Questions, answered.

Any iPad from the iPad Air and iPad mini 2 (2013) on, up to today's models: it needs Safari from iOS 12 or later. Older iPads (iPad 2, 3, 4 and the first iPad mini) stop at iOS 9 or 10 and can't run it. It was built on an iPad Air (1st generation), the only model tested so far.

The interface is laid out for an iPad screen in landscape. For an old iPhone, look at OldPhoneDeck, the project that inspired this one.

Nothing. It's free to download and use: no account, no subscription, no ads.

No. The iPad opens a web page served by your Mac. Add it to the home screen and it runs full screen like an app. No App Store, no jailbreak, no profile.

Download OldPadDeck.dmg (always the latest version; what changed is on the release notes): a disk image with one app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs, signed and notarized by Apple so it opens without a warning.

No. Download the app and open it, like any other Mac app.

No. The server is a native macOS app, and it relies on macOS frameworks for almost everything it shows and does.

Yes, all of it. Tap ••• → Edit to move, resize, replace or delete any widget, add new ones from the catalog, and rename, delete or add tabs (up to six). Try it in the live demo.

No. Your layout is saved on the Mac, and a new default layout never overwrites one you've customised.

It follows what you do: switch to Spotify and it goes to Studio, start a Pomodoro and it goes to Focus, leave it alone for 10 minutes and it goes to Standby. Pin a mode to keep it where it is.

Yes, with limits. macOS gives apps no way to change the system's AirPlay destination, so OldPadDeck has its own AirPlay sender: it captures all of the Mac's sound and streams it to one speaker that accepts unencrypted AirPlay 1 without a password, with about 2 seconds of delay. AirPlay 2-only speakers are listed but can't be used.

Through two Shortcuts you create once (one that turns a Focus on, one that turns it off), because macOS has no public API for it. See the install guide.

Yes. Pair each one; they share the same layout and stay in sync.

It's in English, or in French when the iPad is set to French.

No. There's no account, no analytics and no cloud service. Everything stays on your Mac. The only outside requests are the weather (Open-Meteo), track artwork and the icons of websites your keys open. This website, not the app, counts its visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics, without cookies or personal data.

On a home network you trust, yes. Pairing needs a short-lived PIN, only devices on your local network can connect, and you can revoke any device from the menu bar. But traffic isn't encrypted, so don't run it on public or office networks, and treat a paired iPad like an unlocked keyboard: it can type, click and quit apps. Details in How it works.

Open Paired Devices in the menu bar and revoke it. Its token stops working at once.