Yes. The Windows companion app is a free download and the phone app is free on both Google Play and the App Store as "Gamepad Pro - Remote for PC". No account, no subscription.

Anything that supports an Xbox 360 / XInput controller — which is nearly every PC game. Windows sees a real Xbox 360 pad through the ViGEmBus driver (the same technology DS4Windows uses), so Steam, emulators, and Game Pass titles treat it as genuine hardware.

Input travels as fixed 20-byte UDP packets over your own Wi-Fi, typically adding just a few milliseconds on a normal home network. Your controller input goes phone to PC and nowhere else.

Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) on the PC and an Android phone or iPhone on the same Wi-Fi network. The installer sets up everything: the app, the ViGEmBus virtual gamepad driver, and a firewall rule for UDP port 7777.

No — the installer is EV code-signed, so SmartScreen recognizes the publisher. If your firewall asks, allow UDP port 7777 on your private network (the setup wizard adds this rule automatically).

The PC companion sends a small anonymous launch ping to Desoline over HTTPS — a random per-install ID, the app version, and the operating system, plus a periodic heartbeat and an exit ping carrying only how long the app has been running — so we can count installs and see whether people keep using it. No input data, no game data, no personal data. Downloads are counted by GitHub. Your controller input never leaves your Wi-Fi — it goes phone to PC and nowhere else.

Yes. Trackpad mode moves the PC cursor with two-finger scrolling and pinch-to-zoom, and you can type on the PC using your phone's keyboard — handy for couch browsing between games.

On Android it's on Google Play as "Remote Gamepad for PC"; on iPhone it's on the App Store as "Gamepad Pro - Remote for PC". Search for it or use the store buttons on this page. Free, no account needed.