diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 215fbe6..5ab54f5 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -204,7 +204,13 @@ Low-latency desktop/game streaming stack, Linux-first, with a shared Rust protoc
    "always show scroll bars" overrides `.hidden`); launcher/settings/add-host/keyboard
    render-verified live on this Mac via `PUNKTFUNK_FORCE_GAMEPAD_UI=1` (dev hook, forces
    the mode without a pad). Controller-in-hand on-glass validation still pending on all
-   platforms. Tests: `swift test` in
+   platforms. **Touch input (iOS/iPadOS, 2026-07-02):** a 3-way model in Settings —
+   **Trackpad** (default; the Android client's gesture vocabulary ported 1:1 in
+   `Input/TouchMouse.swift`: tap=click · two-finger tap=right-click · two-finger drag=scroll ·
+   tap-then-drag=held drag · three-finger tap=HUD toggle, relative ballistics with the same
+   px-based acceleration curve), **Direct pointer** (cursor jumps to the finger), **Touch
+   passthrough** (the previous always-on behavior — real wire touches). Latched per gesture
+   from `DefaultsKey.touchMode`; not yet on-glass validated. Tests: `swift test` in
    `clients/apple` (unit + real-codec round trip),
    `test-loopback.sh` (Swift client vs synthetic punktfunk1-hosts on loopback — runs on macOS;
    includes the pairing ceremony + `--require-pairing` gate),
@@ -350,7 +356,11 @@ Low-latency desktop/game streaming stack, Linux-first, with a shared Rust protoc
    the `MulticastLock` + permission UX), SPAKE2 PIN pairing + TOFU (Keystore identity +
    known-host store), Compose UI (Connect/Settings/Stream) with D-pad/controller focus nav. Built for
    `arm64-v8a` + `x86_64`; published to Google Play (Internal Testing) via `android.yml`
-   (`ci/play-upload.py`). Next: real-device gamepad/HDR live-verify, presenter/latency polish.
+   (`ci/play-upload.py`). Touch input is the same 3-way model as iOS (2026-07-02): the existing
+   Trackpad/Direct mouse modes plus new **real multi-touch passthrough**
+   (`streamTouchPassthrough` → `nativeSendTouch` → wire TouchDown/Move/Up), a `TouchMode`
+   Settings dropdown replacing the old trackpad Boolean (migrated on load); not yet
+   on-device validated. Next: real-device gamepad/HDR live-verify, presenter/latency polish.
 2. **Sub-frame pipelining**: overlap encode and transmit within a frame. Requires a direct
    NVENC SDK wrapper (libavcodec only emits whole AUs) — the next big latency lever (~2–4 ms
    at high res).
diff --git a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/Settings.kt b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/Settings.kt
index 1499d16..368bfd1 100644
--- a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/Settings.kt
+++ b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/Settings.kt
@@ -33,13 +33,19 @@ data class Settings(
     /** Show the live stats overlay (FPS / throughput / latency) during a stream. */
     val statsHudEnabled: Boolean = true,
     /**
-     * Touch input model. `true` (default) = trackpad: the cursor stays put on touch-down and moves
-     * by the finger's relative delta (swipe to nudge, lift and re-swipe to walk it across), tap to
-     * click where it is. `false` = direct pointing: the cursor jumps to the finger (the old behaviour).
+     * Touch input model — how touchscreen fingers drive the host. [TouchMode.TRACKPAD] (default):
+     * the cursor stays put on touch-down and moves by the finger's relative delta (swipe to nudge,
+     * lift and re-swipe to walk it across), tap to click where it is. [TouchMode.POINTER]: the
+     * cursor jumps to the finger (direct pointing). [TouchMode.TOUCH]: real multi-touch
+     * passthrough — every finger reaches the host as a touchscreen contact, for apps/games that
+     * understand touch. Mirrors the Apple client's TouchInputMode.
      */
-    val trackpadMode: Boolean = true,
+    val touchMode: TouchMode = TouchMode.TRACKPAD,
 )
 
+/** [Settings.touchMode] values; persisted by name. */
+enum class TouchMode { TRACKPAD, POINTER, TOUCH }
+
 /** Loads/saves [Settings] in the app-private `punktfunk_settings` prefs. */
 class SettingsStore(context: Context) {
     private val prefs =
@@ -57,7 +63,10 @@ class SettingsStore(context: Context) {
         codec = prefs.getString(K_CODEC, "auto") ?: "auto",
         micEnabled = prefs.getBoolean(K_MIC, false),
         statsHudEnabled = prefs.getBoolean(K_HUD, true),
-        trackpadMode = prefs.getBoolean(K_TRACKPAD, true),
+        touchMode = prefs.getString(K_TOUCH_MODE, null)
+            ?.let { name -> TouchMode.entries.firstOrNull { it.name == name } }
+            // Migration: the pre-enum Boolean "trackpad_mode" (true = trackpad, false = direct).
+            ?: if (prefs.getBoolean(K_TRACKPAD, true)) TouchMode.TRACKPAD else TouchMode.POINTER,
     )
 
     fun save(s: Settings) {
@@ -73,7 +82,7 @@ class SettingsStore(context: Context) {
             .putString(K_CODEC, s.codec)
             .putBoolean(K_MIC, s.micEnabled)
             .putBoolean(K_HUD, s.statsHudEnabled)
-            .putBoolean(K_TRACKPAD, s.trackpadMode)
+            .putString(K_TOUCH_MODE, s.touchMode.name)
             .apply()
     }
 
