# Unified Remote — user reviews > 235 indexed App Store user reviews of Unified Remote by Unified Intents, rated 3.80/5 from 290 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unified-remote/id825534179/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unified-remote/id825534179.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 160 · 4★ 41 · 3★ 18 · 2★ 18 · 1★ 53 ## What do users think of Unified Remote? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to use - 👍 Extensive functionality - 💡 Customizable remotes - 🚀 Responsive and fast - 👍 Works well as a remote control **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent disconnections - 🐛 Buggy mouse/keyboard controls - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🔒 Privacy concerns with anonymous data collection **Commonly reported bugs** - Keyboard not working on Windows 8.1 - Inability to close keyboard once opened - Inconsistent behavior after updates - Purchased features not working as expected **Most requested features** - Sleep timer for PC - Apple Watch support - Improved Siri/Shortcuts integration - Better handling of large music libraries ## Newest reviews (15 of 235) ### 4/5 — Long-Press to Drag should not not disengage after letting go *2026-07-30* UPDATE: The dev listens. So changed review from 3 stars to 4 stars. There is some hitching issues when moving the mouse horizontally. I move the mouse to the right and it hitches back to the left as I continue moving right. Maybe the unified server program on windows and Linux needs updating. I wish the server program was better at working on windows and Linux (Steam deck/machine) as soon as the computer is started and it on the Lock Screen where I put in the password. But I’m glad we’re getting updates after 5 years of nothing. Happy I paid for the app back then. Prior to the new update, long-press to drag would allow you to continue dragging after lifting your finger. You would need to long-press again to disable the dragging. This was very useful when dragging windows from one side of the screen to the other while having your phone in portrait mode. Please reinstate this feature or at least allow us to have an option in settings for it. I used the hold to drag feature everyday but now it takes forever to drag a window since everything I lift my finger after moving it to the edge of my phone, and reposition my finger on the opposite edge of the phone to continue dragging, then the drag would disengage and I would have to long press again. The long press takes at least a second to activate, and the phone will vibrate, so having to constantly reengage the long press leads to a lot of time to do a simple thing like drag a window to the other side of the screen to snap it in place. Please reenable this feature. **Developer response:** A fix is already on the way! Thanks for your patience. ### 3/5 — Long-Press to Drag should not not disengage after letting go *2026-07-26* Prior to the new update, long-press to drag would allow you to continue dragging after lifting your finger. You would need to long-press again to disable the dragging. This was very useful when dragging windows from one side of the screen to the other while having your phone in portrait mode. Please reinstate this feature or at least allow us to have an option in settings for it. I used the hold to drag feature everyday but now it takes forever to drag a window since everything I lift my finger after moving it to the edge of my phone, and reposition my finger on the opposite edge of the phone to continue dragging, then the drag would disengage and I would have to long press again. The long press takes at least a second to activate, and the phone will vibrate, so having to constantly reengage the long press leads to a lot of time to do a simple thing like drag a window to the other side of the screen to snap it in place. Please reenable this feature. **Developer response:** A fix is already on the way! Thanks for your patience. ### 2/5 — Wake-on-LAN still doesn't work.. *2026-07-22* UPDATE: After latest update patch to fix it, it still doesn't work.. Tried all the same troubleshooting steps including reinstalling both app and server client.. Never had an issue for years until these latest updates.. Added a star for dev response and the quick patch release, but it remains as of now, still broken ORIGINAL: Latest update broke this, doesn't matter what MAC I add or change, or the format I add it as.. Tried uninstalling/reinstalling app, server, drivers. Tried removing/readding server both automatically and manually.. Everything works except Wake-on-LAN.. Please fix!! **Developer response:** Thank you for the detailed update, and we really appreciate you giving the latest patch a try. We're sorry Wake on LAN is still not working after reinstalling both the app and server. Since everything else is working, we'd love to investigate this further. Please email us at support@unifiedremote.com with your setup details, and we'll work with you to get to the bottom of it. ### 4/5 — Abandoned App *2026-07-19, version 2.0.1* UPDATE: Sock is in mouth, they finally updated it! Changing to four stars from my initial one star review. With time and proving they are here to stay and keep improving, I’ll gladly give it five stars. I still think over four years to get this update is beyond insane when development for Android never stopped… ORIGINAL: It barely gets the job done and does technically