Reaching your Mac from anywhere

Remote Access (connecting home across networks when you're not on the same Wi-Fi) is a subscription: US$2.99 per month, or US$19.99 per year (best value — about US$1.67 a month). Using TouchNow on the same Wi-Fi never requires this subscription.

On the same Wi-Fi (your local network), every feature is free forever — all three control modes (Trackpad / Direct touch / Game controller), the fully customizable virtual controller, Single-App Streaming, multi-display, Picture in Picture (PiP), the magnifier, and more. All free, with no one-time unlock and no feature wall. The only paid item is the "Remote Access" subscription, needed only when you're not on the same Wi-Fi and want to connect home across networks. Our promise: features that are already free will never move behind a paywall, and beyond Remote Access there will never be a second subscription.

Same Wi-Fi: never — it's a direct peer-to-peer (P2P) connection, and data never leaves your router. Cross-network Remote Access: it goes peer-to-peer whenever it can, with the signaling server relaying only the small connection-setup messages (never touching any screen content) and free public STUN assisting NAT traversal; when a direct link can't be established, the stream is relayed through our server, which cannot decrypt it. Everything is end-to-end encrypted the whole way — we cannot access it and never store it.

Tap “Unlock Remote Access” in TouchNow on your iPhone. Nothing has to be done on the Mac, and nothing is paid there — TouchNow Host is free forever. The subscription is managed in the App Store and can be cancelled at any time.

There is one test: are the two devices on the same Wi-Fi. At home or at the office, connecting to your own Mac is free. On cellular, or on a different Wi-Fi, it goes over Remote Access. You never switch manually — the list marks it “Remote · Subscription needed”.