Air Display 2 app for iPhone and iPad

4.6 ( 3536 ratings )

Business Utilities
Developer: Avatron Software, Inc.

9.99 USD

Current version: 2.0.7, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 20 Oct 2013
App size: 28.87 Mb

IMPORTANT: The newest version of this app is Air Display 3. But that only connects to a Mac. This is the one to get if you have Windows. Its also the latest if you have a Mac on OS X 10.7 (Lion) or an iOS device on iOS 6.

COMPATIBILITY
(1) The Air Display Host is not yet compatible with Windows 10. Stay tuned.

(2) Air Display 2 does not yet know about the 12.9" iPad Pros awesome resolution. Sorry! For now, we dont advise using Air Display 2 with this device.

(3) The Air Display Host drivers are not compatible with PCs that have “dual-graphics switching.” To determine if you have that feature, open Windows Device Manager and expand the Display Adapters section. If you see both Intel and either Nvidia or AMD graphics adapters, you probably have dual-graphics switching.

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With that out of the way, let us tell you about Air Display 2…

Use Air Display 2 to turn your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch into a wireless display for your PC. Increase your productivity with extra screen real estate or mirror your PC computer display to your iOS device.

“You have a bunch of different options to turn your iPad into a second display, but we prefer Air Display as the easiest option.” — Lifehacker

With Air Display, you can wirelessly extend your computer desktop to gain more space or you can mirror your computers screen to your iOS device and control your computer with intuitive iOS touch gestures and/or Air Displays elegant built in keyboard. Got a Bluetooth keyboard? you can use that too!

Air Display consists of an iOS app and a separate free app that you install on your computer. Both your PC and iOS client (iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch) must be on the same Wi-Fi network to use Air Display.

Again, only with fewer words:

• Wirelessly extend or mirror your computer screen to your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch
• Control your computer wirelessly via touch gestures from your iOS device
• Type using Air Displays built-in keyboard or any Bluetooth keyboard
• Fully compatible with Retina-resolution screens

System requirements

• Both computer and iOS device must be on the same Wi-Fi network
• iOS device: iOS 6 and above
• Mac OS X host: 10.7 and above
• Windows host: 7 or 8 (32 or 64-bit)
---- Windows 7 Starter Edition, Home Basic, and Vista are not supported
---- Windows 10 is NOT supported yet. Stay tuned.
---- The 12.9" iPad Pros extra resolution is not recognized at this time in Air Display 2.
---- IMPORTANT: The Air Display Host drivers are not compatible with PCs that have “dual-graphics switching.” To determine if you have that feature, open Windows Device Manager and expand the Display Adapters section. If you see both Intel and either Nvidia or AMD graphics adapters, you probably have dual-graphics switching.

Kudos

— App of the Week, Accounting Today, May 29, 2013
— 50 Must-Have iPad Apps, TIME, April 12, 2013
— 100 Best iPad Apps, PCMag.com, November 15, 2012
— 7 Must-Have Productivity Apps for iPad, ZDNet, April 9, 2012

Thank you for reading. Wed love to hear how you use Air Display to get things done.

Pros and cons of Air Display 2 app for iPhone and iPad

Air Display 2 app good for

Great app that helps me to display large excel sheet on 2 screens while on the go. The installation ran very well after the support team, helped me to install the app (yes! I am a mac newby who still looks where the things are…). The app found the second screen immediately and configured everything automatically. Nothing to do. The app is really worth the 10 USD. Thanks to Drew from the support team who replied to mail mail within a few hours only. EJ

During a presentation put an iPad in the hands of your customer and mirror your computer screen or use it as second display for your computer to increase productivity, use it however you want its just amazing.

Working with multiple screens is a must do in my industry...and this app does the job beautifully!

Extremely useful for extending my Macs display. I almost wanna buy a second iPad to use it on multiple!

Only good if you have a reliable wifi connection. Otherwise you need to set up an ad hoc wifi network, which means youll be offline unless you are plugged in some other way.

Easily worth the 9.99 to have a portable mirror of my iMac. Works flawlessly. Reviews saying the mouse is sluggish are overblown; with a good wireless network, works every bit as well as AirPlay to an Apple TV. Great app.

Some bad moments

I should have believed the previous reviews. I couldnt get it to work. Terrible customer service. Lost my money,. This is a terrible app. Dont even bother.

I had my first blue screen after 2 minutes... The second one 5 minutes later. Promising app but unstable with Windows 7. I havent tried it yet with MacOS

La nouvelle version ne marche pas très bugué. Je me demande pourquoi jai acheté la v2. The new version is very buggy. I wonder why I buy the v2

Hello, Airdisplay won’t work on retina MBP 2014 under mavericks. I tried to connect my iPad retina to my macbook pro retina 2014. It says "air display nas pas pu communique avec le dispositif d’affichage ». i.e, air display couldn’t connect to the display component. (if my translation is good) I paid for an apps that doesn’t work. Thanking you in advance for a quick response, Fabrice

I used this app with Final Cut Pro X and mavericks : the colors are not accurate (towards green) and the playback stutters. Waste of money...

Impossible to open the app after upgrading to ios9... I have to pay 15€ ? Seriously...

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