Control Pro

Control Pro verifies signed update information and downloads before installation. You choose when to install and restart; an active remote session disconnects during restart. Automatic update checks are optional in About.

Already using version 1.0? Download and install this release once to enable future in-app updates. Use a compatible, up-to-date controller app on your phone or tablet.

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 27 September 2026

What is collected

Control Pro has no accounts, advertising or analytics. Screen content, audio, keyboard input and clipboard text are not sent to the developer. The Mac app includes the open-source Sparkle updater; its optional system profiling is disabled.

How your data moves

• The Mac app and the iOS app talk directly to each other over your local network. Screen video, audio, keyboard input, pointer input and optional clipboard text travel only between your own devices.
• Your screen is captured only while a session is running, and is never written to disk or recorded.
• All connections are encrypted with TLS. Pairing requires a one-time code shown on your Mac.
• Remote control does not use a cloud relay. When you check for Mac updates, or enable automatic checks, the Mac contacts this download host over HTTPS. The hosting provider receives connection information such as your IP address and requested URL. Remote-control content is not included in update requests.
• Clipboard sync is off by default and only shares text between your own devices while enabled.

Permissions requested

• Local network — to find and connect to your own devices.
• Camera on the controller — to scan a computer's pairing QR code. Camera frames are processed on the device, not uploaded.
• Screen Recording — required by macOS before any app can capture the display.
• Accessibility — to move the pointer and type on your behalf. Never used to read other apps.

What is stored on your devices

The controller keeps a resume token and the Mac's certificate fingerprint in the device Keychain so it can reconnect without a code for 24 hours. The Mac stores only a hash of that token. Both are cleared by Forget Saved Trust, and neither leaves your devices.

Children's privacy

Control Pro has no accounts or analytics for children or adults. The same local-control and update-request practices described above apply to all users.

Terms & Conditions

Last updated: 22 July 2026

Licence

Control Pro is dual-licensed under the Apache License 2.0 and the MIT License. You may use, modify and distribute it under either licence, at your option.

Intended use

Control Pro is for controlling a Mac you own, or one you have explicit permission from the owner to control. You must not use it to access or monitor any device without authorisation, and you are responsible for complying with the laws that apply where you use it.

Your responsibilities

• Keep your pairing code private. Anyone who enters it on your local network can control your Mac until the pairing expires.
• Use it on networks you trust, and use Forget Saved Trust to revoke a device you no longer want connecting.
• Screen Recording and Accessibility let a paired device see your screen and act as your mouse and keyboard. Grant them only if that is what you intend.

No warranty

The apps are provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Streaming performance depends on your own network and hardware, and no particular latency or quality level is warranted.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the developer is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or any loss of data, arising from your use of or inability to use the apps. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law, or affects a consumer's statutory rights.