For macOS 13+ · Free · No App Store

Your old iPhone, reborn as a control deck for your Mac.

Prop a spare iPhone next to your Mac and it becomes a launcher, remote, and macro deck — open apps, run Apple Shortcuts, control playback, and type, all with a tap. Free, private, and a great reason not to bin your old phone.

Download free for Mac How it works

Notarized by Apple · Intel + Apple silicon · No account needed

The PocketLauncher control deck running on an iPhone
Homebrew

Install the notarized app from Terminal.

brew install --cask px7digital/tap/px7-pocketlauncher

The public PX7 cask pins PocketLauncher 1.751 and verifies the release ZIP against its published SHA-256 checksum.

The actual Mac app

Arrange on your Mac. Tap from your iPhone.

Create pages for apps, websites and Apple Shortcuts on the Mac, then use the same layout as a one-tap control deck on your phone.

PocketLauncher on Mac showing pages and app tiles

One tap away from anything on your Mac.

A calm control surface that lives in your pocket — organised exactly the way you want it.

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Launch anything

Apps, websites, and Apple Shortcuts — all from clean, tappable tiles with your real Mac icons.

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Make it yours

Multiple pages, custom icons, column and size controls — arrange your Mac the way your day actually works.

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Private by design

Everything runs on your own Mac and your own network. Nothing is sent to the cloud, and there's no account to create.

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Set up in seconds

Scan a code with your iPhone camera and you're in — paired, signed in, and ready. It stays connected.

Up and running in under a minute.

Install on your Mac

Download PocketLauncher and open it. It quietly sets up and shows you a code.

Scan with your iPhone

Point your camera at the code. The control surface opens and signs in automatically.

Control your Mac

Add it to your Home Screen and run your Mac from a tap — from the sofa, the kitchen, anywhere on your Wi-Fi.

Read the guide: use an old iPhone as a Stream Deck for your Mac

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Get PocketLauncher

Free for macOS 13 or later on Intel and Apple silicon.

Download · .dmg

Prefer a zip? Download .zip
Open it and look for the iPhone icon in your menu bar.

Free & independent — made by Jørgen Larsen at PX7 Digital.

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