I am running GG on an IPad connected to my Alienware laptop. I use the IPad as a MFD for several sims including MSFS, Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen. The ease of configuring the shards for custom keystrokes and macros has made the complex key maps so much easier to use and immersive. Between my HOTAS setup and GG MFDs I have made, I don’t need the keyboard anymore while in my sims. As someone who not only enjoys the sims themselves, but also “nerding out” on designing shards to function as displays for the sims, I definitely recommend it!

I have been crashing and much less stable with my otherwise incredibly stable 9700k, 32g Corsair, 2080 build at stock clocks, in both Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen using my iPad Pro for buttons. I mainly use my iPad for navigation while playing Elite but that isn’t really possible with this app. If you shrink it down to navigate with Road to Riches this app then makes you sign in with your complete email and password when returning. Ugh. Input lag was out of control on the non-official shards I tried, while the official ones were instant. The official shards for Elite looked very dated and none were very easy to read from distance or at a glance with muted colors and small writing.They advertise “Thousands of games”. Yes you can makes shards yourself, if you have tons of time, for lots of games, but there’s only pre-made shards for very few at best and many say they’re alphas. The app has potential, I subbed for the year and I’m kind of sorry I did because right now, I feel it’s a bare bones experience at best.

Getting it to work with my iPad was a chore and required several messages from the responsive tech support- have to be holding the iPad on its side when installing it otherwise it won’t work. Most of the time, it just stops working, requiring one to uninstall and reinstall it. I like it when it’s working but it’s really more like a weekend science project alpha build. If I had it to do over, I wouldn’t spend any money on it until all the bugs are worked out of it.**Update** Gave this another try in Elite Dangerous. Obviously they have not made much headway. Many of the bindings don’t work at all. Emphasis seems to be on getting users to subscribe, not in offering a quality product.

I really don’t think I could ever go back. I used to buy number pads and make labels for the buttons. I did this for all the difference sim games I played. This is so much better. I wish I had this when I started playing elite dangerous. It would have made the learning curve a lot easier. It works great, setup was easy, and it just makes is more enjoyable to play. If you are wondering about it and you play E.D. just try it. Invest 20 mins setting it up and see for yourself.