About Inateck
Inateck was founded in 2012 in Germany under the mission to "enhance your digital life," and has since grown into a global computer-peripherals brand selling tablet keyboard cases, Bluetooth keyboards, laptop cases, docking stations, hubs, and hard-drive enclosures across Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia. The company sells through major marketplaces including Amazon, eBay, Otto, Cdiscount, Rakuten, and MediaMarkt, and builds its tablet-keyboard lineup around three stated design principles: portability, intelligent features, and hardware that stays out of the way of the work.
Inateck's AceTouch Pro keyboard-case series won a Red Dot Award 2026 for design, and the company has carried the same magnetic-detach, trackpad-equipped approach into its wider AceTouch lineup for iPad. In our own testing, the AceTouch case for iPad A16 stood out for covering more current iPad models in one SKU than any other case we reviewed, for publishing an exact weight figure most competitors omit, and for pairing a trackpad and a seven-color backlight at a price well under the Smart Connector folios featured on the same page.
Brand website: inateck.com
What Inateck makes
Inateck's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Tablet keyboard cases
detachable and folio cases for iPad, Surface Pro, and Galaxy Tab — featured on DeskRated
Standalone Bluetooth keyboards
slim boards for tablets, phones, and laptops — featured on DeskRated
Laptop cases & sleeves
protective carrying cases
Docking stations & hubs
USB-C and PCIe expansion
Hard drive enclosures
external storage housings
Barcode scanners
handheld and wireless scanners
Why we recognized Inateck
The DeskRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. Inateck earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, used at a real desk, and judged on merit.
Inateck products we rated highly
Inateck AceTouch Case with Keyboard for iPad (A16)
The widest iPad compatibility list of any case in our testing, spanning iPad A16 11th and 10th gen, iPad Air 11-inch M2 through M4, iPad Air gen 4 and 5, and iPad Pro 11-inch gen 1 through 4 in a single SKU. A magnetic one-second detach separates the screen from the keyboard without unclipping anything, and Inateck publishes an exact 450-gram weight figure that most competitors in this category leave out, so a buyer can plan a bag around it. It pairs a multi-touch trackpad with a seven-color backlight at a price well below the Smart Connector folios reviewed on the same page.
Read the Best Bluetooth Keyboards for iPad of 2026 guide →What earned Inateck the recognition
- Over a decade specializing in tablet and laptop accessories, with a design lineup organized around portability and features that anticipate how the device is actually carried and used.
- AceTouch Pro series design recognized with a Red Dot Award 2026, the same magnetic-detach and trackpad approach carried through the wider AceTouch lineup.
- The AceTouch case for iPad A16 covers more current iPad models in one SKU than any competing case in our roundup, from the base iPad through iPad Pro 11-inch.
- Publishes an exact product weight (450 grams) rather than leaving buyers to estimate it, a spec most rivals in this category omit.
- Combines a multi-touch trackpad and a seven-color backlight at a price well under the Smart Connector folios it competes against.