PadLink: Remote Play Gamepad

Play the console you already own — on the phone in your hand. PadLink turns your Android phone into a screen and a controller for your own game console on your home network. No extra hardware. No account with us. No game library to buy into. WHY PADLINK IS DIFFERENT See exactly why it lags. A live overlay shows ping, framerate, bitrate and packet loss while you play. When a match goes bad you know within a second whether it was your Wi-Fi or the game, instead of guessing. Move every button to where your thumbs actually are. A full drag-and-drop layout editor. Resize any control, change its opacity, hide the ones you never press, snap to a 1% grid, undo anything. Start from built-in presets for FPS, racing and fighting games, or build your own from scratch. Bring your own controller. Pair a Bluetooth gamepad or plug one in over USB OTG. PadLink hides the touch overlay the moment it detects one and gives you the whole screen back. Setup that tells you what is wrong. A pre-flight checklist verifies what it can on its own instead of making you tick boxes blindly. If a console does not show up, the diagnostics assistant checks six known causes — mobile data, subnet mismatch, router discovery blocking, a fully powered-off console, guest mode, Remote Play switched off — and hands you the exact fix for the one that matched. Built dark, on purpose. One dark theme, tuned so the app never blinds you between sessions. Skins are drawn in code, so they cost almost nothing to download. FREE, AND HONEST ABOUT IT Streaming, custom layouts and physical controller support are free forever and are never behind a paywall. PRO is a one-time purchase that adds premium skins, the sharpest quality preset and cloud backup for your layouts. No ads while you play. No ads in the checkout. No full-screen ad when you open the app. WHAT YOU NEED - A game console you own, with Remote Play turned on - Your phone and your console on the same network, or a manually entered IP address - A 5 GHz Wi-Fi connection for the best result PadLink is not a cloud gaming service. It does not include, sell or stream any games. It connects to hardware you already own. Nothing runs on our servers, because there are none. PRIVACY PadLink asks for network and vibration permissions only. No location, no contacts, no photos, no file storage. Your pairing key is stored in the Android keystore and never leaves your device. TRADEMARKS AND INDEPENDENCE PadLink is an independent app that helps you connect to and control a game console you already own. It is not a Sony Interactive Entertainment product, is not affiliated with Sony, and is not endorsed by Sony. PlayStation, PS4, PS5, DualShock and DualSense are trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., referenced here only to describe compatibility.