@@ -89,6 +98,9 @@ class SettingsStore(context: Context) {
         const val K_CODEC = "codec"
         const val K_MIC = "mic_enabled"
         const val K_HUD = "stats_hud_enabled"
+        const val K_TOUCH_MODE = "touch_mode"
+
+        /** Legacy Boolean the enum replaced — read once as the migration default, never written. */
         const val K_TRACKPAD = "trackpad_mode"
     }
 }
@@ -195,6 +207,13 @@ val COMPOSITOR_OPTIONS = listOf(
     "gamescope",
 )
 
+/** (mode, label) for the touch-input model. */
+val TOUCH_MODE_OPTIONS = listOf(
+    TouchMode.TRACKPAD to "Trackpad",
+    TouchMode.POINTER to "Direct pointer",
+    TouchMode.TOUCH to "Touch passthrough",
+)
+
 /** index = GamepadPref wire byte (0=Auto 1=Xbox360 2=DualSense 3=XboxOne 4=DualShock4). */
 val GAMEPAD_OPTIONS = listOf(
     "Automatic",
diff --git a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/SettingsScreen.kt b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/SettingsScreen.kt
index 6fbd079..489819b 100644
--- a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/SettingsScreen.kt
+++ b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/SettingsScreen.kt
@@ -165,13 +165,21 @@ fun SettingsScreen(initial: Settings, onChange: (Settings) -> Unit, onBack: () -
             )
         }
 
-        SettingsGroup("Pointer") {
-            ToggleRow(
-                title = "Trackpad mode",
-                subtitle = "Relative cursor like a laptop touchpad — swipe to nudge, tap to click. " +
-                    "Off = the cursor jumps to your finger.",
-                checked = s.trackpadMode,
-                onCheckedChange = { on -> update(s.copy(trackpadMode = on)) },
+        SettingsGroup("Touch input") {
+            SettingDropdown(
+                label = "Touch input",
+                options = TOUCH_MODE_OPTIONS,
+                selected = s.touchMode,
+                onSelect = { mode -> update(s.copy(touchMode = mode)) },
+            )
+            Text(
+                "Trackpad: relative cursor like a laptop touchpad — tap to click, two-finger " +
+                    "tap right-clicks, two fingers scroll, tap-then-drag holds the button. " +
+                    "Direct pointer: the cursor jumps to your finger. Touch passthrough: real " +
+                    "multi-touch reaches the host, for apps that understand touch.",
+                style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant,
+                modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 6.dp),
             )
         }
 
diff --git a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/StreamScreen.kt b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/StreamScreen.kt
index f889ac3..ab14f25 100644
--- a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/StreamScreen.kt
+++ b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/StreamScreen.kt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ fun StreamScreen(handle: Long, micEnabled: Boolean, onDisconnect: () -> Unit) {
     var stats by remember { mutableStateOf<DoubleArray?>(null) }
     var showStats by remember { mutableStateOf(initialSettings.statsHudEnabled) }
     // Touch model is fixed per session (re-keys the gesture handler below if it ever changes).
-    val trackpad = initialSettings.trackpadMode
+    val touchMode = initialSettings.touchMode
     LaunchedEffect(handle, showStats) {
         NativeBridge.nativeSetVideoStatsEnabled(handle, showStats)
         if (showStats) {
@@ -148,11 +148,18 @@ fun StreamScreen(handle: Long, micEnabled: Boolean, onDisconnect: () -> Unit) {
         if (showStats) {
             stats?.let { StatsOverlay(it, Modifier.align(Alignment.TopStart).padding(12.dp)) }
         }
-        // Touch → mouse (trackpad vs. direct pointing + the shared gesture vocabulary — see
-        // streamTouchInput in TouchInput.kt).
+        // Touch input per the Settings model: trackpad/direct-pointer mouse (the shared gesture
+        // vocabulary) or real multi-touch passthrough — see TouchInput.kt.
         Box(
-            Modifier.fillMaxSize().pointerInput(handle, trackpad) {
-                streamTouchInput(handle, trackpad, onToggleStats = { showStats = !showStats })
+            Modifier.fillMaxSize().pointerInput(handle, touchMode) {
+                when (touchMode) {
+                    TouchMode.TOUCH -> streamTouchPassthrough(handle)
+                    else -> streamTouchInput(
+                        handle,
+                        trackpad = touchMode == TouchMode.TRACKPAD,
+                        onToggleStats = { showStats = !showStats },
+                    )
+                }
             },
         )
     }
diff --git a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/TouchInput.kt b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/TouchInput.kt
index 715128b..7891a49 100644
--- a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/TouchInput.kt
+++ b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/TouchInput.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ package io.unom.punktfunk
 
