SidecarBridge
Encrypted Screen & Input
Free
Smoother streaming, adaptive quality controls, steadier reconnects, and clearer file transfers.
SidecarBridge turns your iPhone or iPad into a private local viewer and remote-control surface for your Mac.
Pair once with the companion Mac app, then connect over the same Wi-Fi or a nearby peer-to-peer link. View your desktop and control it with touch, a trackpad, Magic Keyboard, or Apple Pencil.
FEATURES
• One-time-code pairing with encrypted local sessions and remembered trusted devices
• Direct local-network and nearby peer-to-peer connection paths
• Adaptive, hardware-encoded Mac screen streaming with quality and frame-rate controls
• Touch and trackpad gestures: click, drag, scroll, pinch-to-zoom, and left/right/double click
• Standard and special on-screen keyboard controls, with hardware keyboard support
• Chinese/English input switching and common modifier/navigation keys
• Encrypted file transfer with visible transfer progress and an in-app file area
• Recovery after short app switches or network stalls
PRIVACY AND REQUIREMENTS
Both devices need SidecarBridge. The Mac companion requires Screen Recording permission to stream the display and Accessibility permission for remote input. Sessions stay on your local or nearby link; SidecarBridge does not relay your screen through a cloud server.
SidecarBridge mirrors the Mac's main display. It does not create a native extended display and does not bypass Apple's security, code-signing, device-management, or App Store protections.
Ratings & Reviews
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Adds smoother high-frame-rate streaming, adaptive quality controls, steadier reconnects after app switching, and clearer file-transfer progress.
The developer, chienchung Yu, 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.
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- chienchung Yu
- Size
- 7.4 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Yao-Hsing Yu