El Trackpad 4+

Touchpad for Mac

Hugo Lispector

    • 3.3 • 4 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a fully featured Mac trackpad with gestures support.

This app was written by a single person and was featured by 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, AppAdvice, MacMagazine and more.

REVIEWS
“I’ve tried many similar apps before, but none of them worked as well as El Trackpad. Besides not having any notable lag, the app lets the user perform the same gestures as you can do on Apple’s Magic Trackpad.”
— 9to5Mac

“What makes El Trackpad so impressive here is the fact that it appears to be lag-free and works identically to an actual Apple Magic Trackpad, which is super awesome.”
— Redmond Pie

“If you’ve ever used a Magic Trackpad or the built-in version on any MacBook model, you’ll be right at home with the app.”
— AppAdvice

“This app transforms the iPhone/iPad into a complete trackpad for Macs, with multi-touch support and everything.”
— MacMagazine

DESCRIPTION
Move the mouse cursor with the slide of a finger and smoothly navigate through your content with inertial scrolling. Pinch to zoom, rotate with your fingers and much more. Control your Mac in real-time with no lag.

El Trackpad works like magic and has the features and touch gestures that you expect from a touchpad for a Mac computer.

GET STARTED
- Download and Install El trackpad on your iOS/iPadOS device and on your Mac.
- Enable accessibility features on the Mac app when prompted. This is required to control the mouse cursor.
- Connect the devices via USB cable.

SUPPORTED GESTURES
- Tap to click: Tap with one finger to click
- Secondary click: Tap with two fingers to right click
- Smart zoom: Double-tap with two fingers to zoom in and out
- Scroll: Slide two fingers to scroll
- Zoom: Pinch with two fingers to zoom
- Rotate: Move two fingers around each other to rotate
- Three-finger drag: Use three fingers to drag items on the screen
- Look up: Tap with three fingers to look up a word
- Show desktop: Spread your thumb and four fingers to show the desktop
- Launchpad: Pinch with your whole hand to show Launchpad
- Mission Control: Swipe up with four fingers to open mission control
- App Exposé: Swipe down with four fingers to open App Exposé
- Swipe between desktops: Swipe left or right with four fingers to move between full-screen apps or desktops

ADDITIONAL INFO
El Trackpad can be downloaded for free and offers a 7-day free trial with full functionality. After that, gestures with 2 fingers or more will no longer be recognized. At any time, you may unlock the app forever with a one-time in-app purchase.

What’s New

Version 1.0.8

- Fixed direction of swipe between desktops gesture when natural scroll direction is turned off.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the app to present an incorrect error message when an in-app purchase failed.

Ratings and Reviews

3.3 out of 5
4 Ratings

4 Ratings

Proofreader ,

Um. What about the obvious?

That is, an option to run the app upside so the cable is out of the way 🤦🏻‍♂️

(Thanks for the response. For me the app works in only 3 orientations, but not the 4th)

Developer Response ,

Hi, the app works great with the device upside down. Make sure you have Orientation Lock turned off.

Update: the upside down orientation works great on iPhones with home button and on all iPads. Unfortunately, Apple does not allow it on iPhones with Face ID.

Benjiman Dover ,

iPadOS 15 and Multitasking Gestures :(

Edit: iOS 15.3 brings back the option to turn off gestures meaning this app works as intended :)

Wow, finally I found a cool app that I love even with the cable. But iOS 15 disables the ability to disable the 3+ finger gestures. So be warned that you will not be able to use mac trackpad gestures with this app post iOS 15. (not the developers fault).

WickAUS ,

Cool app, but Bluetooth?

This is a pretty cool app (though it would be better if my iPad had haptic feedback), however, the lack of Bluetooth support makes its use cases very niche. Easy 5 stars if it worked via Bluetooth.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the feedback and support. Wireless functionality would indeed be nice. Unfortunately, it is currently very hard to make it work with good responsiveness and reliability.

App Privacy

The developer, Hugo Lispector, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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