 import androidx.compose.foundation.gestures.awaitEachGesture
 import androidx.compose.foundation.gestures.awaitFirstDown
+import androidx.compose.ui.input.pointer.PointerId
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.pointer.PointerInputScope
+import androidx.compose.ui.input.pointer.changedToDownIgnoreConsumed
+import androidx.compose.ui.input.pointer.changedToUpIgnoreConsumed
+import androidx.compose.ui.input.pointer.positionChanged
 import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.NativeBridge
 import kotlin.math.abs
 import kotlin.math.hypot
@@ -38,6 +42,54 @@ private const val ACCEL_MAX = 3.0f
  * two-finger drag = scroll; tap-then-press-and-drag = left-drag (text selection / moving
  * windows); three-finger tap = [onToggleStats] (the stats HUD).
  */
+/**
+ * Real multi-touch passthrough ([TouchMode.TOUCH]): every finger forwards as a host touchscreen
+ * contact (down/move/up with a stable per-finger id), with NO gesture interpretation — taps,
+ * drags and multi-finger input mean whatever the remote app decides. Coordinates are overlay
+ * pixels with the overlay size as the surface, exactly like the absolute-mouse path (the host
+ * normalizes and maps into the output). On teardown (stream leaves composition) every still-held
+ * contact is lifted so nothing stays stuck on the host.
+ */
+internal suspend fun PointerInputScope.streamTouchPassthrough(handle: Long) {
+    val ids = mutableMapOf<PointerId, Int>()
+    fun alloc(p: PointerId): Int {
+        var id = 0
+        while (ids.containsValue(id)) id++
+        ids[p] = id
+        return id
+    }
+    try {
+        awaitPointerEventScope {
+            while (true) {
+                val ev = awaitPointerEvent()
+                val sw = size.width
+                val sh = size.height
+                if (sw <= 0 || sh <= 0) continue
+                for (c in ev.changes) {
+                    val x = c.position.x.roundToInt().coerceIn(0, sw - 1)
+                    val y = c.position.y.roundToInt().coerceIn(0, sh - 1)
+                    when {
+                        c.changedToDownIgnoreConsumed() ->
+                            NativeBridge.nativeSendTouch(handle, alloc(c.id), 0, x, y, sw, sh)
+                        c.changedToUpIgnoreConsumed() ->
+                            ids.remove(c.id)?.let {
+                                NativeBridge.nativeSendTouch(handle, it, 2, 0, 0, sw, sh)
+                            }
+                        c.positionChanged() ->
+                            ids[c.id]?.let {
+                                NativeBridge.nativeSendTouch(handle, it, 1, x, y, sw, sh)
+                            }
+                    }
+                    c.consume()
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } finally {
+        // Lift anything still down (composition/session teardown mid-touch).
+        ids.values.forEach { NativeBridge.nativeSendTouch(handle, it, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1) }
+    }
+}
+
 internal suspend fun PointerInputScope.streamTouchInput(
     handle: Long,
     trackpad: Boolean,
diff --git a/clients/android/app/src/test/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/screenshots/ShotScenes.kt b/clients/android/app/src/test/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/screenshots/ShotScenes.kt
index 2dfd79a..7cd3893 100644
--- a/clients/android/app/src/test/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/screenshots/ShotScenes.kt
+++ b/clients/android/app/src/test/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/screenshots/ShotScenes.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextAlign
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import io.unom.punktfunk.BrandDark
 import io.unom.punktfunk.Settings
+import io.unom.punktfunk.TouchMode
 import io.unom.punktfunk.SettingsScreen
 import io.unom.punktfunk.StatsOverlay
 import io.unom.punktfunk.components.HostCard
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ internal fun SettingsScene() {
                 gamepad = 2,
                 micEnabled = true,
                 statsHudEnabled = true,
-                trackpadMode = true,
+                touchMode = TouchMode.TRACKPAD,
             ),
             onChange = {},
             onBack = {},
diff --git a/clients/android/kit/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/kit/NativeBridge.kt b/clients/android/kit/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/kit/NativeBridge.kt
index f8e39d5..20c0c43 100644
--- a/clients/android/kit/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/kit/NativeBridge.kt
+++ b/clients/android/kit/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/kit/NativeBridge.kt
@@ -159,6 +159,22 @@ object NativeBridge {
     /** One scroll step. axis: 0=vertical 1=horizontal. delta: signed, 120-scaled, +=up/right. */
     external fun nativeSendScroll(handle: Long, axis: Int, delta: Int)
 
+    /**
+     * One REAL touchscreen transition (the touch-passthrough input mode). [kind]: 0=down 1=move
+     * 2=up. [id] distinguishes fingers and is reusable after up; coordinates are pixels on the
+     * client's touch surface — the host rescales against [surfaceWidth]×[surfaceHeight] and
+     * injects a real touch contact. On up only [id] matters.
+     */
+    external fun nativeSendTouch(
+        handle: Long,
+        id: Int,
+        kind: Int,
+        x: Int,
+        y: Int,
+        surfaceWidth: Int,
+        surfaceHeight: Int,
+    )
+
     /** One key transition. vk: Windows VK (0 = dropped by Rust). mods: VK modifier mask (0 for now). */
     external fun nativeSendKey(handle: Long, vk: Int, down: Boolean, mods: Int)
 
diff --git a/clients/android/native/src/session/input.rs b/clients/android/native/src/session/input.rs
index b5be196..3628549 100644
--- a/clients/android/native/src/session/input.rs
+++ b/clients/android/native/src/session/input.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,34 @@ pub extern "system" fn Java_io_unom_punktfunk_kit_NativeBridge_nativeSendScroll(
     send_event(handle, InputKind::MouseScroll, axis as u32, delta, 0, 0);
 }
 
