# Psychtoolbox experiments on iPad? **URL:** https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/psychtoolbox-experiments-on-ipad/3935 **Category:** Programming Help **Created:** [July 22, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/psychtoolbox-experiments-on-ipad/3935 "2021-07-22T14:12:57Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![mariokleiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mariokleiner](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/mariokleiner) #### Post date: [July 22, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/psychtoolbox-experiments-on-ipad/3935/2 "2021-07-22T15:41:51Z")
If you want a high-performance / reliability / precision solution, the answer is no. Apple macOS is the worst choice for that, and Apple iOS is impossible for both technical reasons, and legal reasons - aka Apple being Apple. I think iPad’s are a really bad choice if one needs flexibility and control. If you want to run PTB experiments on a tablet, then tablets that can run Linux optimal are best. Tablets that run Windows-10 may be feasible for many tasks. Visual/Auditory timing is often a bit compromised due to Windows-10 device driver bugs, especially when the tablet uses Intel onboard graphics chips. Nothing we could do about it. Touch input is not possible beyond mouse emulation - a severely flawed approach if trustworthiness or precision is needed. We do offer a crowd-funding atm. to address this issue, but so far the community seems to be uninterested, lethargic or unwilling to pay up even a tiny amount for proper touchscreen support on Windows, despite the fact that this was a frequently demanded feature… Over 280 people viewed that post, but only 2 labs paid a minimum contribution, so we will hold back this feature until somebody pays for it. See: [On sale / Crowdfunding: Basic touchscreen support for Microsoft Windows - #3 by mariokleiner](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/on-sale-crowdfunding-basic-touchscreen-support-for-microsoft-windows/3909/3) There’s also this upcoming (afaik not yet a public service offereing) Matlab+PTB in the cloud development from VPixx, which sounds promising for experiments with low demands for timing etc.: > **[Run MATLAB/Psychtoolbox Experiments Online with LabMaestro Pack&Go (V-VSS...](https://vpixx.com/vocal/psychtoolbox-online-with-labmaestro-packngo-v-vss-2021/)** -mario --- _[View the full topic](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/psychtoolbox-experiments-on-ipad/3935)._