ProtoPie Player vs UTM Remote Virtual Machines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ProtoPie Player
This app allows you to view, test, and experience interactive prototypes created with a companion desktop tool. Access prototypes from the cloud or save them locally for offline use on your mobile devices. It enables easy sharing and testing of designs with colleagues, clients, or users.
- View and test prototypes
- Access cloud prototypes
- Save prototypes locally
- Use native device capabilities
- Control playback speed
- Share prototypes easily
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ProtoPie Player is a free companion app to ProtoPie Studio, a code-free prototyping tool on macOS & Windows. View, experience, and test prototypes on iOS and iPadOS easily. Access prototypes in the Cloud, save prototypes locally, and more—all from your iPhone or iPad. Ideal for yourself, your colleagues, stakeholders, clients, or users. ProtoPie Player is perfect for quickly testing prototypes made with ProtoPie, getting prototypes in anyone’s hands, and (remote) usability testing. To open prototypes on your iPhone or iPad, connect ProtoPie Player to ProtoPie Studio via WiFi or USB. Or just log in with your ProtoPie account to access your prototypes in the cloud. Also, it’s possible to open any prototype on your iPhone or iPad with a shareable link or shared via any other third-party solution—without connecting to ProtoPie Studio. With ProtoPie Player, you can: - Open any prototypes—shared via ProtoPie Cloud, email, Google Drive, Slack, or any other messaging and storage solution. - Use the iPhone and iPad their native capabilities in prototypes, e.g., camera, gyroscope, microphone, and more. - Control the play speed: slow down the prototype to experience the interactions with more detail. - Access prototypes in ProtoPie Cloud. - Save prototypes locally for offline usage ProtoPie Player is part of the ProtoPie ecosystem. ProtoPie is a prototyping tool to easily turn your interaction design ideas into realistic prototypes. Create interactive prototypes for mobile, desktop, web, and IoT. Get started with ProtoPie today!
UTM Remote Virtual Machines
Access and control your virtual machines from your iOS device. Stream Windows, Ubuntu, and other operating systems running on your Mac remotely. This app requires UTM for Mac to function.
- Stream virtual machines remotely
- Supports Windows, Ubuntu, and more
- Control VMs from iOS device
- Requires UTM for Mac
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Run Windows®, Ubuntu®, and other operating systems remotely from your Mac running UTM UTM Remote allows you to stream your virtual machines from your Mac to your iOS device. Requires UTM for Mac to use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ProtoPie Player at 4.0 against UTM Remote Virtual Machines's 3.7. ProtoPie Player also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 38%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). UTM Remote Virtual Machines's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ProtoPie Player holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 52 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of ProtoPie Player's written reviews are positive against 38% of UTM Remote Virtual Machines's.
ProtoPie Player ships an update every 5 weeks, UTM Remote Virtual Machines every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ProtoPie Player | UTM Remote Virtual Machines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (27 ratings) — better | 3.7 (52 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 37.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 370 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio XID | Turing Software, LLC |
Customer experience
ProtoPie Player
UTM Remote Virtual Machines
Bugs and requests
ProtoPie Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
UTM Remote Virtual Machines
Reported bugs
5 issues- App didn't work on opening
- Connection error on startup
- Crashes often
- Network error
- Unable to create VMs on iPadOS 17.5
Requested features
6 requests- Add a Linux port as a flatpak
- Support for ARM-based VMs
- Trackpad/Mouse support
- Make UTM SE available on App Store
- iOS support for UTM
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- Better documentation
In-app purchases
ProtoPie Player
No in-app purchases
UTM Remote Virtual Machines
No in-app purchases
Questions
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