach your Mac between networks. CONTROL THAT FEELS FAMILIAR • Move the pointer, click, scroll, and zoom with touch gestures. • Type with the on-screen keyboard and use convenient Mac shortcuts. • Use optional on-device voice typing when supported by your device and language. • Use an external keyboard or trackpad on iPad. YOUR MAC, YOUR SETUP • Choose which Mac display to view. • Switch between saved Macs. • Adjust stream quality to suit your connection. • Enable Mac audio and text clipboard sharing for approved devices. PAIR WITH CONFIDENCE • Pair with a QR code, computer code, or pairing link. • Approve new devices on the host Mac and choose their access permissions. • Stream and control data is encrypted and authenticated between paired devices. • No PocketCtrl account is required. REQUIREMENTS PocketCtrl requires the separate PocketCtrl Mac companion on a Mac running macOS 15.6 or later. Download it and follow the setup guide at https://www.pocketctrl.com/download. The Mac must be powered on, awake, running PocketCtrl, and reachable over the network. Allow Screen Recording on your Mac to share its display, Accessibility for remote control, and Local Network access for nearby connections. Tailscale is a separate, optional service for connections between networks and requires its own setup. PocketCtrl is open source. Learn more at https://www.pocketctrl.com. Privacy policy: https://www.pocketctrl.com/privacy

Telkino shows the screen of your Mac or Windows PC on iPhone and iPad and lets you control it. The connection runs directly over your own network or VPN. There is no server in between, no account and no cloud. DIRECT AND PRIVATE • Speaks the open VNC protocol directly with your computer • No account, no backend, no cloud sync • No tracking, no ads, no analytics SDKs • Profiles stay on the device, passwords only in the Keychain FOR MAC AND WINDOWS • Mac: turn on Screen Sharing in System Settings, done • Windows: with a VNC server such as TightVNC, UltraVNC or RealVNC • Finds Macs on the local network via Bonjour and fills in name, address and port • Away from home over VPN, for example Tailscale or WireGuard INPUT • Trackpad mode or direct touch • Pinch zoom, full screen and a key dock with Cmd, Option, Control, Shift, Esc, Tab, arrows and scrolling • Left and right click, type straight on the computer or send prepared text • Press and hold by touch: rest your finger in Direct Touch, double-tap and hold in Trackpad mode • Image quality per computer: Best, Balanced or Data Saver • Apple High Performance: Macs stream as HEVC video at a resolution that fits your device, with automatic fallback to VNC • iPad: computer list on the left, session on the right • iPad with mouse, trackpad, and hardware keyboard: typing goes straight into the session, click, drag, right click and shortcuts; scrolling arrives precisely on Macs • Shortcuts and Siri: “Connect to a computer” opens the session directly • Data usage of the current session in the status bar • Import computers from Tailscale with a Shortcut (telkino://add link) WAKE ON LAN (PRO) • Wakes a sleeping Mac or PC on the same network before connecting • Needs the MAC address in the profile and, on the Mac, “Wake for network access” DEMO COMPUTER Try everything without a network. The demo computer runs locally in the app and says so. PRICE Your first computer is free forever. Telkino Pro is a one-time purchase without subscription, with unlimited profiles, clipboard sync and Wake on LAN. Family Sharing included. SECURITY VNC is not encrypted by itself. Use a trusted LAN or a VPN. Telkino stops sessions when a server asks for no authentication and never recommends exposing port 5900 to the internet. THE NAME Telkino recalls the “Telekino” of Leonardo Torres Quevedo, the world’s first radio remote control (1903).