In the meantime, the streaming giant has confirmed to Bloomberg it has no plans to bring its popular iPad app to the Mac. Once that happens, Netflix might move its iPad app to macOS as well. Apple obviously wants to bring more apps to the Mac, especially the ones that are popular on iPhone and iPad. These issues will be ironed out as Catalyst matures, and the work of developers will surely be cut in half in the future. Then there are user interface issues that might need fixing, given that several iPad apps that were imagined for a touch-only experience need to be adapted for a mouse and keyboard.
Others had to inform buyers that a macOS version would require a separate purchase, even if they’ve already bought the app from the App Store on an iPad or iPhone. Some developers have had to postpone their macOS launches to further iron out wrinkles.
In practice, however, that’s not so easy, which explains why you’re not witnessing a flurry of updates from iOS apps telling you those apps are available on Mac as well. Apple’s dream is to have developers code an app once and then launch it on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
