TouchNow streams your Mac to an iPhone or iPad and lets you control it by touch — or play Mac games with an on-screen controller that maps to keyboard input, so games that only expect WASD just work. Apple-only by design: native Swift on both ends, no cross-platform layer. That's why it's fast, and why it fits macOS's privacy model. Free forever on your own Wi-Fi — no account, no router setup. Remote access is US$2.99/mo. Unlike Sidecar, it works with iPhone, and across networks.
Hi Product Hunt — I'm Mable, an indie developer in Hong Kong.
I built TouchNow because I wanted to play Mac games from the couch without buying a controller, and every remote desktop app I tried was either built for IT support or a cross-platform port that felt sluggish on Apple hardware.
So it's Apple-only by design. Both ends are native Swift, on Apple's own screen-capture and input frameworks. On 5 GHz Wi-Fi the network round trip is about 8 ms — that's the network leg, not end-to-end. I'd rather be precise than impressive.
Three things I think are different:
– Free forever on your own Wi-Fi, no account. Only remote access over the internet is paid.
– Your iPhone can be a real second desktop, not a mirror. Sidecar only supports iPad.
– The on-screen controller maps to keyboard input, so Mac games that only expect WASD work without changes. There's a retro handheld shell for it too — four shapes, ten colours.
Happy to answer anything. If you want to try the remote part, ask for a promo code in the comments.