+/// `NativeBridge.nativeSendTouch(handle, id, kind, x, y, surfaceWidth, surfaceHeight)` — one REAL
+/// touchscreen transition (`kind`: 0=down 1=move 2=up), for the touch-passthrough input mode. `id`
+/// distinguishes fingers (reusable after up); coordinates are pixels on the client's touch
+/// surface, whose size rides in `flags` so the host can rescale into the output (identical
+/// packing to MouseMoveAbs). On up only the id matters. The host injects a real touch contact
+/// (libei touchscreen / wlroots / SendInput).
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "system" fn Java_io_unom_punktfunk_kit_NativeBridge_nativeSendTouch(
+    _env: JNIEnv,
+    _this: JObject,
+    handle: jlong,
+    id: jint,
+    kind: jint,
+    x: jint,
+    y: jint,
+    surface_width: jint,
+    surface_height: jint,
+) {
+    let kind = match kind {
+        0 => InputKind::TouchDown,
+        1 => InputKind::TouchMove,
+        _ => InputKind::TouchUp,
+    };
+    let w = (surface_width.max(0) as u32) & 0xffff;
+    let h = (surface_height.max(0) as u32) & 0xffff;
+    send_event(handle, kind, id as u32, x, y, (w << 16) | h);
+}
+
 /// `NativeBridge.nativeSendKey(handle, vk, down, mods)` — one key transition. `vk`: Windows
 /// Virtual-Key code (0 = unmapped → dropped). `down`: 1=press, 0=release. `mods`: VK modifier
 /// bitmask (0 for now — the host folds modifiers from the L/R modifier key events themselves).
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/SettingsView+Sections.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/SettingsView+Sections.swift
index 218d77f..7a3d712 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/SettingsView+Sections.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/SettingsView+Sections.swift
@@ -201,25 +201,36 @@ extension SettingsView {
     }
 
