MXa
Remote desktop, anywhere
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Reach your own computer from anywhere. Enter a 9-digit ID and a 6-digit code — no port
forwarding, no VPN, no account. End-to-end encrypted; we never see your screen.
MXa turns your iPhone or iPad into a screen and a keyboard for a computer you own.
You see the whole desktop, exactly as it is on the machine itself, and you drive all of it:
move the pointer, click, scroll, type, send keyboard shortcuts, copy and paste between the
two devices. Nothing is installed into the apps you work with over there.
Getting in takes two numbers. The other machine shows a 9-digit ID and a 6-digit code; you
type them here once. No account to create, no email to leave, no VPN to configure, no router
port to open.
On the same Wi-Fi the two devices talk directly and the picture never leaves your network.
Over distance they meet at a relay that only moves bytes — the 6-digit code never crosses
the wire, and the keys are derived at the two ends, so what passes through the middle cannot
be read there.
The picture is H.264 at 30 frames per second, encoded by the hardware at the far end. On a
thin connection the bitrate drops instead of the picture freezing. Lose signal, switch
Wi-Fi, lock the screen and come back: the session rebuilds itself.
Made for a finger, not for a mouse pretending to be one. Tap where you want the pointer,
drag to scroll, pinch to zoom into a corner of a large desktop. The shortcut row sits on the
software keyboard, so Command-Tab and Command-Q are one tap away instead of a hunt.
Also here: a clipboard shared both ways, several displays to switch between, and text in
Vietnamese or any other Unicode script typed straight through.
WHAT YOU NEED
A computer you own, running macOS 14 Sonoma or later, with the free MXa desktop app on it —
and this device. Both ends are the same connection: no server to rent, no ports to open.
On your own network there is no time limit. Over the internet a session ends after a while
unless the machine you are reaching has been activated.
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The developer, Duy Pham, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Duy Pham
- Size
- 3.3 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 and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 MXa