Turn your Mac into a universal Bluetooth keyboard, mouse and media remote control. One keyboard to rule them all.
Use your Mac keyboard to control all your devices. From smartphones and tablets to TVs and even the raspberry pi, KeyPad turns your Mac into a powerful universal Bluetooth keyboard, mouse, and media remote. A software KVM.
Feature Summary:
Universal Bluetooth Keyboard: Use your Mac's keyboard as a Bluetooth keyboard to control various devices including iPhones, iPads, Android devices, Apple TVs, smart TVs (Samsung, Sony), Raspberry Pis, and more.
Multi-Device Support: Maintains connections with multiple devices. One keyboard to rule them all.
Developer Support: Use the Mac keyboard and mouse to test keyboard support for your iPhone, iPad, Android, and TV apps.
Integrated Mouse and Keyboard Functionality: KeyPad emulates both a keyboard and a mouse, providing full cursor control for iPads and basic mouse functions for iPhones via Assistive Touch.
Ergonomic Benefits: Provides a comfortable typing alternative to small, cramped mobile keyboards or voice controls, ideal for users with physical limitations or those seeking to avoid "texting thumb".
Customizable Controls: Features like Control + Option for mouse control and reconfigurable hotkeys such as Command+Option+P for toggling the KeyPad interface, enhance user experience.
Language and Layout Support: Supports multiple keyboard layouts, ensuring correct character input regardless of user location or language preferences.
Seamless Setup: Easy setup process involves making KeyPad discoverable, pairing and connecting over Bluetooth, and starting immediate control.
Privacy and Discretion: Useful for maintaining privacy during presentations, as notifications can be confined to the phone rather than appearing on the Mac screen.
Ideal for:
Developers: Use your Mac keyboard to test keyboard support for your iPhone, iPad, Android or TV App. Use the Mac keyboard to control devices like Raspberry Pis or set-top boxes.
Home Entertainment: Control your smart TV with the comfort of your Mac's keyboard. Navigate media interfaces faster than using a traditional TV remote.
Social media: Keep your social media notifications on your Phone or Tablet, and your work on your Mac.
Reduce Clutter: Keep workspace clutter-free by eliminating the need for multiple keyboards or controls for different devices.
Accessibility Uses: Users with motor skill difficulties can benefit from using a full-size keyboard.
Multimedia Production: Control playback and editing software on tablets or other computers from your Mac during video or music production.
Gaming: Use the Mac’s keyboard to play games on tablets or mobile devices that may offer a better gaming experience with keyboard input.
Everyday Convenience: Send texts and emails from mobile devices using the Mac's keyboard for a quicker, more comfortable typing experience. Browse the internet on a tablet or mobile device using a real keyboard instead of touchscreens or small mobile keypads.
Remote Work: Switch seamlessly between personal and work devices connected to your Mac, enhancing productivity. Control other PC's and Macs directly from your Mac.
Simple Setup:
1. Pair devices via the in-app Bluetooth connection dialog.
2. Select the Bluetooth device and add it to the KeyPad device list
3. Launch Keypad and start typing or navigating right away!
I'm committed to making KeyPad the best keyboard emulator. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, please contact us at our support page or email us at tools@toolbunch.com.
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Excellent App!!
Babba O'Riley
I've been using this since the Pandemic started because I could only access my work emails from my work iPhone. I found several paid apps that allows you to use the macOS keyboard as a bluetooth keyboard, but many of the reviews weren't great, and the apps were old without any recent software updates. I found this one for free and decided to give it a try. It does everything as advertised, and has been regularly updated with costant improvements and functionalities incorporated. There's an in-app purchase for this app now (there wasn't when I first downloaded it) and I've paid for the in-app purchase just becasue I think the developer deserves it for being so proactive in the way they've kept pushing new capabilities into this app. Super easy to use, does what's promised, and it has become invaluable to me while my corporate IT Dept figures out how to transition to a post-pandemic work environment. Release of this app was very well-timed. I hope this review helps others choose this app. And I'd like to thank the developer for it.
Developer Response
Thank you for your review and the feedback. It definitely made my day! Happy that you like the app.
Waaaoooo
ThatManBegins
This app is a must have, if you own two or more Apple devices. I usually use this with my IPad and works nicely. I can use my 2012 mac keybord with my IPad. Thank you dev.
Developer Response
Thank you! Glad you like it. Do tell your friends about KeyPad.
Seamlessly Use MacBook Keyboard and Mouse with Meta Quest / Oculus
Nathan Sudds
I’ve been using the KeyPad app to effortlessly connect my MacBook keyboard and mouse via bluetooth to my Meta Quest / Oculus headset, and it has completely streamlined my VR experience. Unlike other options, Keypad eliminates the need for a Bluetooth keyboard, saving me both time and money by using my existing MacBook peripherals.With programmable shortcut keys (and mouse buttons to trigger them too) switching between my Macbook and virtual environments is so easy. This seamless integration boosts productivity and simplifies multitasking between real and virtual worlds. I use this setup for hours a day now. Customer support has been outstanding from day one, making my upgrade decision easy. I now use Keypad daily—it’s an essential tool that saves money, space and enhances my VR setup. Highly recommend!
Crashes when connecting
Levisan
Crashes when connecting. What else is there to say?
Developer Response
Update: I just released 1.99.12 which fixes the crash I found. Let me know if this solves your issue and you are able to use KeyPad---Hmm…I think I have figured out the crash you had, but I don't see any crash reports for the last week so I am not sure. if you have enabled sharing crash reports with Apple I should get the crash report and will be able to take a look.Email comms is much faster than messaging with the review system. tools@toolbunch.com. Does this happen if you click on "Connect device over Bluetooth..." and then click the Select button, without selecting any bluetooth device?If this is the issue you faced, I will have a fix out pretty soon, but this is a corner case. If you connect to the device you want to control from inside the selection dialog, and then press the select button it should work.Do try it again, the app does work.
Minor Bug Fixes.
Minor UI Fixes.
Fixes a crash on deleting devices.
Version 2.20
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