Launching today
PhoneDeck
Turn your iPhone into a free Mac controller
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Turn your iPhone into a free Mac controller
234 followers
You already own a StreamDeck. It's your iPhone. PhoneDeck turns your iPhone into a fully customizable Mac controller, media controls, app launcher, custom buttons, all on your phone's screen. No hardware. No subscription. Free. Built by a solo developer in 7 days because I needed it myself. Works out of the box. No setup headaches. Download Now: Phonedeck.io
That's clever. Do you plan to support app-specific button profiles, or is it always global?
Reusing the phone I already own instead of buying a StreamDeck is the right insight, and shipping it free in 7 days because you needed it yourself is the kind of small utility I like. Before I map custom buttons to shortcuts, the thing I'd want to know is how the phone actually talks to the Mac: is it a direct local connection over the LAN (or USB), or does it route through a cloud relay? For a controller I'd much rather it stay on-device with nothing leaving my network.
@vanshmparihar Kudos !! Works like a charm, even on a iPad. Saves money on a Elgato. I agree with some of the comments, you need to charge it as this an app in need.
Requests - Scale to ipad ratio, Have 3 default configs - AI - Design - Music etc. free on iphone but Charge for custom setups, like 3x4 grids or iphone etc.
Took it for a quick spin and the media controls showed up on my phone almost instantly, no fiddling with settings. Nice that it's free too.
the 'no setup headaches' bit is the hard part — iphone↔mac local control usually dies on the ios local-network prompt + bonjour discovery when the phone's on wifi and the mac's on ethernet. that cross-interface case is where these quietly break.
This is real prob, wanting a StreamDeck but not wanting to drop the money on hardware. Using a device people already own instead of adding more gear is the right instinct.
Downloading this now to test with OBS during my next stream setup. Will report back on whether the media controls actually replace my physical deck or just handle the basics.