Comparison

iWritingPen Control Pointer vs PadLinker

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

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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

PadLinker

Transform your iPhone into a wireless trackpad and keyboard for your Mac. Enjoy seamless control with low latency over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, replicating MacBook trackpad gestures and functionality. Works across all displays without complex setup.

Highlights
  • Wireless trackpad and keyboard control
  • Low latency Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connection
  • MacBook-like gestures (scrolling, clicking, dragging)
  • Pro features: right click, pinch to zoom, desktop switching
  • On-screen keyboard with Mac modifiers
  • Automatic Mac discovery and reconnection
  • Multi-monitor pointer support
Features
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Your iPhone is already a better trackpad than most mice. PadLinker connects it to your Mac over Wi‑Fi, or over Bluetooth when there's no network to share, and makes it feel like the one on your MacBook: gestures, right click, pinch, Spaces, keyboard. PadLinker is the trackpad, not a TV remote. Every touch is streamed to your Mac with low latency and turned into a real pointer, scroll or key event, so it works in every app and on every display, with nothing to configure. FEELS LIKE A MAC TRACKPAD One finger moves the pointer. Tap to click. Double-tap and hold to drag. Two fingers scroll, in any direction, at the speed you expect. If you have used a MacBook, your hands already know this. THE GESTURES YOU ACTUALLY USE (PadLinker Pro) Two-finger tap for right click. Pinch to zoom in and out. Swipe three fingers to switch desktops and Spaces, or tap the desktop buttons. Type on your Mac from your device, with Command, Option, Control and Shift toggles, plus arrows, Escape, Tab, Return and Delete. Set the pointer speed and swipe sensitivity to match your hands. FINDS YOUR MAC ON ITS OWN Open the app and your Mac appears. No account, no cable. Put the phone down and pick it up later; it reconnects by itself. Everything stays between your two devices. There are no servers, and no data is collected. WI‑FI OR BLUETOOTH On the same Wi‑Fi network, PadLinker connects over Wi‑Fi for the lowest latency. On a train, in a café or a hotel where the network won't let devices talk, or with Wi‑Fi off, it connects over Bluetooth instead. Both radios are searched at once, your Mac shows up once, and the app picks Wi‑Fi whenever it can. If a Bluetooth pairing request appears the first time, confirm it on both devices. EVERY DISPLAY, ONE POINTER The pointer moves across all monitors connected to your Mac, exactly as the built-in trackpad would. THE MAC SIDE IS FREE Download the free Mac app at https://padlinker.com/download. It lives in the menu bar, asks once for the standard macOS Accessibility permission, and needs nothing else. PAY ONCE, OR NOT AT ALL The pointer, clicking, dragging, scrolling, Bluetooth and multi-monitor support are free with no time limit. PadLinker Pro is one purchase that unlocks right click, pinch to zoom, desktop switching, the keyboard and tuning. It is not a subscription. It covers every iPhone and iPad on your Apple ID, supports Family Sharing, and never expires. WHERE IT EARNS ITS PLACE A Mac mini or Mac Studio with no trackpad on the desk. A MacBook plugged into the TV, driven from the couch. A laptop propped out of reach while you draw, read or cook. A demo where you want to walk around the room. A train seat with no Wi‑Fi. The afternoon the mouse dies. WHAT YOU NEED iPhone or iPad on iOS 17 or iPadOS 17 or later. A Mac on macOS 14 Sonoma or later running the free Mac app. Both on the same Wi‑Fi network, or with Bluetooth on and within range. PadLinker controls a Mac only, directly between your devices. It does not work with Windows PCs, Apple TV or smart TVs. Bluetooth is a fallback: Wi‑Fi is the faster path whenever both devices can use it.

Screenshots

iWritingPen Control Pointer4 screens
PadLinker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PadLinker at 5.0 against iWritingPen Control Pointer's 4.0. iWritingPen Control Pointer's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. iWritingPen Control Pointer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and PadLinker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PadLinker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iWritingPen Control Pointer versus PadLinker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriWritingPen Control PointerPadLinker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 22 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer2ConnectMe LimitedA&A GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL

Customer experience

iWritingPen Control Pointer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PadLinker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

iWritingPen Control Pointer

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

PadLinker

One-time1
  • PadLinker Pro$9.99

Questions

Is iWritingPen Control Pointer free?
iWritingPen Control Pointer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PadLinker free?
PadLinker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iWritingPen Control Pointer or PadLinker?
PadLinker is rated higher. iWritingPen Control Pointer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while PadLinker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iWritingPen Control Pointer or PadLinker have ads?
Neither iWritingPen Control Pointer nor PadLinker shows ads.

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