Comparison

iWritingPen Control Pointer vs PrintHub

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

Head to head
About

iWritingPen Control Pointer

Control your PowerPoint presentations remotely with this app. Navigate slides, draw on screen, use a virtual keyboard and mouse, and even input text via handwriting or voice. Enhance your presentations with seamless remote control.

Highlights
  • Remote slide navigation
  • On-screen drawing board
  • Black screen function
  • Virtual keyboard and mouse
  • Handwriting and voice input
Features
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iWritingPen helps you manage Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. With iWritingPen, you are guaranteed a smooth and efficient presentation. Functions and features: - Full set of control buttons for progressing PointPoint slides. Just through a simple touch on the control buttons, you can advance or go backward of your slides. You would then rather focus on managing the audience attention instead of worrying how to advance the slides while presenting remotely. - Drawing board on top of PowerPoint slide. With ‘Pen’ function of iWritingPen, you can write anything on the screen on top of any PowerPoint slides to elaborate the points being discussed. You no longer need the other clumsy physical drawing board nearby for drawing something during presentation. Your audiences will stay on the same screen during the whole presentation and their attentions will not be diverted. - ‘Black Screen’ function. Whenever there is a need to have a longer period for discussion with audience in the middle of presentation, the “Black” screen function turns the screen off (black color) and let you control the audience focus of the subject matters. - Full functional Keyboard Mouse You no longer need to rush to come in front of desktop to control your moues and keyboard for typing. You will have full remote controls your desktops, while presenting, through the Keyboard Mouse of iWritingPen. - Handwriting input and Voice Spoken sentence input To empower you to have quick typing during presentation, iWritingPen supports the native handwriting input of all languages available in iPad / iPhone including voice sentence recognition input. iWritingPen (free version) comes with basic control buttons of PowerPoint and multi-touches gesture controlled mouse function. This is more than enough for a normal presentation controls. In-app purchase offer advance users with Drawing Board Pen and Black Screen buttons and remote Keyboard function. iWritingPen is WITHOUT advertisements. What are you waiting for? Download and install it now immediately. Please Write us a GOOD review in App Store for such HIGH Quality App as rewards to us. We need your support and appreciation! Prerequisites: iWritingPen Desktop client program - it requires to install iWritingPen client desktop program on your desktop. It could be downloaded from the link below. http://www.iwritingpen.com/index.php/download - Supported Desktop Operation System: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Vista. Apple Mac OS X 10.6 or later. - Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 or later. - iPhone / iPad must be on the same network with windows desktop. The smooth data communication between desktops and iPhone /iPad is required for iWritingPen to work efficiently. For those users with desktop Mac OS X 10.6 or later, it is highly recommended to use the bluetooth to connect to iPhone/iPad. The data traffic congestion in the local router can be avoided under bluetooth connection. Please refer to the link below for setup and configuration: http://www.iwritingpen.com/index.php/download/ Detail product Information & support: For the future update on the iWritingPen, please register as a member through the link: http://www.iwritingpen.com/index.php/register or join us at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iwritingpen/652275478128116 For the detail iWritingPen information, please visit our website http://www.iwritingpen.com

About

PrintHub

Features
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Prepare and print documents without a computer. PrintHub brings scanning, importing, page editing, document organization, and AirPrint-compatible printing into one workflow for iPhone and iPad. CREATE AND IMPORT • Scan multi-page paper documents with the camera • Import photos, PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote, Numbers, RTF, and plain-text files • Bring in PDFs from Files and images from Photos with the Share extension • Turn compatible clipboard content and web links into documents EDIT AND ORGANIZE • Crop, rotate, adjust brightness and contrast, or use Auto Enhance • Add drawings, text, signatures, shapes, and blur annotations • Arrange pages, preview documents, and keep them in your local library • Reopen, rename, and delete saved documents PRINT YOUR WAY • Select an AirPrint-compatible printer • Choose a supported paper size, portrait or landscape orientation, and color or black-and-white output • Set a page range, number of copies, or multiple pages per sheet • Use duplex printing when supported by the selected printer • Split one image across multiple sheets with Poster mode PDF EXPORT Export a multi-page document as a PDF when you need a digital copy or want to share it. FREE AND PREMIUM Creating, importing, editing, organizing, previewing, and printer setup are free. One successful print or PDF export job is included across both options. An auto-renewable subscription unlocks unlimited printing and PDF export while the subscription is active. Prices and any eligible trial are shown before purchase. You can manage or cancel a subscription through your Apple Account and restore purchases inside PrintHub. Terms of Use: https://chematiks.github.io/printhub-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://chematiks.github.io/printhub-legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

iWritingPen Control Pointer4 screens
PrintHub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PrintHub at every 3 days against iWritingPen Control Pointer's every 22 months. iWritingPen Control Pointer's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. iWritingPen Control Pointer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and PrintHub sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iWritingPen Control Pointer ships an update every 22 months, PrintHub every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iWritingPen Control Pointer versus PrintHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriWritingPen Control PointerPrintHub
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer2ConnectMe LimitedAleksandr Chanchikov

In-app purchases

2 purchases

iWritingPen Control Pointer

One-time2
  • iWritingPen Pen & Black Screen$1.99
  • iWritingPen Keyboard Mouse$2.99
3 purchases

PrintHub

Subscriptions2
  • PrintHub Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • PrintHub Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • PrintHub Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is iWritingPen Control Pointer free?
iWritingPen Control Pointer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PrintHub free?
PrintHub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iWritingPen Control Pointer or PrintHub have ads?
Neither iWritingPen Control Pointer nor PrintHub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iWritingPen Control Pointer or PrintHub?
iWritingPen Control Pointer ships an update every 22 months, and PrintHub every 3 days. Most recently, iWritingPen Control Pointer was updated on October 4, 2026 and PrintHub on October 7, 2026.

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