     #if os(iOS)
-    /// iPad-only pointer-capture toggle: lock the mouse/trackpad for relative movement (games) vs
-    /// forward an absolute cursor position (desktop). Empty on iPhone (no hardware-pointer lock —
-    /// the mouse path there is always the absolute fallback).
+    /// Touch-input model (iPhone + iPad) plus the iPad-only pointer-capture toggle: lock the
+    /// mouse/trackpad for relative movement (games) vs forward an absolute cursor position.
     @ViewBuilder var pointerSection: some View {
-        if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad {
-            Section {
-                Toggle("Capture pointer for games", isOn: $pointerCapture)
-            } header: {
-                Text("Pointer")
-            } footer: {
-                Text("With a mouse or trackpad connected, lock the pointer and send relative "
-                    + "movement — the expected behavior for games (mouse-look). Turn this off for "
-                    + "desktop use to keep the pointer free and send its absolute position instead. "
-                    + "The lock needs the stream full-screen and frontmost; it falls back to the "
-                    + "absolute pointer automatically (Stage Manager, Slide Over). Finger touch is "
-                    + "unaffected. Applies from the next session.")
-                    .font(.geist(12, relativeTo: .caption))
-                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+        let isPad = UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad
+        Section {
+            Picker("Touch input", selection: $touchMode) {
+                Text("Trackpad").tag(TouchInputMode.trackpad.rawValue)
+                Text("Direct pointer").tag(TouchInputMode.pointer.rawValue)
+                Text("Touch passthrough").tag(TouchInputMode.touch.rawValue)
             }
+            if isPad {
+                Toggle("Capture pointer for games", isOn: $pointerCapture)
+            }
+        } header: {
+            Text("Touch & pointer")
+        } footer: {
+            Text("Trackpad: your finger nudges the host cursor like a laptop touchpad — tap to "
+                + "click, two-finger tap for a right click, two-finger drag to scroll, "
+                + "tap-then-drag to hold the button, three-finger tap for the stats overlay. "
+                + "Direct pointer: the cursor jumps to your finger. Touch passthrough: real "
+                + "multi-touch reaches the host, for apps that understand touch. Applies from "
+                + "the next touch."
+                + (isPad
+                    ? " Pointer capture locks a hardware mouse/trackpad for relative movement "
+                        + "(mouse-look); off keeps the pointer free and sends absolute positions. "
+                        + "The lock needs the stream full-screen and frontmost, and falls back "
+                        + "automatically (Stage Manager, Slide Over)."
+                    : ""))
+                .font(.geist(12, relativeTo: .caption))
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
         }
     }
     #endif
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/SettingsView.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/SettingsView.swift
index 9f11794..1f34761 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/SettingsView.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/SettingsView.swift
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
     #endif
     #if os(iOS)
     @AppStorage(DefaultsKey.pointerCapture) var pointerCapture = true
+    @AppStorage(DefaultsKey.touchMode) var touchMode = TouchInputMode.trackpad.rawValue
     // The sidebar selection drives the detail pane on iPad and the pushed sub-page on iPhone.
     // Width class decides the initial value: nil on iPhone (show the category list first),
     // General on iPad (a two-column layout should never open with an empty detail).
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Input/TouchMouse.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Input/TouchMouse.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bffc495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Input/TouchMouse.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+// Finger touches → host mouse, for the touchscreen devices: a port of the Android client's
+// touch gesture model (clients/android .../TouchInput.kt) so the two touch clients feel
+// identical. Two mouse modes share one gesture vocabulary — tap = left click · two-finger
+// tap = right click · two-finger drag = scroll · tap-then-press-and-drag = held left drag
+// (text selection / window moves) · three-finger tap = stats-HUD toggle:
+//
+//  * trackpad (default): the cursor STAYS PUT on touch-down and moves by the finger's
+//    relative delta with mild acceleration — swipe to nudge, lift and re-swipe to walk it
+//    across, tap to click where it is. This is what makes the cursor reachable on a small
+//    screen.
+//  * pointer: the cursor jumps to the finger and follows it (absolute moves through the
+//    aspect-fit letterbox) — direct pointing for desktop-style use.
+//
+// The third `TouchInputMode` (`touch`) never reaches this type: `StreamLayerUIView` forwards
+// those fingers as REAL wire touches (multi-touch passthrough) instead.
+
+#if os(iOS)
+import Foundation
+import PunktfunkCore
+import UIKit
+
+/// How touchscreen fingers drive the host — persisted under `DefaultsKey.touchMode`, latched
+/// per gesture by `StreamLayerUIView` (a Settings change applies from the NEXT touch, and a
+/// gesture never splits across models). `trackpad` is the default: a cursor is the
+/// universally workable model; passthrough only helps hosts/apps that actually speak touch.
+public enum TouchInputMode: String, CaseIterable, Sendable {
+    case trackpad
+    case pointer
+    case touch
+
+    /// The persisted setting, defaulting to trackpad when unset/unknown.
+    public static var current: TouchInputMode {
+        TouchInputMode(
+            rawValue: UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: DefaultsKey.touchMode) ?? ""
+        ) ?? .trackpad
+    }
+}
+
+/// The gesture state machine behind the two mouse modes. One instance per stream view, fed
+/// only the DIRECT touches (fingers/Pencil — indirect pointers have their own path). Runs
+/// entirely on the main thread (UIKit touch delivery). Touches are tracked by identity key
+/// with positions cached per event — `UITouch` objects are never retained.
+final class TouchMouse {
+    /// Gesture/ballistics tuning. Distances are in points where they gate gestures; the
+    /// relative ballistics work in PHYSICAL pixels (point deltas × screen scale) so the
+    /// acceleration curve matches the Android client's pixel-based constants 1:1.
+    enum Tuning {
+        /// Movement under this (pt) still counts as a tap, not a drag.
+        static let tapSlop: CGFloat = 8
+        /// A new touch this soon (s) after a tap, near it, starts a held left-button drag.
+        static let tapDragWindow: TimeInterval = 0.25
+        /// Two-finger pan distance (pt) per 120-unit wheel notch — matches the feel of the
+        /// indirect-trackpad scroll path in StreamViewIOS (~10 pt per notch).
+        static let scrollNotchPt: CGFloat = 10
+        /// Base finger-px → host-px gain (~1:1, never twitchy). The acceleration below lets a
+        /// flick cross the screen while a slow drag stays precise.
+        static let pointerSens: CGFloat = 1.3
+        /// Above `accelSpeedFloor` px/ms the gain ramps by `accelGain` per px/ms, capped at
+        /// `accelMax` (so a fast swipe can't fling the cursor uncontrollably).
+        static let accelGain: CGFloat = 0.6
+        static let accelSpeedFloor: CGFloat = 0.3
+        static let accelMax: CGFloat = 3.0
+
+        /// Acceleration multiplier for a finger speed in physical px per ms.
+        static func accel(forSpeed speed: CGFloat) -> CGFloat {
+            min(1 + accelGain * max(speed - accelSpeedFloor, 0), accelMax)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Wire events out (the owner gates them on its capture state).
+    var send: ((PunktfunkInputEvent) -> Void)?
+    /// View-space point → host-mode pixels through the letterbox (pointer mode's moves).
+    var hostPoint: ((CGPoint) -> StreamLayerUIView.HostPoint?)?
+
+    /// No gesture in flight (all fingers up) — the view uses this to release its mode latch.
+    var isIdle: Bool { !sessionActive && lastPos.isEmpty }
+
+    private var trackpad = true
+    /// Last known position per active finger (identity key) — kept because moved events only
+    /// carry the CHANGED touches while the scroll centroid needs every finger.
+    private var lastPos: [ObjectIdentifier: CGPoint] = [:]
+    private var sessionActive = false
+    private var startPoint = CGPoint.zero
+    private var maxFingers = 0
+    private var moved = false
+    private var scrolling = false
+    private var dragHeld = false
+    // Trackpad relative-motion state: the tracked finger, its last position/time, and the
+    // sub-pixel remainder so a slow drag isn't lost to integer truncation.
+    private var trackKey: ObjectIdentifier?
+    private var prevPoint = CGPoint.zero
+    private var prevTime: TimeInterval = 0
+    private var carryX: CGFloat = 0
+    private var carryY: CGFloat = 0
+    /// Scroll anchor (centroid) — re-anchored every time a notch fires.
+    private var scrollAnchor = CGPoint.zero
+    // Tap-drag arming: a quick tap leaves a window in which the next nearby touch drags.
+    private var lastTapUp: TimeInterval = 0
+    private var lastTapPoint = CGPoint.zero
+
+    /// GameStream mouse button ids.
+    private enum Button { static let left: UInt32 = 1; static let right: UInt32 = 3 }
+
+    func began(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, in view: UIView, trackpad: Bool) {
+        let starting = lastPos.isEmpty
