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iDisplay
 This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad
  • $14.99
  • Category: Productivity
  • Versions: 5 archived
  • Installable: 5 of 5
  • Availability: Removed from the App Store
  • Seller: SHAPE GmbH

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

Customer Ratings

As of November 30, 2023
     
103 Ratings

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Turn your iPad or iPhone into an additional touch-screen display for your Mac or Windows computer or mirror your desktop. All usual desktop apps, such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint or Photoshop, are available with desktop features on iPad and iPhone, touch-enabled. Works with both, Lightning and 30-pin cable connection or Wifi on macOS (with almost 0 latency).

Double your personal productivity by extending your computer screen. Perfect tool for multitaskers, iDisplay lets you use your iPad and iPhone as an interactive touch-screen wireless display to give you more screen real estate. Works with up to 60fps.

Recommended by Kim Komando, tech guru of USA Today. "iDisplay app turns your iPad or iPhone into secondary screen – too good to be true. That's... brilliant. I mean, I can think of about a billion uses for this." MobileCrunch "Yet another reason to buy an iPad: iDisplay" MobileWhack

Why choose iDisplay over hardware display?

Your iPad, iPad Pro, iPhone and iPod touch can be your secondary display. Works with both Mac and Windows computers. iDisplay lets you interact with your additional display: move objects, draw, control playback. Pan and zoom your desktop right on iOS device. Easily switch between portrait and landscape screen orientations: simply rotate your device and it will adjust automatically. Normal and double resolution modes for Retina displays. Customize display settings for each device you use as your secondary display, iDisplay will remember your preferences. Work with Excel, Word, Power Point and other apps and have all desktop features available on your iPad or iPhone.

On macOS you can choose one of the following iDisplay modes: Use iDisplay as a regular secondary display: gives you more screen space for everything you have to keep your eye on. Mirror image from main display on your iPad / iPhone: comes in handy when you need to share your desktop with your audience. Keep in mind that iDisplay allows to connect multiple devices to one Mac! Yes, lots of them! Many colleges use iDisplay.

On Windows, iDisplay can be used as a regular secondary display.

COMPATIBILITY:

macOS iDisplay Desktop application needs to be installed on your Mac. iDisplay Desktop is free and can be downloaded anytime at getidisplay.com iDisplay is compatible with Macs with Intel CPUs running on Mac OS X 10.9 and later. macOS Sierra supported!

Windows iDisplay Desktop application needs to be installed on your PC. iDisplay Desktop is free and can be downloaded anytime at getidisplay.com iDisplay is compatible with Windows XP (32­bit only), Windows Vista (32­ and 64­bit), Windows 7 (32­ and 64­bit), Windows 8 and Windows 10.

For Windows Vista and Windows 7 "Aero" theme may be disabled when connected to iDisplay and will be re­enabled upon disconnection).

NETWORK CONNECTIVITY Your computer and iOS device must be connected by cable or to the same Wi­Fi network.

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To install apps directly onto this device, it must be jailbroken with AppSync installed.
1.1
Requires iOS 3.1+
665 KB Install Download
1.3.2
Requires iOS 3.1+
1.1 MB Install Download
1.4
Requires iOS 3.1+
1.1 MB Install Download
2.2
Requires iOS 3.1+
Retina (iPhone only)
April 17, 2012
2.1 MB Install Download 1 more copy ›
iDisplay 2.2 (iOS 3.1) · 2.1 MB Install Download
6.2 (6.2.0)
Requires iOS 8.0+
Retina
June 19, 2017
11.6 MB Install Download 6 more copies ›
iDisplay 6.2.ipa · 14.7 MB Encrypted Install Download
iDisplay 6.2.ipa · 14.7 MB Encrypted Install Download
iDisplay 6.2.ipa · 14.7 MB Encrypted Install Download
iDisplay 6.2.ipa · 14.7 MB Encrypted Install Download
iDisplay 6.2.ipa · 14.7 MB Encrypted Install Download
iDisplay 6.2.ipa · 14.8 MB Encrypted Install Download

Chart History

Top Paid · Productivity · iPad View chart ›
Peaked at #47 (July 1, 2021) · 22 archived captures · Jun 2021 – Aug 2021
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Peaked at #149 (August 15, 2021) · 3 archived captures · May 2011 – Aug 2021
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Peaked at #272 (May 12, 2010) · 1 archived capture · May 2010

Ratings Over Time

sampled from 8 archived captures
DateVersionRatingRatingsPrice
April 5, 2010 — — 99 $4.99
January 10, 2011 1.3 — 1,039 $4.99
April 20, 2012 — — 1,191 $4.99
January 25, 2013 — — 1,300 $4.99

From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.

Archived Reviews

8 of 25
No IPad Pro Support
     
by Shameless1 · February 18, 2019

Need to update to support new iPad models

Works Fine
     
by Blast-Fire · January 19, 2019

With an app on the Mac and an app on the iPad the screen is extended with a USB-C to Lightning cable. A tiny lag is the only noticeable thing, but now I have two stellar displays using a 2017 MacBook Pro with an iPad Air 2.

Does not extend your desktop. Don’t waste your money on this.
     
by rojoynegropr · August 30, 2025

Well I have an iPad mini 2 lying around and this app was advertised as a solution to extend your desktop in your Mac. Unfortunately it doesn’t do that on my M1 MacBookPro. Only mirrors my monitor, which I do not need. I reached out to support and it’s non-existent. Do not waste your money on this.

No longer works with latest os on MacBook
     
by Cheese12food2017 · February 7, 2019

Use to work great but now it doesn’t. Latest OS on MacBook does not work just shows connecting but never connects

I shouldn’t buy that app in the first place...
     
by TheOtakuKing · April 22, 2020

Because it needs more improvement and I want my money back!

NOT great graphics tablet.
     
by mmmnmmnmn · April 11, 2019

If you buy this app for using a sub-monitor, it’s not bad. If you expect performance like a cintiq, just buy cintiq.

Formerly A Good Program
     
by chuviolin · December 4, 2018

For a while this app was good and allowed me to work on my iPad and use Lightroom as a touch interface - as of late, my iPad now just hangs on connecting even over USB. - DEVS!! Can you please update!!!

Update ‼️‼️‼️‼️
     
by farhad0111 · November 21, 2020

Please update it ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.

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