Comparison

Remote Discover vs Direct

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Remote Discover

Explore your local network to find and identify remote controllers and controllable devices. Get detailed information about hosts, including IP addresses, hostnames, and MAC addresses. Discover Bonjour and DLNA services with comprehensive data.

Highlights
  • Discover remote controllers
  • Identify controllable devices
  • View host IP and MAC addresses
  • Analyze Bonjour services
  • Detail DLNA device information
  • Network scanning capabilities
Features
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Remote Discover is a small network explorer application. It helps you to discover remote controllers, remote controllable devices, remote controller pairings on your local home or office network. FIND REMOTE CONTROLLERS • Detect Home Sharing remote controllable devices (iTunes, Apple TV). • Detect Remote controller pairing. HOST INFORMATION • Show IP address, Bonjour and DNS hostnames, PING capability. • Show MAC address, MAC vendor, country, postal address. BONJOUR SERVICE INFORMATION • Show Bonjour service informations: name, type, transport protocol and service related properties. • Detect further Bonjour services on wireless speaker with detailed informations. DLNA DEVICE/SERVICE INFORMATION • Analyze and describe device name, manufacturer, model, type, version, serial number, UPC code, etc. • Determine operating system/version and UPnP server product and version. • Show DLNA host IP address, port number, UPnP version, local name, domain name, MAC address (with vendor informations), PING capability. REACH UI FEATURES • Info menu with feedback and privacy settings • Use the camera icon (upper-right corner) to create and print/send/share a screenshot from the entire page. • Pull down with your finger to refresh the informations. • Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value. • Shake your device to refresh the informations.

About

Direct

This Safari extension for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS helps speed up browsing by removing Google's click tracking redirects. It enhances your online experience by streamlining navigation and reducing delays caused by Google's data collection practices.

Highlights
  • Removes Google click tracking
  • Speeds up browsing
  • Streamlines online experience
  • Safari extension for iOS, iPadOS, macOS
  • Requires permission to read/alter webpages
Features
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Frustrated with Google's secretive click tracking slowing down your online experience? Bid farewell to delays and revel in a faster, more streamlined browsing adventure with Remove Google Redirection. Remove Google Redirection is a Safari extension designed for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. To enable its features, it's essential to grant permission in Safari settings, allowing the extension to read and alter webpages for all websites. * Why we should remove google’s redirection: Google's Click Tracking secretly monitors which URLs users click to enhance search technology, customize content, and improve advertising. This data refines search results and pagerank, identifying popular webpages and frequently clicked links. Despite its utility, privacy advocates are concerned. Users remain unaware of the redirection, as Google reformats the destination URL through its servers.

Screenshots

Remote Discover4 screens
Direct1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Remote Discover at 33% against Direct's 0%. Remote Discover also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Direct's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Remote Discover costs $2.99 and Direct $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Discover ships an update every 2 months, Direct every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Remote Discover versus Direct: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote DiscoverDirect
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCsaba Iranyi磊 汪

Customer experience

Remote Discover

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Direct

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Remote Discover

No in-app purchases

None

Direct

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remote Discover free?
Remote Discover costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Direct free?
Direct costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Remote Discover or Direct have ads?
Neither Remote Discover nor Direct shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remote Discover or Direct?
Remote Discover ships an update every 2 months, and Direct every 3 months. Most recently, Remote Discover was updated on November 1, 2026 and Direct on November 3, 2026.

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