function, but still paywalling features when there hasn’t been an update in over 4 years…insane. Android has been getting updates and new features like crazy though. I did reach out to the devs several months back to see if they would confirm or deny if they abandoned iOS officially, but all I got back was a ChatGPT crafted response with the classic overly nice response that quotes your talking points back to you almost verbatim. For the record, the email response did state that iOS was still on their roadmap and I do think a human was involved in the response, but I just don’t know if that part was human or AI. I’ll gladly put a sock in my mouth if they’d ultimately prove me wrong with a new release. This is one of the few apps I’d be willing to pay a subscription for if they’d just pay any attention to it at all… RIP to what could have been. ### 2/5 — New Overhaul Update *2026-07-18* before the most recent update, i loved the app and it was very nice to use, but after the fact the app no longer suspends properly and if i tab out for even a second, the app will fully restart when i re-enter it with no permeability, leading me to have to re-find the remote i was using and to close the sidebar, which isnt a massive deal in of itself but gets annoying over time, and the interaction with the app itself has degraded with the new UI, keys are now smaller and harder to hit on the screen, the prompts to upgrade to the premium version are more intrusive and the app runs slightly slower, though thats much more the fault of my old ipad 7 so i cant blame the developer for that one, but overall this update renders a much worse user experience and i hope to see these issues resolved soon as the app is still tremendously useful **Developer response:** A fix is already on the way! Thanks for your patience. ### 3/5 — Обновление. *2026-07-18, version 2.0.1* Дизайн обновленной программы ужасен. Сделайте возможность вернуться к старому варианту дизайна. При управлении мышкой, сделали очень маленькие кнопки вызова клавиатуры и управления звуком. При клике постоянно кликается курсор мышки( ставится пауза в плеере) это очень бесит. Также при вводе текста с клавиатуры, раньше текст отображался на телефоне, а сейчас нет, показывается только на компе. Это тоже не удобно, так как в моем случае текст на компьютере очень маленький и приходится подходить близко к телевизору что бы увидеть что написано. ### 5/5 — 1 PC Remote! *2026-05-27, version 1.6.5* Best free remote app for PC on the App Store! Highly recommended! ### 5/5 — The best, using since 2013 *2026-05-23, version 1.6.5* I’ve used it for a long time and it has helped me control my class computers when I was in college, showing my hacking skills to my classmates haha ### 5/5 — Best app ever!! *2026-05-14, version 1.6.5* Im lazy so im not tryna get up from my bed when i put some youtube on or some movies yk how it be so this app is like a dream come true ong ### 5/5 — Works Flawlessly and no subscription *2026-03-23* i have been looking for an app to do what this does for years and finally stubled across this app, i installed it on my pc which took like 30 seconds, and the app just works right away. the 5$ for full access is a one time payment i was more than happy to pay for this, thank you for making this app ### 3/5 — Mostly works *2026-03-18, version 1.6.5* The android version of this app is perfect, the the iOS one is a little buggy. When you click the audio control, it’s hidden behind the top gray bar, the two fingers and swipe to scroll doesn’t work, nor does clicking a dragging when turning the mouse buttons on. I want so badly to use this for my home pc to tv setup, but without those features, it won’t work. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2025-09-05, version 1.6.5* Everything is easy to use and no adverts. When you open the app and it doesn’t connect just go to servers and click on the newest one. ### 5/5 — Best in its class *2025-06-20, version 1.6.5* Spilled a drink on my keyboard and needed something in the mean time until my new keyboard arrives, This is by far the best app for the job, no bullsh*€ and you get everything you’d need for an emergency keyboard replacement without having to give in to a subscription, and the payed options are useful. the first app I tried was horrendous, didnt even have a dedicated keyboard and didnt have Ctrl or Alt, some of the most important keys. Glad I found this gem in my time of need, No complains other than the look which at the end of the day doesnt matter, functionality over fashion. ### 4/5 — Add this feature pls!! *2025-05-22, version 1.6.5* I really enjoy this app and my only complaint is 2 things. 