Install the latest software updates—both for your Apple device and the controller. The limit for other Apple devices varies based on your specific setup and wireless environment.
Every iPhone & iPad game with controller support
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The best iPad gaming controllers in 2023
While they’re certainly not gaming-first devices, there are an abundance of mobile games available, as well as the option to leverage features like GamePass and Remote Play on your consoles. It’s certainly a lot easier than using touchscreen controls, which are the bane of many a mobile gamer, meaning you can still have a competitive edge in multiplayer games while on your non-gaming device. Finally, we’ll weigh up factors like price and aesthetics to help ensure we highlight great deals that will level up your gaming setup.
13 Best Mobile Game Controllers (2023): iPhone or Android
You can relax with a casual puzzle, indulge your tower defense addiction, or dip into some competitive shooter action. The latest phones can run demanding, graphically impressive titles, so ports of popular PC and console games are increasingly common, but they’re not always fun to play with touchscreen controls.
Best game controllers for iPhone and Apple TV
The meme would say that Apple’s products can’t really do the high-end graphics you would expect from a console or a PC built for gaming. Or even game-streaming services that gives you a full graphical experience for games that aren’t made for Apple’s platforms. Unlike an Xbox or PlayStation, you can’t search for an Apple-manufactured game controller at this time. While you won’t be able to use things like the built-in audio features or enjoy the haptic feedback, you’ll still be able to game with a handset with a console feel. Originally produced for the PlayStation 4, it offers practically the same basic features as the DualSense in terms of Apple-based gaming. Rounding out the main consoles, the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers are able to work with Apple’s hardware range.
Each Joy-Con provides four buttons, an analog stick, and a bumper, so combined they offer a lot of control options within games. The controller offers support for thousands of titles across the App Store, along with Apple Arcade, so there will be a good chance that most games you play will work with the peripheral. It sports dual analog sticks, four main buttons, a D-pad, bumpers, and new hall-effect magnetic triggers. To boost its utility, it also has an iPhone mount, so you can connect your mobile device to the top for a better viewing angle while away from home.
Like its inspiration, it offers identical control options, including four buttons, a D-pad, two analog sticks, and bumpers and triggers. While cheaper, it still offers a lot of utility, including wired support as well as Bluetooth, the ability to use the controller with MFi-supporting games, and a 600mAh battery.
On top, the controller includes a semi-transparent cover with RGB backlighting, if you want to add some wild illumination to your gaming session. Rather than a normal controller experience, HexGaming instead aims to make it more exclusive and premium, complete with many customization options. The HexGaming Rival Pro starts at $199.99 (5% off with promo code APPLEINSIDER, but that can easily go up as you customize the controller to your preferred color scheme and options. The MFi-certified controller has a section in the top for a device holder, so you can slot the iPhone in perfect view above the buttons. It also has an affiliate app, Ludo Mapp, providing over 1,000 downloadable games, and it also works with other game-streaming services, including Steam Link, PS Remote Play, Amazon Luna, and Google Stadia. On the hardware side, the Backbone One slides the iPhone between two controller sections, featuring four normal buttons, two analog sticks, a D-pad, bumpers and triggers.
You could use the controller without the app as a standard MFi device, but the software adds in a game launcher, highlights system with screen recordings, and communications between players. The Backbone One needs an adapter to account for increasing camera bump sizes in iPhones, but Gamevice baked in an interesting solution.
It still attaches via the Lightning port and slides over the iPhone, but included plastic spacers can be added to ensure a snug fit, even for thicker cases.
How to connect a game controller to your iPhone or iPad
There may be instances where you’re forced to use on-screen controls or map their functions to physical buttons. The following guide shows you how to pair a DualShock 4 and Xbox Controller to an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV. Step 1: On the DualShock 4 controller, press and hold the PS and Share buttons simultaneously until the light bar begins to strobe. Step 4: Tap the DualShock 4 Wireless Controller entry on the list to pair both devices.
Step 1: On the DualShock 4 controller, press and hold the PS and Share buttons simultaneously until the light bar begins to flash. Step 5: Select the DualShock 4 Wireless Controller entry on the list to pair both devices.
Again, some App Store games may rely primarily on touch while others support controllers. You may need to adjust the game’s settings to map on-screen functions to the physical buttons.
In a nutshell, the controller bundled with the first Xbox One unit does not have Bluetooth, so it only works through a wired connection (with a compatible dongle).
Step 4: Tap the Xbox Wireless Controller entry on the list to pair both devices.
Step 5: Select the Xbox Wireless Controller entry on the list to pair both devices. As before, some App Store games may rely primarily on touch while others support controllers.
You may need to adjust the game’s settings to map on-screen functions to the physical buttons. For now, this only applies to Stadia, which you can play as a Safari web app from the Home screen. There are two parts to the overall process: Getting the controller connected to Wi-Fi and then pairing it with your Apple device’s screen.
Step 2: Open the Stadia app and tap the Controller icon located in the top right.
Note: Selecting other controllers on this list merely leads you to instructions on how to pair them using Bluetooth. Step 5: With the controller powered on, press and hold the Stadia button for two seconds.
Step 10: Agree to the Microphone Privacy, and then share or deny diagnostics and usage data. To disable auto-linking, press and hold the Stadia button for three seconds when you power the controller on.
Here, you’ll need to remove the previous link code first and use a new one exhibited on the second screen. When you’re trying to connect other third-party controllers, you need to make sure that they are Made For iOS (MFi) compatible and have Bluetooth capability. Double-check the manufacturer’s manual to learn how to initiate the Bluetooth pairing function on these third-party controllers.
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