EvoFox Deck Smartphone Gamepad with iPhone/Android, XBOX, HID & Keymap modes | Bluetooth v5.0 | Dual Vibration motors | Magnetic Hall 3D Joysticks…

As a customer who rarely writes review and took effort to post one should be the first hint that this product is really good!

I’ve found this joystick is THE thing I wanted for mobile gaming. Here is the analysis for the Evofox Deck:

1. Advertising integrity: 10/10, Works as advertised.
2. Build Quality: Sturdy plastic build with clicky buttons. 10/10.
3. Battery Life: Played for 3 hours without gain in latency or lag. 10/10.
4. Latency: Didn’t observed any delay while playing both for controller and key map support. 10/10.
5. Aesthetics: Little bulky but good RGB. 9/10.
6. Worth the money: YES! 10/10.

So far the only problem I’ve faced was the ease of use for Keymap mode. This is not evofox fault but the ShootingPlus v3. The app guys have really have to improve the UI/UX. However once I figured out the app, it worked flawlessly with the Evofox Deck.

Games that I played so far:

1. BGMI: Works with SP app.
2. Genshin Impact: Works extremely well with SP app.
3. Minecraft: Controller support.
4. Diablo Immortal: Controller support.

I have zero complaints playing any of these games. I believe for this price point this deck is a total steal! It will take away Indian market for Razer Kishi for sure. Keep it up Evofox!

Rarely you will find a product that is really as good as YT reviewers say, this is that product. For the price you pay it’s totally worth it. Works seamlessly with my iphone 14 with emulators and regular games. Works seamlessly with PC, and please note vibration only works when you play on PC. No need waste anymore money on retro handheld devices, your mobile is hundred times more powerful. Build quality is really good, the buttons are clicky and firm, the analog sticks feel good and most importantly the Dpad is perfect for retro gaming. You won’t regret this purchase that’s for sure.

TLDR: Excellent controller. Nice ergonomics, satisfying clicky buttons, natural layout, dual mode (bluetooth for convenience, wired for low-latency), can play PC games, NICE battery life.

Preface:

I DON’T play PUBG style mobile games or other action based competitive mobile games. I mostly play emulator games (PS2, Dreamcast, Nintendo older consoles), and retro / casual titles such as Bully, GTA San Andreas, Minecraft, Terraria etc. Also PC games via both Moonlight+GameStream (streaming games onto your phones on local network if you have an NVIDIA GPU), and emulator games + AAA/AA games on PC. Please take this into consideration against some of my points.

Preference based positives:

+ L2/R2 are NOT analog triggers, they are clicky buttons instead (but they are DAMN SATISFYING):

After being disappointed at first that L2/R2 are not analog triggers, after some usage I realized that I prefer the current clicky buttons instead. Most games I play (including modern day PC AAA titles) use L2/R2 as digital shooting buttons, where this fits perfectly. The only analog usage is in vehicle acceleration control, which I realize I mostly drive my vehicles at full speed anyway, and tappy tap for lower speeds is fine for me. Your mileage on this may vary, but do think about how much you use the L2/R2 as triggers rather than buttons. The L2/R2 clickyness makes them feel very nice, especially in PS2 and Nintendo old era games, where both have historically had digital buttons for L2/R2 (Nintendo still doesn’t use analog triggers). This old era of consoles have incredible Android emulators (and incredible games), which one MUST utilize, especially now that AAA games are getting worse day by day.

~ Bluetooth connectivity / no holder-adjacent USB-C connector:

Many equivalent controllers that cost anywhere from 1.5x to 3-4x use direct connection on the right side of the holder for direction connection with your phone for low latency / input lag reduction. This is nice, but hear me out. With bluetooth connectivity, I can keep the phone on the table or an external holder somewhere, and play it OUTSIDE of the controller just by using bluetooth. OR if you REALLY want to use the low latency mode, you can connect a cable and get low latency on it (this means you can’t keep the phone in the controller holder exactly centered if you use a cable, but you do have the option to keep it in the top half of the holder, which is a nice enough compromise). It might be nice if a second version of the controller addresses this.

One issue about the wired mode for Android is that the controller layout becomes the Nintendo Pro Controller layout for some reason (The A/B keys and X/Y keys are flipped. Everything else is the same). Weird, but everything still works. For emulators you can remap the keys to revert this. For Minecraft, I just used the Nintendo layout when wired, it’s not bad, just different. But maybe this can be fixed in a future updated version.

~ PC gaming is so nice with this (when wired!)

I got the Bluetooth mode working with PC games, but honestly I don’t know why but it’s a bit iffy. But wired mode? Incredible. Works perfectly, no issues. I have stopped using my XBox layout controllers and I use this with long USB-C cables to play PC games. This was honestly a great hidden feature since they don’t explicitly mention Windows compatibility anywhere (or I didn’t check it well enough), but as soon as I found this out, I bought another one.

Some objectively good things:

+ LIGHTS CAN BE TURNED OFF!!:

How many controllers are there where they give extra-bright lights on the buttons or the center and it hurts your eyes? Both sets of lights in this (buttons + analog sticks) can be turned FULLY OFF. Extremely GREAT FEATURE.

+ Clicky, satisfying, high quality buttons. The clickyness is honestly great and underrated.
+ Great build, high quality holder material.
+ No excessive decals / graphic design on the controller, fairly mature printed on stuff.

Other nice features:
+ Once you disconnect your phone’s bluetooth, the device shuts down instead of looking for alternative connections. GREAT!

What about cons / issues? Aside from what I’ve already covered regarding the L2/R2 different approach (which I personally don’t mind), for me this is one of those rare items which are actually pretty freaking perfect. The price is incredible, the console is incredible, I haven’t charged this once since it came, been playing for 2 weeks or so now (sometimes wired, so that might be charging it back up), but my personal experience has been really great. I would HIGHLY recommend it. I would buy 1000 of them if I could afford it and distribute it to all my friends (Instead I’ve just been telling them to buy this!) Anything to keep this item from going out of manufacturing!

TLDR again: Go for it.

Grip and haptics could have been improved. Otherwise solid controller