Alternatives

Products that do what Play on your TV using mobile phones as controllers – PadlessBox does

1. 1
   PadlessBox▲6

   Party Games, Phones as Controllers

   Feb 2026

2. 2PG
   Play games together on a big screen using your smartphone▲36

   2015 · airoplay.com

3. 3VC
   Video conference from 6ft away using your hands or phone to interact▲126

   2021 · wakasaba.com

4. 4OS
   Open Source Oddworks – Build a streaming platform for mobile tablet, TV▲38

   2016 · oddnetworks.com

5. 5TM
   Tiny mobile-friendly interactive fiction game▲106

   2020 · memalign.github.io

6. 6SM
   Simple Minimal YouTube Alternative Player (no ads...with powers)▲61

   2016 · beta.echotu.be

7. 7AP
   Arcade – Play retro games streamed inside a browser▲26

   2015 · arcadeup.io

8. 8
   VLC Mobile Remote▲97

   Control your computer right from your smartphone, be lazy

   2021

9. 9TY
   Turn your smartphone into a 3D controller with just a web app▲10

   2018 · github.com

10. 10KO
    Kickflip – Open Source Live Mobile Video Streaming SDKs▲39

    2014 · kickflip.io

11. 11FW
    Fun with cell phone webcam and WebGL shaders▲41

    2020 · acidicworks.github.io

12. 12
    Spatial Touch™▲98

    Control your devices without touching the screen

    2024

13. 13MN
    My50sTV – Nostalgic TV Simulator▲6

    2023 · my50stv.com

14. 14
    Watchspot TV▲80

    Play videos in tv directly from phone without screen casting

    2022

15. 15VJ
    virtualjoystick.js : to emulate joystick on touch screen▲40

    2011 · learningthreejs.com

16. 16NC
    New cross-platform interaction between mobile devices▲49

    2014 · cloudmatch.io

17. 17MG
    Mobile Game – Car Hunters▲53

    2020 · youtube.com

18. 18JA
    Jukebox, a music player for Dropbox for iOS▲37

    2016 · itunes.apple.com

19. 19ZS
    ZapBox – Smartphone-Based 6-DoF Mixed Reality (Headset and Controllers)▲5

    2020 · kickstarter.com

20. 20LA
    Leapcast, a ChromeCast clone▲13

    2013 · github.com

21. 21AW
    A web component for playing back responsive DASH video▲9

    2016 · joinbox.github.io

22. 22PY
    Play your retro games in a browser with cross device saving▲6

    2022 · afterplay.io

23. 23FP
    Free Python Screencasts for iPhone and iPad▲31

    2014 · itunes.apple.com

24. 24TA
    Turn a single video into an interactive pinboard▲17

    2013 · vibou.com

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