+        for touch in touches {
+            lastPos[ObjectIdentifier(touch)] = touch.location(in: view)
+        }
+        if starting, let first = touches.first {
+            self.trackpad = trackpad
+            sessionActive = true
+            startPoint = first.location(in: view)
+            maxFingers = 0
+            moved = false
+            scrolling = false
+            // A touch landing just after a quick tap nearby = tap-and-drag: hold the left
+            // button for this whole gesture (laptop-trackpad convention).
+            dragHeld = first.timestamp - lastTapUp < Tuning.tapDragWindow
+                && abs(startPoint.x - lastTapPoint.x) < Tuning.tapSlop
+                && abs(startPoint.y - lastTapPoint.y) < Tuning.tapSlop
+            lastTapUp = 0 // consume the arming either way
+            // Pointer mode jumps the cursor to the finger; trackpad leaves it put (the whole
+            // point — you nudge it with swipes instead).
+            if !trackpad, let h = hostPoint?(startPoint) {
+                send?(.mouseMoveAbs(x: h.x, y: h.y, surfaceWidth: h.w, surfaceHeight: h.h))
+            }
+            if dragHeld { send?(.mouseButton(Button.left, down: true)) }
+            trackKey = ObjectIdentifier(first)
+            prevPoint = startPoint
+            prevTime = first.timestamp
+            carryX = 0
+            carryY = 0
+        }
+        maxFingers = max(maxFingers, lastPos.count)
+    }
+
+    func moved(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, in view: UIView) {
+        guard sessionActive else { return }
+        for touch in touches where lastPos[ObjectIdentifier(touch)] != nil {
+            lastPos[ObjectIdentifier(touch)] = touch.location(in: view)
+        }
+        if lastPos.count >= 2 {
+            scrollByCentroid()
+        } else if !scrolling, let touch = touches.first(where: {
+            lastPos[ObjectIdentifier($0)] != nil
+        }) {
+            singleFinger(touch, in: view)
+        }
+    }
+
+    func ended(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, in view: UIView) {
+        guard sessionActive || !lastPos.isEmpty else { return }
+        var upTime: TimeInterval = 0
+        for touch in touches {
+            lastPos.removeValue(forKey: ObjectIdentifier(touch))
+            if trackKey == ObjectIdentifier(touch) { trackKey = nil }
+            upTime = max(upTime, touch.timestamp)
+        }
+        guard lastPos.isEmpty, sessionActive else { return }
+        sessionActive = false
+        if dragHeld {
+            dragHeld = false
+            send?(.mouseButton(Button.left, down: false)) // end the drag
+        } else if !moved {
+            switch maxFingers {
+            case 3...:
+                Self.toggleHUD() // in-stream stats-overlay toggle, same as Android
+            case 2: // two-finger tap → right click
+                send?(.mouseButton(Button.right, down: true))
+                send?(.mouseButton(Button.right, down: false))
+            default: // tap → left click (at the cursor's current spot), arm tap-drag
+                send?(.mouseButton(Button.left, down: true))
+                send?(.mouseButton(Button.left, down: false))
+                lastTapUp = upTime
+                lastTapPoint = startPoint
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// System-cancelled touches (incoming call, gesture takeover): release anything held but
+    /// never synthesize a click out of a cancellation.
+    func cancelled(_ touches: Set<UITouch>) {
+        for touch in touches {
+            lastPos.removeValue(forKey: ObjectIdentifier(touch))
+            if trackKey == ObjectIdentifier(touch) { trackKey = nil }
+        }
+        if lastPos.isEmpty { abortSession() }
+    }
+
+    /// Session teardown: release anything held on the wire and forget all gesture state.
+    func reset() {
+        lastPos.removeAll()
+        trackKey = nil
+        abortSession()
+        lastTapUp = 0
+    }
+
+    private func abortSession() {
+        if dragHeld {
+            dragHeld = false
+            send?(.mouseButton(Button.left, down: false))
+        }
+        sessionActive = false
+        scrolling = false
+        moved = false
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Per-event work
+
+    /// Two fingers (or more) → scroll by the centroid delta; never move the cursor. Fires a
+    /// notch per `scrollNotchPt` of pan and re-anchors on fire; finger up scrolls up, finger
+    /// right scrolls right (the host WHEEL(120) convention).
+    private func scrollByCentroid() {
+        let n = CGFloat(lastPos.count)
+        let cx = lastPos.values.reduce(0) { $0 + $1.x } / n
+        let cy = lastPos.values.reduce(0) { $0 + $1.y } / n
+        if !scrolling {
+            scrolling = true
+            scrollAnchor = CGPoint(x: cx, y: cy)
+        }
+        let notchesY = Int32((scrollAnchor.y - cy) / Tuning.scrollNotchPt)
+        let notchesX = Int32((cx - scrollAnchor.x) / Tuning.scrollNotchPt)
+        if notchesY != 0 {
+            send?(.scroll(notchesY * 120))
+            scrollAnchor.y = cy
+            moved = true
+        }
+        if notchesX != 0 {
+            send?(.scroll(notchesX * 120, horizontal: true))
+            scrollAnchor.x = cx
+            moved = true
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// One finger (and the gesture never became a scroll — dropping back from two fingers to
+    /// one must not jerk the cursor).
+    private func singleFinger(_ touch: UITouch, in view: UIView) {
+        let loc = touch.location(in: view)
+        if abs(loc.x - startPoint.x) > Tuning.tapSlop || abs(loc.y - startPoint.y) > Tuning.tapSlop {
+            moved = true
+        }
+        guard trackpad else {
+            if let h = hostPoint?(loc) { // pointer mode: the cursor follows the finger
+                send?(.mouseMoveAbs(x: h.x, y: h.y, surfaceWidth: h.w, surfaceHeight: h.h))
+            }
+            return
+        }
+        // Relative: move by the finger delta × (sensitivity × acceleration), carrying the
+        // sub-pixel remainder. Re-anchor (zero delta this frame) if the tracked finger
+        // changed, so lifting one of several fingers never jumps the cursor.
+        let key = ObjectIdentifier(touch)
+        if key != trackKey {
+            trackKey = key
+            prevPoint = loc
+            prevTime = touch.timestamp
+            return
+        }
+        // Ballistics in physical pixels so the curve matches the Android tuning exactly.
+        let scale = view.window?.screen.scale ?? view.traitCollection.displayScale
+        let dx = (loc.x - prevPoint.x) * scale
+        let dy = (loc.y - prevPoint.y) * scale
+        let dtMs = max((touch.timestamp - prevTime) * 1000, 1)
+        prevPoint = loc
+        prevTime = touch.timestamp
+        let gain = Tuning.pointerSens * Tuning.accel(forSpeed: hypot(dx, dy) / dtMs)
+        carryX += dx * gain
+        carryY += dy * gain
+        let outX = Int32(carryX) // truncates toward zero → remainder kept with its sign
+        let outY = Int32(carryY)
+        if outX != 0 || outY != 0 {
+            send?(.mouseMove(dx: outX, dy: outY))
+            carryX -= CGFloat(outX)
+            carryY -= CGFloat(outY)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Three-finger tap toggles the stats overlay — through the shared `hudEnabled` default,
+    /// which the app's HUD views observe via @AppStorage (so this needs no wiring to them).
+    private static func toggleHUD() {
+        let defaults = UserDefaults.standard
+        let on = defaults.object(forKey: DefaultsKey.hudEnabled) as? Bool ?? true
+        defaults.set(!on, forKey: DefaultsKey.hudEnabled)
+    }
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Support/DefaultsKeys.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Support/DefaultsKeys.swift
index 59aff1d..7a6ee1c 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Support/DefaultsKeys.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Support/DefaultsKeys.swift
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ public enum DefaultsKey {
     /// scene and silently falls back to the absolute pointer when it can't (Stage Manager / Slide
     /// Over). Read by `StreamViewController.prefersPointerLocked`.
     public static let pointerCapture = "punktfunk.pointerCapture"
+    /// iPhone/iPad: how touchscreen fingers drive the host — a `TouchInputMode` raw value:
+    /// "trackpad" (default: relative cursor with tap-click / two-finger-scroll gestures),
+    /// "pointer" (the cursor jumps to the finger), or "touch" (real multi-touch passthrough).
+    /// Read live per gesture by `StreamLayerUIView`.
+    public static let touchMode = "punktfunk.touchMode"
     /// Experimental: show the host's game library (browsed over the management API). Off by default.
     public static let libraryEnabled = "punktfunk.libraryEnabled"
     /// macOS: take the window fullscreen while streaming and restore it on the host list. On by default.
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Views/StreamViewIOS.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Views/StreamViewIOS.swift
index fc57b67..03e1af2 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Views/StreamViewIOS.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Views/StreamViewIOS.swift
@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ public final class StreamViewController: UIViewController {
         setCaptured(false)
         inputCapture?.stop()
         inputCapture = nil
+        // Release anything the touch-driven mouse still holds (a mid-drag session end) while
+        // onTouchEvent can still deliver the button-up.
+        streamView.resetTouchInput()
         streamView.onTouchEvent = nil
         streamView.onPointerMoveAbs = nil
         streamView.onPointerButton = nil
@@ -454,7 +457,8 @@ final class StreamLayerUIView: UIView {
 
