# Satellite Surface Remote — Companion for Live Shows

> Companion for Live Shows (iPhone/iPad app by Thomas Brown.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/satellite-surface-remote/id6773176254 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Thomas Brown](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896052848)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: $1.99 with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 1 MB
- Released: 2026-09-29
- Data updated: 2026-09-30
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/satellite-surface-remote/id6773176254/reviews.md

## What is Satellite Surface Remote?

Satellite Surface Remote turns an iPhone or iPad into a button surface for Bitfocus Companion. It connects over Companion's Satellite API, on your own network, and shows your Companion buttons live.

Built for control rooms, live events, streams, churches, schools and AV booths — anywhere you run a show from Companion and want one more set of buttons in your hand.

WHAT IT DOES
• Connects to Companion as a Satellite surface (WebSocket, port 16623 by default)
• Live button text, colour and press state from Companion
• Tap or hold to press; page up and down; current page shown
• Remembers your last Companion and connects on launch
• Multi-Instance (in-app purchase): save several servers, switch between them right on the surface, and on iPad run two surfaces at once
• Auto reconnect when Companion restarts
• Choose the grid: rows, columns, text size
• Optional button artwork, or text-only for the fastest updates
• Optional advanced layout with encoder controls
• Diagnostics: latency, uptime, reconnects, Companion version
• Landscape layout for iPhone and iPad, or turn the surface upright with one tap

PRIVACY
No account. No ads. No analytics. The app talks only to the Companion server you enter. Saved servers stay on your device.

REQUIREMENTS
Bitfocus Companion running on a computer on the same network, with the Satellite WebSocket listener on.

Satellite Surface Remote is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Bitfocus.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $1.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Multi-Instance | $4.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-29

No release notes.

## More apps by Thomas Brown

- [Squishy Math Trail](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/squishy-math-trail/id6810906291)

All apps by Thomas Brown: https://appshunter.io/developer/1896052848

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