Your iPhone is the mouse.

The computer is across the room and the trackpad is not. AirMouse turns the phone in your hand into one, with the keyboard you are missing.

01Pick it up

Already in your hand.

No receiver to plug in, no clicker to charge. The phone you carry everywhere becomes the trackpad.

02The glass

A real trackpad on the glass.

Tap to click, two fingers to scroll and right-click, hold to drag. Left, middle and right buttons underneath.

03The screen

The computer's screen, live, above it.

On a Mac or Linux, see the menu you opened and the dialog that wants an answer, without turning round.

04Try it

Drag on the glass.

This is how it feels. Move a finger, or the mouse, on the phone's trackpad, and tap to click.

05Control

Everything a desk gives you, in one hand.

AirMouse on iPhone: Eight gestures

Eight gestures

Three fingers switch desktop or app, pinch zooms, double-tap and hold drags. Each does what that computer's own trackpad does.

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AirMouse on iPhone: Every key

Every key

Esc, Tab, the arrows, F1 to F12 and the modifiers a phone keyboard leaves out. Type live, or compose and send.

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AirMouse on iPhone: A button for every shortcut

A button for every shortcut

One tile runs a sequence: a shortcut, some text, an app, a link. Profiles follow the app in front.

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AirMouse on iPhone: Play, pause, volume

Play, pause, volume

The computer's own media keys, so they reach any player, from across the sofa.

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06Shared clipboard

Copy on one. Paste on the other.

Send a photo from the phone and it lands on the computer's clipboard. Copy a link or a screenshot on the computer and it is already on the phone. For designers and developers who move media all day.

The clipboard →
07Presenting

Present without a clicker.

A tap on the pad moves to the next slide in Keynote, PowerPoint or Google Slides. The clicker gets forgotten in a bag; the phone is already in your pocket, paired and charged.

  • Next and previous from anywhere in the room
  • Arrows, B for a black screen, Esc to finish
  • Nothing extra to carry, pair or lose
Presenting with AirMouse →
08Privacy

It works on your network and nowhere else.

No account

Pairing is a token the two devices hold, not a login. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to forget.

No internet

Phone and computer talk directly on your Wi-Fi. Nothing reaches a server on the internet, and the app collects no data.

No surprises

Shell commands from a macro are refused unless the computer allows them. A paired phone cannot run anything it likes.

09Setup

From nothing to controlling it.

  1. Install it on the computer

    One file from the download page. On a Mac, drag it into Applications.

  2. Open AirMouse on the phone

    The computer appears in the list by itself. Nothing to type.

  3. Click Allow

    The computer asks once whether to trust the phone. That is the whole of pairing.

Every picture is the app itself.

Read the documentation →
AirMouse screen: The trackpad
The trackpad
AirMouse screen: The live screen above it
The live screen above it
AirMouse screen: Eight gestures
Eight gestures
AirMouse screen: The keys a phone lacks
The keys a phone lacks
AirMouse screen: Macros
Macros
AirMouse screen: Clipboard
Clipboard
AirMouse screen: Media
Media
AirMouse screen: Finding the computer
Finding the computer
AirMouse screen: Three languages
Three languages