SharePad

What SharePad does

SharePad is a macOS menu-bar utility developed and sold by Yardley Software, a sole proprietorship owned by Jon Yardley and based in the United Kingdom. The application captures a USB-connected iPad's screen via macOS's built-in QuickTime capture path and renders it as a GPU-accelerated window on the Mac, which users then select from the "Share window" list in Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams to share full-size handwritten or drawn content during video calls. No iPad-side installation is required, and the app works with any drawing or notes app on the iPad, including Procreate, GoodNotes, Freeform, Notability, and Apple Notes. The product runs outside Apple's sandbox (a technical requirement that disqualifies it from the Mac App Store) and is signed and notarised by Apple for normal double-click installation.

The business model is a one-time perpetual licence priced at £6.99 (GBP, tax-inclusive), with a 7-day free trial requiring no account or credit card, automatic updates for life delivered via Sparkle, and a 30-day refund policy. Payments are processed by Stripe acting as merchant of record, handling tax calculation and remittance globally. The full source code is published on GitHub under the GPLv3, allowing users to build the app themselves at no cost; the paid licence purchases the convenience of a prebuilt, signed, auto-updating binary and supports ongoing development. Distribution is exclusively direct: GitHub releases for the DMG download and a Stripe-backed checkout at buy.sharepad.co, with no paid marketing or third-party channel partnerships.

The company is bootstrapped and self-funded with no external venture capital or institutional investment, and operates with a headcount band of 1–10 employees (the only named individual is Jon Yardley as developer). The target customer is a horizontal segment of remote workers and business professionals who want to use an iPad as a live whiteboard during video meetings without manual setup each call, and who value privacy (no account, no sign-in, no analytics, no data leaving the Mac). The product's competitive position rests on automating a workflow that users otherwise perform manually with QuickTime Player, with automatic window sizing matched to the iPad's aspect ratio and menu-bar-resident controls.

Name

SharePad

Legal name

Yardley Software

Website

https://sharepad.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SharePad is a macOS menu-bar utility that captures a USB-connected iPad and shares it as a full-size whiteboard window in Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, sold as a £6.99 one-time licence by UK-based Yardley Software to remote professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. One-time Software Licence: SharePad is sold as a one-time perpetual licence for £6.99 (GBP), including automatic updates for the life of the app. There is no subscription. Users can also build the app themselves from the open-source GitHub repository at no cost. Payments are processed by Stripe as merchant of record.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

SharePad is a macOS menu-bar application that captures a connected iPad's screen over USB and presents it as a shareable window so users can use the iPad as a live whiteboard in video calls on Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. It runs outside Apple's sandbox to access the iPad as a camera source, auto-sizes the share window to the iPad's aspect ratio, and requires no installation or app on the iPad side.

Product overview

SharePad is a single-purpose macOS application that enables users to share their iPad as a live whiteboard on any video call. The product captures the iPad's screen via USB connection and renders it in a window matched to the iPad's aspect ratio, which users then share as a standard window in Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams. It runs as a menu-bar app with no iPad-side installation required. SharePad is offered as a one-time purchase (£6.99) with a 7-day free trial, and includes automatic updates for life. The source code is freely available on GitHub under GPLv3.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SharePad (macOS app) A macOS menu-bar application that captures a USB-connected iPad's screen and presents it as a shareable window for video calls on Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. Designed for individual macOS professionals who want to use their iPad as a live whiteboard with drawing or notes apps such as Procreate, GoodNotes, Freeform, Notability, or Apple Notes, without installing anything on the iPad.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• StripecoreOthersStripe acts as the merchant of record for SharePad purchases, handling billing, receipts, tax calculation, and remittance. Payments appear on customer statements as Yardley Software and/or Stripe. Stripe also handles refund processing.
• ApplecoreTechnology or IntegrationSharePad runs outside Apple's sandbox because macOS only treats a plugged-in iPad as a camera for non-sandboxed apps. The app is signed and notarised by Apple, enabling normal double-click installation. This is a technical requirement for the core functionality.

Recent moves5 records

Direct peers

• Iriun Webcam: Iriun Webcam streams a phone or tablet camera over USB or Wi-Fi and exposes it as a virtual webcam on Mac, Windows, and Linux. It is comparable to SharePad because it solves the same underlying problem — using an Apple device as a high-quality video input for meetings — at a similar low price point, though via a virtual-camera path.
• Reflector: Reflector mirrors an iOS or iPadOS device screen to a Mac (or other computer) over Wi-Fi or wired connection for sharing in video calls and presentations. It is the closest direct peer to SharePad: both turn an iPad into a content source for meetings, and compete for the same use case, with Reflector adding wireless support but lacking SharePad's automatic-window, free-trial, open-source positioning.
• EpocCam (by Elgato): EpocCam turns an iPhone or iPad into a webcam for use in video calls and streaming on Mac and PC. It is one of the established products in the 'Apple device as video input' category alongside Camo and Iriun, and competes with SharePad for the same user intent — better visual quality in video meetings using an Apple device.
• Camo (by Reincubate): Camo uses an iPhone or iPad as a high-quality webcam/video source for video calls on Mac and Windows. Like SharePad, it creatively repurposes an Apple device as a video input for meetings; the difference is that Camo routes through a virtual camera (webcam tile) while SharePad exposes a full-size shareable window.
• AirServer: AirServer turns a Mac or PC into an AirPlay/Google Cast/Miracast receiver, letting users stream an iPad screen to a computer for sharing in calls. It is directly comparable to SharePad on the iPad-to-Mac-screen-sharing use case, though AirServer is paid software with a higher price point and broader wireless-protocol support.

Broad incumbents

• Mac screen sharing (built-in): macOS's built-in screen sharing and QuickTime 'New Movie Recording' workflows represent the free incumbent alternative to SharePad. Users can manually capture an iPad over USB in QuickTime and share that window in any video call — the exact workflow SharePad automates, but with extra per-call setup.
• OBS Studio: OBS Studio is the open-source standard for screen capture, window capture, and video routing on Mac, Windows, and Linux. It overlaps with SharePad at the technical level (window capture and virtual camera routing) but is a broad broadcast/streaming tool rather than a focused consumer utility for video-call whiteboarding.

Emerging players

• Astropad (Luna Display): Astropad's Luna Display turns an iPad into a wireless or wired second display for a Mac, similar to Duet. Like Duet, it is adjacent to SharePad — same iPad-as-Apple-ecosystem-accessory framing — but positioned for creative-work display extension rather than video-call whiteboarding.
• Splashtop Wired XDisplay: Splashtop Wired XDisplay extends a Mac or PC desktop to an iPad over a wired connection, targeting the iPad-as-second-display use case. It is adjacent to SharePad in that it leverages a wired Apple-device connection for productivity, but for desktop extension rather than video-call content sharing.
• Duet Display: Duet Display turns an iPad into a second display for a Mac or PC over a wired or wireless connection. It is adjacent to SharePad rather than directly competitive: both repurpose the iPad for productivity use alongside a computer, but Duet focuses on extended desktop rather than video-call content sharing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/jonyardley/SharePad
• Xx.com/sharepadco

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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