A screen and six buttons
The controller is designed to mirror your Flipper screen, send short or long button presses, show device information and save a screen image. Mac uses USB; iPhone uses Bluetooth.
Flipper Zero companion · Mac and iPhone · by Tristin Hassell
Flipper Controller
- In development · Device testing pending
Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later
Keep a Flipper Zero screen, its buttons and a useful package library together in a native app. Start in demo mode, learn the controls, then connect your own device. The Mac and iPhone editions are in development; checks with a physical Flipper and iPhone are still pending.
What you can do
Explore without hardware
Demo mode lets you try the screen and buttons before connecting a Flipper. It works offline and does not operate a real device.
A library you can take with you
Search 2,581 saved packages for Flipper Zero, M5Stack, ESP32 and Proxmark3. Browse plain-language descriptions, package types, versions and hardware notes offline. The complete saved collection is about 7.3 GB.
An offline radio workbench
Radio Lab has eight short lessons, wavelength and antenna-length estimates, a decibel power-ratio calculator and an experiment notebook. These calculations explain radio ideas; they do not measure or tune a radio.
Discover Bluetooth advertisements
Start a short discovery to list nearby advertising Bluetooth devices and their reported signal strength. This does not connect to them, prove their identity or turn your laptop into a general-purpose radio receiver.
Small native utilities
Roll dice, flip a coin, run a stopwatch or set a countdown on your Mac or iPhone. These original tools work without hardware or internet; downloaded Flipper apps are not run on the laptop.
Keep a tag reading or send a note
The Mac candidate can request an identifier from a compatible external contactless reader. The iPhone candidate can request an NDEF tag message. Phone Link is designed to share short text after manual pairing and invitation approval. Physical reader, NFC and phone-to-Mac checks are still pending.
Learn from zero
The included Getting Started guide explains the controls, USB and Bluetooth connections, common problems, package types and unfamiliar words. No coding knowledge is needed to begin.
Information
- Requires
- Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later · iPhone with iOS 17 or later
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Utilities
- Developer
- Tristin Hassell
- Availability
- In development. Public download and iPhone distribution are not available yet.
Data and privacy
- Stays on your device: The library, favorites, lesson progress, notebook and tag notes. Received text is saved locally; device information stays in memory for the session.
- Leaves your device: Controls go to your Flipper. You choose when to save or share files, send text to a manually paired device, or open a publisher website.
- Never collected: No account, advertising, analytics or cloud service.
Choose the right package
The library is a snapshot of selected publisher catalogs and releases. It does not include every project or every historical version. Descriptions come from publisher metadata; packages have not been reviewed or run. Check the device and firmware notes before using a package.
M5Stack, ESP32 and Proxmark3 entries are downloads for those devices. Remote control supports Flipper Zero. Saving a package does not install or flash it.
Choose when to connect or share
Radio Lab notes, package favorites and lesson progress stay on this device. Phone Link requires you to start discovery or advertising, choose a device and approve the invitation. It uses an encrypted channel, but a display name is not a verified identity. You choose when to send text; there are no remote commands or package transfers. The newest 20 received notes are kept locally. Older notes are replaced as new ones arrive; you can delete the saved notes at any time.
A compatible Mac reader’s identifier response and an iPhone’s NDEF message are different readings. Neither provides protected card contents or a working copy of a card. These tools do not read low-frequency RFID on the iPhone.
Current availability
A native Mac candidate and a signed iPhone development candidate have been built. Physical Flipper control, iPhone installation, contactless/NFC reading and phone-to-Mac pairing still need device checks. There is no public download, App Store release or TestFlight testing link yet.
This independent companion is not an official Flipper Devices app.
Help
Email hello@gatheredcommonspress.com. I answer within three business days.
Software by Tristin Hassell. Published by Gathered Commons Press LLC.