Tablet apps as alternative to Stream Deck hardware

RacingMat · Jan 28, 2021

Hi!

Stream Deck hardware is great but expensive...
Recycling an old android tablet and buying an app is much more affordable.

Let's see what are the alternatives to Stream Deck?

Apps:
► Deckboard :
android app + windows software counterpart
Wifi or USB
https://deckboard.app/
free (3x4) with ads
or 3€ pro version

► Touch Portal
android or iOS app + Windows or Mac software on PC
Wifi or USB
https://www.touch-portal.com/
14€

► Matric
https://matricapp.com/ Android + Windows
Wifi or USB

► MacroDeck

Macro Deck - Turn you smartphone in a macro pad - Home | MacroDeck.org

Macro Deck turns your Android device into a powerful tool to execute macros and shortcuts on your Windows PC, such as start/stop streaming or recording, post a Tweet or just open a application.

www.macrodeck.org

Wifi only?

► roccat Power-Grid
1$ per grid

Power-Grid - Apps on Google Play

ROCCAT™ Power-Grid™ is a free, fully-customizable remote control for your PC.

play.google.com

+ windows software https://fr.roccat.org/Support/Product/ROCCAT-Power-Grid-5

not supported anymore? but still available here

dIrtYs ACC-Grid for Roccat PowerGrid

Downloads: - ROCCAT Power-Grid (PC-Launcher) https://www.roccat.org/en-XX/Products/Gaming-Software/Power-Grid/Download/ Download on Raccat-Page broken!!! 404 Error!!! Please try! Create a Roccat account: https://en.roccat.org/ Download the...

www.racedepartment.com

► Stream Deck Mobile from Elgato
you’ll have to pay $2.99 per month or $24.99 per year to use the app (no lifetime license)

► SimDeck is not a tablet alternative app, it's a software which drives a Stream Deck hardware (instead of Elgato software)

► UP Deck is dedicated to OBS Studio
free
available for android and iOS devices

UP Deck : control deck for streamers using OBS. Available for iOS and android.

8up.uk

► any other alternatives?

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Choice criteria:
► Cost
► Plugins:
between Deckboard and Touchportal, check what software you want to drive: some app have dedicated screens and commands (OBS, ...) via plugins

► Evolutivity (Elgato ecosystem? it's seamless to pass from app to hardware)

RacingMat · Jan 28, 2021

Icons:
icon library links to build your tailored decks:

simracing
- https://www.racedepartment.com…ck-for-stream-deck.24348/ 57 icons free
- https://github.com/GeekTekRob/GTR_Streamdeck_Icons free
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zugV_ViyvaVs3gWovjfMso5w5La1FnFf

by Quozl

https://imgur.com/a/gGih8Py

download

Elgato only?
- EuroTruck for stream deck app

Steam Community :: Guide :: Elgato Stream Deck icons

Quick setup of the Elgato Stream Deck for ATS/ETS2 to use as a LCD button box for all your trucking needs....

steamcommunity.com

- Elgato online icon editor https://www.elgato.com/en/gaming/keycreator

generic
- https://twitchtemple.com/produ…ream-deck-key-icons-free/ 120 icons 2$
- https://twitchtemple.com/product/stream-deck-key-icons/ 180 icons 2$

for FPS player https://visualsbyimpulse.com/store/tactical-stream-deck-icons 200 free

free onliner editor (reading psd and more) : https://www.photopea.com/

RacingMat · Jan 28, 2021

not with a tablet, but with any other USB devices
► a software for sending keyboard macros activated from different USB devices
hidmacro
http://www.hidmacros.eu/ with IHM but not supported anymore

the developper wrote this new tool luamacro
100% script for command line afficionados

GitHub - me2d13/luamacros

Contribute to me2d13/luamacros development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

A dedicated numpad, could be handy (and cheap):

RacingMat · Jan 29, 2021

Need a stand for your tablet now?

MFD / Tablet Mount – MTSIM – MONSTERTECH

Foldable MFD and tablet mount. Can be used on the left and right.

www.monstertech.de

45$

Amazon.com

39$

https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/4000794470667.html
21$

Example of integration
for streamdeck hardware https://www.apexsimracing.com/products/race-deck

for a tablet:

Button Box - Stream Deck XL by pwistudio

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