![]() ![]() ![]() If these things aren’t deal-breakers, Sidecar is admittedly a pretty sweet deal. In fact, of the options I tested, it’s the most stable over wireless.Īfter all, it is free, and since it’s a part of Apple’s walled garden it performs flawlessly whether you’re plugged in or connecting over WiFi. Not supported on older iPads and Mac computersĪstropad is the maker of two of today’s third-party alternatives.No pen pressure or other nice-to-have drawing features.Poorly optimized multi-touch gestures for Undo and Redo.It’s free (if you own compatible hardware).Can be used to mirror or as a secondary display.No setup required: included in MacOS and iPadOS.It’s just limited by Apple, for Apple, and that’s going to be a pain if you really want to customize your photo editing experience with additional shortcuts, advanced multi-touch gestures, or other useful features like pen pressure curves. There’s Luna Display, which we’ll talk about in a second, and the company’s namesake app Astropad.Īstropad works just like Sidecar. There is no hardware dongle necessary: just download the Astropad app on the Mac and on your iPad, and you can connect over WiFi or over a USB cable. As of March, you can also download the public beta of Astropad for Windows, code-named Project Blue, which makes this our first cross-platform option. You can pick up Astropad Standard for a one-time fee of $30, or Astropad Studio (which is what we were testing) for $80 per year or $12 per month. This is very much a “good news, bad news” situation. ![]() The good news is that Astropad includes a ton of additional gestures, unlimited shortcut sets that can be customized by app, the ability to create custom pressure curves, and much much more, all incredibly useful and user-friendly. The bad news is that you’ll have to subscribe to Astropad Studio to get most of these benefits.Īstropad Standard lacks pressure curve customization, support for unlimited shortcut sets, “Magic Gestures,” on-screen keyboard, and external keyboard support. Losing Magic Gestures is particularly painful because they’re so useful. ![]()
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