Top 7 Best Free iPhone Apps Every Mac User must know

 

Top 9 Best Free iPhone Apps Every Mac User must know

If you're in the Apple ecosystem you might already be enjoying the seamlessness between the devices for instance taking your iPhone call from your Mac or ship browsing from that of your Mac Safari to that of your iPhone but guess what there are third-party apps that go one step further like unlocking your Mac from your iPhone using your iPad as a second monitor or typing on your iPhone using your Mac's keyboard

There are a lot of cool stuff you can do with these applications so what are we waiting for let's check them out shall we so let's

·         Near lock

Start with unlocking your Mac point now if you have an Apple watch you can easily unlock your Mac but what if you don't have an Apple watch well you can also use your iPhone instead near lock is a free app which allows you to unlock your Mac without having to type your password the app offers multiple options you can use your face ID , touch ID or even the proximity to lock or unlock your MacBook but my favourite feature in the app is that it lets you know who is trying to unlock your Mac by clicking a picture using your Mac's webcam it also has a clipboard manager to copy and paste text between the devices but since this feature is now natively available in the Apple ecosystem it doesn't count for much

 

·         Duetdisplay

Okay so now that you have unlocked your Mac how about we extend its display and that's where Duet display comes in this iPad app lets you use your iPad as a secondary display for your MacBook and on windows laptop. we use it to view a Flimora playback on our iPad while editing it on a Window fun isn't it and the best part is you can use both your touch and type feature on your iPad which is particularly useful if you have an Apple pencil to get started the app needs to be installed on both of your devices connect both of them with a cable or high-speed Wi-Fi and you're good to go but the app will cost you around ten dollars in my opinion it's totally worth it go check it out

 

·         Remote mouse

So if ever been in a situation where your iMac or MacBook is kept at a distance but you are too lazy to walk towards it well then remote mouse is for you remote mouse as the name suggests uses your iPhone as a trackpad for your Mac book you can move around the cursor and select text just like you do it on the trackpad it even has a separate tab that brings out the media controls on your iPhone screen and it works pretty much like the IR remote the app of course has a keyboard which works in a landscape mode but my favourite part of the app is the app launcher mode it places all your Launchpad apps in the same sequence of your iPhone screen just tap and it will launch the app on your MacBook pretty cool right remote mouse is free to download check it out

 

 

·         Mocha keyboard

Now that you know how to control your Mac from your iPhone how about we go the other way around Mocha keyboard app and I hope I'm saying it right is a simple app that connects your MacBook keyboard to your iPhone simply open the app on your MacBook and it will try and connect to your iPhone where the two Bluetooth connection and that's it now type anything on your Mac and the strokes will magically appear on your phone window how cool is that the app has two versions on the Mac App Store the only difference between the two is that the free version doesn't support delete key which anyway is better than the apps like type 2 phone which no doubt is popular but has a paid version only which cost 10 dollars

 

 

·         AirBuddy

Ok so this next step doesn't necessarily bridge the gap between your Mac and iPhone but if you have airpods it's worth considering thanks to the w1 chip the moment you bring your airpods closer to your iPhone it gives you a nice-looking pop-up but the connection process in the Mac well it isn't that intuitive with AirBuddy however you get the same iPhone like pop up on your Mac there's also Bridget on your Mac Notification Centre that lets you monitor the battery level if you have airpods and often switch it between your Mac and iOS definitely give this one a try AirBuddy comes with pay what you want model but the minimum is $5

 

·         EpocCam

This next app turns your iPhone into a security camera or a baby monitor for instance if I'm shooting a video and want to see how the setup looks like I can set up the iPhone near my DSLR and see the footage happening real time on my Mac's bigger screen of course you can do the similar thing with QuickTime but EpocCam on the other hand works on Wi-Fi the only caveat though is ads in the free version although you can remove it and get features like microphone manual focus flashlight etc. by upgrading to paid version

 

·         Microphonelive

Okay so you Mac has a mic but let's be honest it's not that great of course you can buy USB mic from Amazon but turns out you can use your iPhone as a mic as well Microphone live is a free app that lets you do exactly that for instance if you use audacity to record voice overs for your YouTube videos you can set the source on you to iPhone and the cool thing is it works with any other audio recording app on your Mac the setup is bit over something though first you need to download the app on your phone and then connect it to your computer using the USB cable yes you will need cables next on your Mac open audio MIDI setup find your iPhone in the list and then enable it from here everything that you say on your iPhone will get rerouted to your Mac pretty cool right now

 

·         Airfoil 

That you know how to use your iPhone as a mic how about we use it as a speaker but why you wanna do that well maybe you want to watch a movie on your Mac and want to listen to the audio from the comfort of your bed or let's just say the speakers on your Mac isn't working and to fix all that you can use airfoil once it detects the iPhone click on it and there you go anything you play on your Mac will be rerouted to your iPhone the app is free and works fine although in the trial mode the quality degrades after 10 minutes which obviously you can remove by getting the paid version that cost 35 $

·         Airconsole

 

Last but not the least how would we play some games on your Mac and iPhone because why not everything has to be useful so Airconsole turns your iPhone into a motion controller and lets you play simple games on the website but the cool part here is your friends can also connect their phones and play multiplayer games you don't even need to download any application everything works on a Web browser

 

Notes :-

So there you go these were some of the cool applications to bridge the gap between Mac and iOS let me know which is your favourite one in the comment section.