     /// Reads the LIVE negotiated mode in pixels (the touch/pointer coordinate space).
     var currentHostMode: (() -> CGSize)?
-    /// Direct fingers / Pencil → wire touch events.
+    /// Direct fingers / Pencil → wire events: real touches in passthrough mode, or the
+    /// touch-driven mouse events (`TouchMouse`) in the trackpad/pointer modes.
     var onTouchEvent: ((PunktfunkInputEvent) -> Void)?
     /// Indirect pointer (mouse/trackpad with no lock) → absolute cursor moves.
     var onPointerMoveAbs: ((HostPoint) -> Void)?
@@ -468,6 +472,22 @@ final class StreamLayerUIView: UIView {
     /// GameStream button held per active indirect-pointer touch (one click/drag session);
     /// released when that touch ends.
     private var pointerButtons: [ObjectIdentifier: UInt32] = [:]
+    /// Touch-driven mouse for the trackpad/pointer `TouchInputMode`s (see TouchMouse.swift).
+    private lazy var touchMouse: TouchMouse = {
+        let mouse = TouchMouse()
+        mouse.send = { [weak self] event in self?.onTouchEvent?(event) }
+        mouse.hostPoint = { [weak self] point in self?.hostPoint(from: point) }
+        return mouse
+    }()
+    /// The finger route latched at gesture start — a Settings change mid-gesture applies to
+    /// the NEXT touch, so one gesture never splits across input models.
+    private var fingerRoute: TouchInputMode?
+
+    /// Release anything the touch-driven mouse holds and forget gesture state — session stop.
+    func resetTouchInput() {
+        touchMouse.reset()
+        fingerRoute = nil
+    }
     #endif
 
