ActionPad

I use Action Pad with my recording DAWs, and I can’t imagine working without it. I have massive screens with dozens of buttons to work on my iPad Pro, or simplified versions to run on my iPhone. Excellent app!

I really liked this app and felt like it was perfect but i run across some serious problems, I am using it to play my favorite game on my pc as a keyboard but 1 - I realized that all of the keyboard letters are not working except some numbers and other symbols. For me it’s was not a good sign but I managed to change the control input on the game to numbers and symbols so I can press them but 2 - I found that the buttons had a pressing limitations , for example (input button) you can press them and the input is immediately sent to the game but you can’t press the button fast and repeatedly ,( it’s not designed for a very fast based games ) and (Action buttons) you can surprisingly press them fast but the input will only go after you release the button which is also not a good option for me. So I couldn’t really enjoy my experience. My recommendation for solving the problem are: First of all, Fix the letters input, and for the second problem , they can put a toggle button on the action button sitting menu ( Tap to Act ) not after releasing the button or fix the repetitive duration limit for input button after each tap to make it fast . I really hope the developers fixes this issue ASAP.

Very promising! I’ve lowered my score a bit, because the version loses connection when ActionPad is arranged in the background. Have to reconnect every time I move it back to the foreground. Makes it very tedious to use, as I need to move apps ‘fore and back’ quite a bit. Also, if you create a layout with many pads, and then decide to increase or decrease the columns in the layout, the pads are not properly redistributed, and many pads can be instantly lost. There is also no duplicate, copy/paste function for pad settings, or ability to edit multiple pads. Strange oversight that I hop is added. If these issues are addressed, I will certainly revise my review ) Also, If This Would send MIDI Messages Too, A Huge Market Would Be Captured. It would be massive for use with DAW’s Pretty Please!

I use this in everything gaming, Sony camera control, photo editing, car road tuning…etc. Just a fantastic app! I would like some more advanced functionality though! Such as more button feedback options and perhaps ways to animate. Even simple things like a countdown timer would be awesome.

Doesn't work. Wasted $. And wasted my time.

I spent hours setting up a custom panel for an editing package. Multiple crashes during the creation. Once done the panel scaled and I lost part of it off the screen. I will have to completely redo this again which is a major disappointment and a waste of time. At this point I am regretting the purchase.

I would love this app, if I could ever get to using it. Trying to make any changes to my panels is the longest, most frustrating process I’ve ever had with an app. There are bugs that will randomly change the text in buttons that you’re not editing, icons disappear randomly, multiple buttons will randomly be created and won’t go away until you quit the app. There seems to be no function to undo, which means each time a bug happens (every 10 seconds), you have to quit the app and go back in to do anything. If you use a pre-made panel, then this app is awesome! If you are like me and want to customize your shortcuts, have fun...

Thanks for this. From the bottom of my heart. Seriously. Don’t abandoned this development please. Keep going

Got this because I got tired of typing chat commands in games. Also I set it up to do dice rolls only in my specific discord channel for rpg games. The photoshop tools are also perfect. It was worth every penny for this graphic designer and nerd.

I have used many launchpad and remote app for mac and by far it’s the most customizable app. I wish i can determine the size of buttons by percentage instead of fixed pixels to make it compatible for both my iPad and iPhone. But it’s my go to shortcut app for my adobe products and Anki. Also the support team of app is amazing and i have got reply within hours.