1 being that it sometimes switches from servers and doesn’t work one one server and the other server does and i keep removing the one that doesn’t and it somehow comes back. anyways what really makes this a 4 star instead of a 5 star is that 2nd thing is i wish this had a feature to turn off pc at a certain time. like a button for “turn off pc in an hour” and it automatically opens cmd and types in the code to do so. It’s just the little things when ur not home and need to update something and don’t want ur pc on the whole time. Other than that i really recommend this if you’re trying to use ur setup as a TV while ur in bed or just want to control ur pc with a mouse on ur phone. This app saves a lot of time and energy and its heading towards the right place. ### 4/5 — Sleep timer *2025-05-09, version 1.6.5* Please add a sleep timer so i can set a timer for how long until the pc automatically turns off 🙏🙏🙏 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Still broken after last update *2026-07-25, version 2.1.0* Still closing basic control with a back swipe after the last update Constantly stops working Has become absolutely useless I’m now at the point I want a refund Why after so long without an update did you break it? Then released another update claiming everything is fixed when it clearly is not Used to be amazing I’m now looking for alternatives ### 1/5 — YOU RUINED IT *2026-07-19, version 2.0.1* Basic input is now unusable. The tiny bar at the bottom for the leyboard/volume control is so small I just constantly tap the touchpad area and pause whatever I’m watching. It’s legitimately so unusable. I hate that I paid for this and used it for years, then overnight it’s a broken app I can’t use anymore. It’s how I control my entire tv system. ### 1/5 — Arrow keys behind a paywall *2026-05-12, version 1.6.5* Arrow keys behind a paywall. Nickel and dime yourselves to 1 * ### 1/5 — Abandoned App *2025-11-26, version 1.6.5* It barely gets the job done and does technically function, but still paywalling features when there hasn’t been an update in over 4 years…insane. Android has been getting updates and new features like crazy though. I did reach out to the devs several months back to see if they would confirm or deny if they abandoned iOS officially, but all I got back was a ChatGPT crafted response with the classic overly nice response that quotes your talking points back to you almost verbatim. For the record, the email response did state that iOS was still on their roadmap and I do think a human was involved in the response, but I just don’t know if that part was human or AI. I’ll gladly put a sock in my mouth if they’d ultimately prove me wrong with a new release. This is one of the few apps I’d be willing to pay a subscription for if they’d just pay any attention to it at all… RIP to what could have been. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-09-14, version 1.6.5* TL;DR - use RemoteMouse (remotemouse.net) instead. This buggy app bills itself as plug and play, but despite following the instructions the spending another half hour trying to configure “external LAN” and “bindings,” I still couldn’t get it to work. RemoteMouse worked instantly first-time. ### 1/5 — BAD app *2025-01-01, version 1.6.5* DON'T BUY THIS app! ### 1/5 — Забили *2024-11-17* Забили на приложение, 3 года ни одного обновления, когда есть надоедливые косяки по типу не крывающейся клавиатуры в режиме мыши. Хотя деньги люди вам платят за функции ### 1/5 — 😔 *2024-11-03* Забили на приложение ### 1/5 — Not showing up in shortcuts app *2024-10-23, version 1.6.5* I used to be able to control with siri using the shortcuts app and now it’s not working ### 1/5 — Гадость *2024-07-26* Сплошные глюки и неудобства, а все что только можно сделали платным ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Works great *2026-08-04* Update- love the new update it’s really full featured and rewarding us for buying features in the past! Only issue is the mouse trackpad works really poorly now when it was perfect before (despite an update that says it was fixed) The server sometimes has issues lately starting and connecting on its own but hopefully won’t be a major problem ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2026-07-26, version 1.6.5* I had been searching forever, when I found this app and it had everything I needed! That was years ago and its been working perfectly since! After seeing the new update it felt like I should say how much I love the app. I thought it was abandoned for a lil bit! ### 5/5 — I use this every day, genuinely *2026-07-23, version 2.1.0* The only app that doesn’t get worse when you update it! ### 5/5 — Great update *2026-07-19, version 2.0.1* Thanks for the polish! Looks great ### 5/5 — Happy *2026-07-19, version 2.0.1* Amazing app and really does the job. Simple to install as well ### 5/5 — Newest update is a complete game changer *2026-07-18* Every single small issue I’ve ever had with this app has been fixed with its latest iteration. The keyboard not going away, never knowing if I’m connected to the server, the scrolling being finicky, it’s amazing. I never bothered to reach out over these bugs because the last update was 5 YEARS AGO, but I’m glad the developers did it themselves. Amazing!! ### 5/5 — Still Alive!!! *2026-07-17, version 2.0.1* Holy surprise update of the decade. Massive ui overhaul mid 2026? I already was so in love with this app and have used it for over 8 years. I never in a million years expected an update. Best $15 I’ve ever spent. ### 5/5 — The best just got better *2026-07-13, version 2.0.1* I have used this app every day for maybe a decade, probably even longer than that. Though it never needed it from a functionality standpoint, I always hoped Unified Remote would receive an update to bring it up to modern standards, and today my prayers have been answered. Thank you, Unified Intents. You’ve made me so happy. ### 5/5 — Unified *2026-07-13, version 2.0.1* my go to ever-since the apple remote was no longer “in-the-box” ### 5/5 — Long term user, first time caller *2026-07-09, version 1.6.5* I’ve been using this app for 10-15 years and it works perfectly. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-30.*