Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Phone Desk
Samsung DEX & Pixel desktop mode on your Mac Display
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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PhoneDeck▲259Turn your iPhone into a free Mac controller
Jul 2026 · phonedeck.io · its alternatives →
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Proxee▲106Build on your Mac. See it live on your iPhone. View and test your page as you build and never miss mobile UI bugs again.
Jun 2026 · proxee.dev · its alternatives →
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Get Mac's touchbar on your android phone
2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Layout switcher▲153It is like Apple's App switcher, but for Layouts on macOS
2022 · layoutswitcher.carrd.co · its alternatives →
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Organize your projects and team. Now on Mac, Windows, Linux.
2018 · zenkit.com · its alternatives →
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Snap Deck HQ▲77Everything you need in one native macOS command bar
Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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AndroMeld▲94Bring a continuity-style experience to Android and Mac
Aug 2026 · andromeld.catchingnow.com · its alternatives →
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Breaks▲118A quiet Pomodoro that lives in your menu bar.
May 2026 · gjinprelvukaj.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m Rajiv, a software engineer turned Math teacher living in the mountains, where I like to slow down life while still building useful software. I recently built DroidDock, a lightweight and modern macOS desktop app that lets you browse and manage files on your Android device via ADB. After 12 years in software development, I wanted a free, clean, and efficient tool because existing solutions were either paid, clunky, or bloated. Features include multiple view modes, thumbnail previews for images/videos, intuitive file search, file upload/download, and keyboard shortcuts.…
Nov 2025 · rajivm1991.github.io · its alternatives →
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Open-source Tinder for desktop files on MacOS. 100% Free.
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Keyboard-centric app launcher & switcher
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Lumox▲76Lumox - Wireless device screen mirroring for Mac. Screenshots, video recording, transparent background, and more.
May 2026 · lumox.app · its alternatives →
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PanicMode▲82Protect your screen in public with one shortcut
May 2026 · panicmode.app · its alternatives →
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SpinWin is an open source menu bar app to visually rotate any individual window. You can rotate / spin as many as you want one by one. I was scrolling reels when one came on where the content creator suggested "turning the phone upside down" for a portion. I was sitting at my mac, and decided to see if I could find something that did this. To my surprise, nothing exists, so I decided to build it. Turns out macOS doesn't provide any public API to do anything like this, so I wound up using the Accessibility API to move the target window offscreen, where it keeps rendering. Then we capture…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Turn your smartphone into a minimalist tool.
2021 · fuji.computer · its alternatives →
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slate▲3Turn your phone into a scriptable Stream Deck for Mac
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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