Touch + gyro · Wi-Fi or USB

Your phone is the controller.

Your phone is literally the controller now — zero lag, works with Steam, Xbox Cloud, emulators, whatever. No need to cop a gamepad fr.

Mobile App

Get RemoteGamepad on your phone

PC Server

Run the server on your PC

Free · No account needed · Android 9+ · Windows 10/11

No account needed No ads 100% local network Driver included — no installer maze
See it work

Thirty seconds, phone to game.

No hardware, no pairing maze. Here is the whole thing running.

Setup

Pair in seconds

Two small downloads, one QR code. That's the whole setup.

1

Run the PC server

Download the Gamepad Server installer and run it. It sets up the ViGEmBus driver and firewall automatically — then it just works, no extra prompts.

2

Scan the QR

Install the Android app and scan the QR code the server shows. Wi-Fi pairing is instant.

Wired instead? Plug in USB and enable USB debugging — the server does the rest.
3

Play anything

Your PC sees a real Xbox 360 controller. Any game with gamepad support just works.

2.5ms

Measured round-trip input latency over USB. Tuned 5 GHz Wi-Fi stays in the low double digits.

Up to 500 Hz input Wi-Fi + USB Rumble feedback
Features

Built like a controller, not an app

Everything is tuned for play: instant response, layouts that fit your hands, and feedback you can feel.

Gyro motion steering

Tilt the phone to steer. Made for racing games — sensitivity and axis are tunable, and you can toggle it per layout.

Layout builder

Drag, resize and place every button exactly where your thumbs want it. Save as many custom layouts as you like.

Presets that fit your game

Racing, shooter and emulator layouts out of the box. Pick one and play, or use it as a starting point for your own.

Rumble, both ways

Force feedback from the game travels back and buzzes the phone. Hits, curbs and recoil feel real.

Download

Get both. They're free.

Android app

  • Android 9 or newer
  • On Google Play — updates arrive automatically
  • Touch, gyro and the layout builder

APK · Android 9+ · ~3 MB

PC server

  • Windows 10 / 11 installer
  • Sets up the ViGEmBus driver + firewall for you
  • Shows the QR — pairs over Wi-Fi or USB

GamepadServer-Setup.exe · Windows 10/11 · ~12 MB · driver & firewall included

Windows 11 blocked it? Read this first

On a fresh Windows 11 install you may see "Smart App Control blocked an app that may be unsafe". That is Windows refusing to run software from a publisher it can't verify — we haven't bought a code-signing certificate yet. It is not a virus warning and there is nothing wrong with the download.

You can check the file yourself before trusting us: right-click the installer → Properties → Digital Signatures, and compare the SHA-256 we publish on the support page.

Your options, honestly: wait until we're signed (it's on our list), or turn Smart App Control off in Windows Security → App & browser control → Smart App Control. Turning it off is permanent — Windows can only switch it back on by resetting the PC, and it protects everything on your machine, not just this app. Please don't do it on our account unless you're genuinely comfortable with that.

FAQ

Quick answers

If the game supports a gamepad, yes — your PC sees a standard Xbox 360 controller, the most widely supported pad there is.
For wireless play, yes — phone and PC must be on the same network. No Wi-Fi around? USB wired mode works anywhere.
Completely. Controller input travels directly from your phone to your PC over your own network — it never touches our servers, with or without an account. An account is optional and only backs up the layouts you build, so you can get them back on a new phone. Read the privacy policy.
Nine times out of ten it's a VPN, a firewall prompt that got dismissed, or a network that blocks device-to-device traffic. The troubleshooting guide walks through each fix.

Visit the support center

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