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The iMacroPad blog

Honest comparisons and real workflows for turning an iPad or iPhone into a macro pad for your Mac.

An illustration of the Logitech MX Creative Console next to an iPad running iMacroPad as a MIDI keyboard

iMacroPad vs Logitech MX Creative Console

A console with nine LCD keys and a dial, or an iPad that changes with every app. What each does best.

 An illustration of a Stream Deck next to an iPad running iMacroPad’s OBS Studio layout

Software macro pad vs physical macro pad: iPad, Stream Deck or mechanical keys?

Where hardware still wins, where software pulls ahead, and how to choose.

 An illustration of a mechanical macro pad next to an iPad showing iMacroPad’s layout picker

One iPad, every app: why a flexible macro pad wins

Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, OBS, Teams, Excel, Blender, VS Code, Claude Code and Logic Pro on one pad.