May 05, 2022 21:00:00

'Astropad Studio' review that can connect iPad to Windows PC via Wi-Fi and turn it into an LCD tablet

It is said that the application ' Astropad Studio ' that can use the iPad as a Mac liquid crystal tablet has finally officially supported the conversion to a liquid crystal tablet on a Windows PC, so I actually connected the iPad to the Windows PC and made it into a liquid crystal tablet.

Astropad Studio | Turn your iPad into a professional drawing tablet

https://astropad.com/product/studio/

'Astropad Studio' on the App Store
https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/astropad-studio/id1181582576

First, tap 'Get' in the App Store to install Astropad Studio on your iPad.

Launch the installed Astropad Studio and connect to your Windows PC. This time,

the 6th generation iPad mini (64GB / Wi-Fi model) is used for the iPad, the OS of the Windows PC is Windows 10 Pro version 21H2 (build 19044.1645), and the memory is 16GB.

In Astropad Studio on your iPad, tap Start.

Astropad Studio can be used by registering a subscription. There are two types of subscriptions, 1300 yen including tax for 1 month and 12,000 yen including tax for 1 year. The first month is a free trial period, so you can try out all the features for free. Tap 'Select Plan' ...

Enter your account email address and password and tap 'Continue'.

Tap Buy to register your subscription.

This is OK for Astropad Studio on the iPad side.

Then install the Windows app. Click the 'pc download' button on the

distribution page to download the EXE format installer (capacity 89.1MB).

Launch the downloaded installer and click 'Next'.

Click Next.

Click 'Install'.

Click Finish when the installation is complete.

Astropad Studio will start, so click 'Setup'.

Then the support software starts up ...

Recognize the iPad.

The screen of the PC is displayed on the iPad. You can turn your iPad into an LCD tablet by launching the Astropad Studio app on your PC and iPad and connecting both devices to the same LAN via Wi-Fi or by connecting them with a USB-C cable.

I started

8bit paint web on the browser of the PC and wrote various things using Apple Pencil from the iPad.

The following movie shows how I actually wrote various things with Apple Pencil with the iPad mini turned into an LCD tablet.

I tried connecting an iPad to a Windows PC with Astropad Studio and turning it into an LCD tablet-YouTube


With a wireless connection, there is a slight lag between the movement of the pen and the actual input, so it may be confusing for some people. It was possible to draw if you got used to it.