     override init(frame: CGRect) {
@@ -504,10 +524,10 @@ final class StreamLayerUIView: UIView {
         route(touches, event: event, kind: .up)
     }
     override func touchesCancelled(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
-        route(touches, event: event, kind: .up)
+        route(touches, event: event, kind: .cancel)
     }
 
-    private enum TouchKind { case down, move, up }
+    private enum TouchKind { case down, move, up, cancel }
 
     /// Split a touch batch by kind: an INDIRECT POINTER (mouse/trackpad with no lock) drives
     /// the host cursor as an absolute mouse; everything else (direct finger, Pencil) is a host
@@ -521,7 +541,28 @@ final class StreamLayerUIView: UIView {
                 fingers.insert(touch)
             }
         }
-        if !fingers.isEmpty { forwardTouches(fingers, kind: kind) }
+        if !fingers.isEmpty { forwardFingers(fingers, kind: kind) }
+    }
+
+    /// Route direct fingers by the touch-input model, latched for the whole gesture:
+    /// passthrough → real wire touches; trackpad/pointer → the TouchMouse gesture engine.
+    private func forwardFingers(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, kind: TouchKind) {
+        let mode = fingerRoute ?? TouchInputMode.current
+        fingerRoute = mode
+        switch mode {
+        case .touch:
+            // A cancellation lifts the wire touch like a normal up — the host just sees the
+            // contact end.
+            forwardTouches(touches, kind: kind == .cancel ? .up : kind)
+        case .trackpad, .pointer:
+            switch kind {
+            case .down: touchMouse.began(touches, in: self, trackpad: mode == .trackpad)
+            case .move: touchMouse.moved(touches, in: self)
+            case .up: touchMouse.ended(touches, in: self)
+            case .cancel: touchMouse.cancelled(touches)
+            }
+        }
+        if touchIDs.isEmpty, touchMouse.isIdle { fingerRoute = nil }
     }
 
     /// An indirect-pointer touch is a button-held click/drag session: forward its position as
@@ -537,7 +578,7 @@ final class StreamLayerUIView: UIView {
             onPointerButton?(button, true)
         case .move:
             if let host { onPointerMoveAbs?(host) }
-        case .up:
+        case .up, .cancel:
             if let host { onPointerMoveAbs?(host) }
             if let button = pointerButtons.removeValue(forKey: key) {
                 onPointerButton?(button, false)
@@ -554,7 +595,7 @@ final class StreamLayerUIView: UIView {
             case .down:
                 id = nextFreeID()
                 touchIDs[key] = id
-            case .move, .up:
+            case .move, .up, .cancel:
                 guard let known = touchIDs[key] else { continue }
                 id = known
             }
diff --git a/clients/apple/Tests/PunktfunkKitTests/TouchMouseTests.swift b/clients/apple/Tests/PunktfunkKitTests/TouchMouseTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb23d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/apple/Tests/PunktfunkKitTests/TouchMouseTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#if os(iOS)
+import XCTest
+
+@testable import PunktfunkKit
+
+/// Pins the touch-mouse tuning contract (ported 1:1 from the Android client's TouchInput.kt
+/// so the two touch clients feel identical) and the mode parsing. The gesture state machine
+/// itself needs UITouch instances and is validated on-glass.
+final class TouchMouseTests: XCTestCase {
+    func testModeParsingDefaultsToTrackpad() {
+        XCTAssertEqual(TouchInputMode(rawValue: "trackpad"), .trackpad)
+        XCTAssertEqual(TouchInputMode(rawValue: "pointer"), .pointer)
+        XCTAssertEqual(TouchInputMode(rawValue: "touch"), .touch)
+        // Unknown/unset values must fall back to trackpad — never crash or go touch-silent.
+        XCTAssertNil(TouchInputMode(rawValue: "bogus"))
+    }
+
+    func testAccelerationCurve() {
+        // At or below the speed floor: no acceleration — slow drags stay precise.
+        XCTAssertEqual(TouchMouse.Tuning.accel(forSpeed: 0), 1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(TouchMouse.Tuning.accel(forSpeed: TouchMouse.Tuning.accelSpeedFloor), 1)
+        // Above the floor the gain ramps...
+        let mid = TouchMouse.Tuning.accel(forSpeed: 1.0)
+        XCTAssertGreaterThan(mid, 1)
+        XCTAssertLessThan(mid, TouchMouse.Tuning.accelMax)
+        // ...and a flick is capped so it can't fling the cursor uncontrollably.
+        XCTAssertEqual(TouchMouse.Tuning.accel(forSpeed: 100), TouchMouse.Tuning.accelMax)
+        // Monotonic in between.
+        XCTAssertLessThanOrEqual(
+            TouchMouse.Tuning.accel(forSpeed: 0.5), TouchMouse.Tuning.accel(forSpeed: 1.5))
+    }
+
+    func testTuningRelations() {
+        // The tap-drag window must be long enough to hit but short enough not to turn every
+        // second tap into a drag.
+        XCTAssertGreaterThan(TouchMouse.Tuning.tapDragWindow, 0.1)
+        XCTAssertLessThan(TouchMouse.Tuning.tapDragWindow, 0.5)
+        // A wheel notch per ~10 pt of two-finger pan (the indirect-trackpad path's feel).
+        XCTAssertGreaterThan(TouchMouse.Tuning.scrollNotchPt, 0)
+    }
+}
+#endif