For Windows PCs No phone app to install

Don't buy new gear —
the phone and tablet you already have
become your MobileDeck

Press a key on your phone or tablet and a program, website or Windows feature opens on your PC.
One app on the PC, one QR scan on the phone.

Get started

One QR scan to connect · Works away from home

A sunny desk with a tablet and a phone on stands showing the MobileDeck deck, and a person looking back at them

Give it a press

A mock-up of the deck your phone shows. Here the keys only press down — nothing opens.

MobileDECK

The real deck answers each press the moment it happens, with a press effect and a vibration.

One key, one job

A key can hold four kinds of things. What a key opens is set in the PC settings window; on the device you can only move keys around.

The ribbon of the PC settings window — actions, import, pages, key settings, icons, phone and tablet, rotation — The ribbon of the PC settings window — pick a key, then choose what it does above.

Open a program

Ribbon buttons for opening a program, Start menu apps and desktop icons

Drag a program from the desktop or the Start menu and it becomes a key. If it is already running, its window comes to the front.

KEY · PROGRAM

Open a website

Ribbon buttons for opening a website and importing bookmarks

Drag a bookmark in and the site's icon comes with it.

KEY · WEBSITE

51 Windows features

Choosing a Windows feature key in the settings window — play / pause from the list

Volume up, down and mute; play, pause, next and 10-second skips; screenshots; show desktop and minimise all; shortcuts into Settings.

KEY · WINDOWS

Folders you hold to open

The folder editing controls in the settings window — auto close, remove folder, open with a half-second press

Group several keys into one folder. Hold it to open; the top-left key takes you back.

KEY · FOLDER

A phone on a stand next to a laptop playing music — MobileDeck page 3 with play and volume keys and an album-art key — Music playing on the laptop, skipped from the phone beside it

Keys show
what the PC is doing

The album art, title and progress of what is playing, and the volume level, appear on the keys. When the song changes, the keys follow within a second or two.

The current volume as a badge on the volume keys
Album art and a progress bar like “1:12 / 3:35” on the play key

A dim café, a person in headphones pressing the MobileDeck screen on a tablet beside a laptop

Enjoy your music
without the mouse

One touch and the music you love plays.

Five deck skins

Pick one under “Deck skin” on the PC settings ribbon and every connected phone and tablet changes with it. A skin changes the background, body, empty slots, tabs and clock cell — the key colours and pictures you chose stay as they are.

The MobileDeck tablet deck in the Default skin — program, website and Windows feature keys, with the clock at bottom right — **Default**The original dark deck. Under “Base colour” you can change the body to any of 80 colours, or one you pick yourself.

Real screens of the same tablet deck with only the skin changed. Press a skin below to change the screen above. The violet, green and blue keys are colours the user chose, so they stay the same in every skin.

Phone and tablet, both

Connect both to the same PC, each with its own layout. Turn the device and the deck turns with it.

Phone

7 × 3

Just the size to stand next to your keyboard. The large cell shows a clock.

Tablet

10 × 5

Put the tablet you no longer use under your monitor. More keys on one screen.

Start the app, scan the QR, press

01
PC
Start the app
Keep the MobileDeck app running on your Windows PC. It sits in the tray; you build the key layout in the settings window by dragging things in.
02
Phone
Scan the QR
Scan the “Connect phone” QR in the settings window with your camera and the deck opens in the browser. Add it to the home screen for full screen, like an app.
03
Then
Press
Press a key and it opens on the PC. At home or away.

What it won't do comes first

Because it moves your PC from a distance

What it can do stops at “open”.

If you lose your phone

All a phone can do is press the keys you have already made.

Settings live on the PC

What a key opens is set only in the PC settings window. It cannot be changed from the phone.

Keyboard and mouse untouched

It does not press shortcuts for you, and it does not read the PC's keyboard or mouse input.

From US$5.95 a month, your phone and tablet become your PC's deck

Standard includes the app, connecting your devices and using it away from home. The now-playing page and the OBS page are Premium.

Standard

US$5.95 / month

Monthly · or US$59.95 a year (2 months free) · tax included

2 PCs — a desktop and a laptop
Windows app — quietly in the tray; make keys in the settings window by dragging
Connect your phone and tablet — one QR scan, nothing to install on the device
Away from home — press keys from anywhere, no router setup
51 Windows features — volume, media, screenshots, windows, Settings shortcuts
State on the keys — volume level, what is playing with album art, progress bar
Folders — groups of keys you hold to open
Edit the layout on the device — move, swap and clear keys
Settings live on the PC — what a key opens is set only on the PC

Get started

Premium

US$9.95 / month

Monthly · or US$99.95 a year (2 months free) · tax included

Everything in Standard
Now-playing page — play, previous, next, 10-second skips, shuffle, repeat, switching players and volume for the music or video playing on the PC, on one page
Big album art — the current album art in the large cell above the clock; hold it for the album window
OBS page — switch scenes, start and stop recording or streaming, mute the mic, one key each
OBS state on the keys — the current scene, recording time and mute show on the keys
Shuffle and repeat only where the player supports them — not for music playing in a browser

Get started

Frequently asked questions

Do I really install nothing on my phone?

Right. Your phone or tablet opens the deck in its browser. Scan the QR in the PC settings window and that device is connected; add it to the home screen to use it full screen like an app. The only thing you install is the app on your Windows PC.

Which PCs does it work on?

Windows PCs. There is no macOS or Linux app. On the phone side it has been checked on iPhone and Android, and a tablet gets its own 10×5 layout.

Can I open my PC when I am away from home?

Yes. As long as the PC is on and connected to the internet, you can press keys wherever your phone is. If the PC is off or asleep, the phone tells you the PC is not answering. MobileDeck cannot switch the PC on.

Can a key send a shortcut like Ctrl+C?

No. MobileDeck does not create keyboard or mouse input. It opens programs and websites, runs 51 Windows features (volume, media, screenshots, windows, settings and more) and folders — that is all it does.

Can I connect several devices?

Yes. A phone and a tablet can be connected together, each with its own layout. You can see and disconnect them in the PC settings window.

How much does it cost?

Standard is US$5.95 a month and Premium is US$9.95 a month, tax included. Paying yearly gives 12 months for the price of 10 (Standard US$59.95 · Premium US$99.95). Standard includes the Windows app, connecting your phone and tablet, and using it away from home; Premium adds the now-playing page and the OBS page. One subscription covers two PCs — a desktop and a laptop.

How do I start?

Press Get started and sign up with your email or Google account. The Windows app and how to connect are sent to that email. Start the app, scan the QR with your phone, and you are set.

What happens if the connection drops?

If you press a key and the PC does not answer, the phone tells you, and says which side is down. When the PC is back online, the phone comes back by itself.