The trackpad in your pocket

Glidemote turns your phone into a trackpad for your Mac or Windows PC. Move the pointer, click, drag and scroll with momentum from across the room, over your own Wi-Fi.

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Works with iPhone and Android, with nothing to install on the phone. It pairs with a QR code and stays on your own network.

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Try it: drag on the phone to move the pointer, tap to click.

Gestures

Glidemote reads your touches the way a Mac trackpad does.

Move

Slide one finger. Slow movements stay precise and quick flicks cross the screen.

Click

Tap anywhere on the pad. Tap twice to double-click.

Drag

Tap, then touch again and slide to pick something up and move it.

Scroll

Slide two fingers. Flick and the page keeps gliding, the way it does on your phone.

Right-click

Tap with two fingers to open a context menu.

Middle-click

Tap with three fingers, for example to open a link in a new tab.

The pad glows blue while you move, purple while you scroll and orange while you drag.

Setup

You do this once. After that, open Glidemote on your phone and it connects.

Open Glidemote on your computer

It lives in the menu bar on a Mac and by the clock on Windows. Click its icon to see the pairing QR code. A Mac asks once for permission to control the pointer.
Scan the code with your phone

Point the camera at it. Glidemote opens in your browser, already paired with your computer.
Add it to your Home Screen

On iPhone, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen, and Glidemote opens full screen. On Android, choose Add to Home screen from the browser menu. It stays paired and reconnects on its own.

Details

Menu bar app. No Dock icon and no Terminal. On Windows it sits by the clock instead, with the same menu. The menu shows your pairing code and connected phones, and Glidemote can start when you log in.

Real mouse events. Glidemote sends native mouse events on macOS and Windows, so double-clicks, drags and smooth scrolling work the way they do with a mouse.

Every display. The pointer moves across all your connected displays and never gets lost off the edge.

Connection status. The phone shows your computer's name and the response time in milliseconds. If the Wi-Fi drops, Glidemote reconnects by itself.

Settings. Adjust pointer speed, acceleration and scroll speed. Turn natural scrolling, momentum, tap to click and haptic clicks on or off. The app is light or dark to match your phone, or whichever you pick.

Pairing. Only phones that scanned your computer's code can connect, and your touches never leave your local network.

Pricing

One purchase for your computer. The phone app comes with it, straight from your computer, with nothing to download from an app store.

Glidemote for Mac and Windows

$9one-time

The full multi-touch trackpad, QR pairing, the Home Screen app, haptics and all the settings.

Buy Glidemote

Needs a Mac or Windows PC and a phone on the same Wi-Fi network.

Questions

Do I need to install anything on my phone?: No. Glidemote runs in your phone's browser. Add it to your Home Screen and it opens like any other app.
Does my phone need to be on the same Wi-Fi?: Yes. Your phone talks straight to your computer over your local network, so nothing goes through the internet.
Can anyone else on my network control my computer?: Only phones that scanned your computer's pairing code can connect. You can reset the code at any time, and phones that used the old one have to scan again. The connection isn't encrypted yet, so use Glidemote on networks you trust, like your home Wi-Fi.
Which phones does it work with?: iPhone and Android phones. On iPhone, haptic clicks need iOS 18 or later.
Does it work with Windows?: Yes. On Windows, Glidemote sits by the clock with the same menu as on a Mac.
Can I type with it?: Not yet. Keyboard input is coming soon.