Comparison

iMediaOut vs Remote Buddy Mobile 2

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

Head to head
About

iMediaOut

Access your iPhone/iPad media and files on your PC wirelessly through a web browser. Transfer photos, videos, and music, or use it as a USB disk for file uploads and downloads. Send text and URLs directly to your device.

Highlights
  • Wireless media access via web browser
  • Browse, view, and download photos
  • Play and download videos
  • Play and download music
  • USB disk-like file transfer
  • Send text and URLs to device
Features
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iMediaOut provides you an easy way to access your iPhone/iPad's photos, videos and music on PC without using a data cable, and you can also use it to upload/download files just like using a USB disk. The only thing you need to do is - run it! This app is an indispensable tool for your iOS device. Features include: ► Easily access your photos, videos, music and uploaded files in any web browser such as IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc. ► Browse, view and download your photos in web browsers, in iPhone/iPad size or full resolution ► Browse, play and download your videos directly in web browsers ► Browse, play and download your music directly in web browsers ► Upload/download files to your iPhone/iPad just like using a USB disk ► Send text/url to your iPhone/iPad ► Works with web browsers running in Windows, Mac and Linux computers Requirements & limitations: * Access to a properly configured WiFi network is required for this application to work.

About

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

Control your Mac from your iPhone or iPad. Use it as a trackpad, keyboard, or for app-specific controls and media playback. Mirror your Mac's screen and manage power functions remotely.

Highlights
  • Remote control for 100+ Mac apps
  • Multi-touch trackpad with Mousespot
  • Web video playback control
  • Screen mirroring up to 60fps
  • Keyboard and numpad input
  • Power actions and Wake-On-LAN
  • Secure TLS connection
Features
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Control your Mac, with your iPhone or iPad acting as trackpad, keyboard, mirrored display and powerful remote control for 100+ Mac apps. Watch web videos and streaming services in Safari or Google Chrome and control playback, speed and volume from the comfort of your couch. Use the built-in, high performance screen sharing to mirror your screen on your device's display and control your Mac from another room. Deliver your presentations with confidence using the multitouch trackpad and its elegant Mousespot highlight. Launch, switch and quit apps - or pick from Remote Buddy's huge library of 1.200+ actions for 100+ popular Mac apps, right from your device. Remote Buddy Mobile is the mobile companion app for Remote Buddy, the remote control app for your Mac. KEY FEATURES • Remote Control Control 100+ popular Mac apps with 1.200+ tailor-made actions. • Multi-touch Trackpad with Mousespot Click, drag, scroll, switch spaces or invoke Mission Control. Want to highlight parts of your presentations? Or looking for the mouse pointer? Remote Buddy's Mousespot spotlight effect is just a tap away! • Shortcut Bar The configurable shortcut bar provides quick access to essential actions for the controlled app in the Remote and Trackpad modes. • Smart Remote Fusing the best parts of remote, trackpad and shortcut bar into a single, app-specific view, Smart Remote puts everything needed to control an app within reach. • Web Video Control Control playback, speed and volume of almost all web videos - without having to fiddle with controls in the browser. Works with YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime, tv.apple.com, Vimeo and many more in Safari and Google Chrome. • Screen Sharing Instantly see your Mac's screen, with up to 60 frames per second. Supports zooming, dragging, clicking, scrolling, multiple displays and more. • Actions and App Control Pick from Remote Buddy's huge library of 1.200+ app-specific actions; launch, switch and quit apps right from your device. Favorite frequently used apps and actions for quick access. • Keyboard and Numpad Type text and numbers into browsers, search fields, editors, spreadsheets and more. Supports modifiers, cursor keys, the iOS keyboard's dictation feature, password manager integration and more. • Power Actions and Wake-On-LAN Save power by putting your Mac to sleep - and wake it up later through Wake-On-LAN. Or initiate a reboot or shut down right from the app. • Audio Settings Change your system's default audio output to a different device or AirPlay target. Control its volume and mute status where supported. • Connection secured with TLS Support for the new Secure Connection feature of Remote Buddy 2.0, keeping your connection private through strong, certificate-based TLS 1.2 encryption. SUPPORTED APPS Some of the Mac apps that Remote Buddy for Mac and – thereby – Remote Buddy Mobile can control out of the box: Acrobat Pro, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Reader, AirFoil, Aperture, Audio Hijack 3, Audirvana, Books, Broadcasts, Calendar, Deckset, DVD Player, Elmedia Video Player, EyeTV, FlexTime, Firefox, GarageBand, Google Chrome, Impress (OpenOffice.org & LibreOffice), iPhoto, iTunes, Keynote, Kodi, Lightroom 1/2/3/4/5/Classic/CC, Mac Blu-Ray Player, Movist, Music, OpenPHT, Photo Booth, Photos, Plex for Mac, Plex Media Player, Podcasts, PowerPoint, Preview, QuickTime Player, Roon, Safari, Skim, Spotify, TV.app, VoodooPad, VLC, XBMC, Yojimbo A complete list of supported apps is available at the Remote Buddy website. If you want us to add support for an app that's not listed there, please let us know through the contact form of our website. HOST REQUIREMENTS Requires a Mac running Remote Buddy 2.0 or later. Remote Buddy 2.0 requires macOS 10.12 or later. Licenses for Remote Buddy for the Mac are sold separately and not part of this app.

Screenshots

iMediaOut4 screens
Remote Buddy Mobile 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Remote Buddy Mobile 2 at none against iMediaOut's 1. iMediaOut's advantage is ratings volume (272 vs 35) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

Both are free to download. iMediaOut sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Remote Buddy Mobile 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for iMediaOut against 4.6 for Remote Buddy Mobile 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iMediaOut has 272 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of iMediaOut's written reviews are positive against 75% of Remote Buddy Mobile 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iMediaOut ships an update every 10 months, Remote Buddy Mobile 2 every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iMediaOut versus Remote Buddy Mobile 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriMediaOutRemote Buddy Mobile 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (272 ratings)4.6 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.1% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings272 — better35
Update frequencyEvery 10 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShanghai Yitu Information Technology Co., Ltd.IOSPIRIT GmbH

Customer experience

iMediaOut

All ratings272 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral7.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive76.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative21.7%

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

All ratings34 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

iMediaOut

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App not supported anymore
  • Frozen screen on newer iPhones
  • Service stopped error
  • Crashes when viewing photos
  • Crashes upon PC connection
Show 2 more
  • Incompatible with iOS 13.1 on iPhone 7
  • Does not work on iPhone 13

Requested features

3 requests
  • Batch download functionality
  • Batch sharing functionality
  • Restore service functionality

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iMediaOut

One-time1
  • Full Features Pack$1.99
None

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iMediaOut free?
iMediaOut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remote Buddy Mobile 2 free?
Remote Buddy Mobile 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iMediaOut or Remote Buddy Mobile 2?
Remote Buddy Mobile 2 is rated higher. iMediaOut averages 4.5 out of 5 from 272 ratings, while Remote Buddy Mobile 2 averages 4.6 from 35 ratings.
Do iMediaOut or Remote Buddy Mobile 2 have ads?
Neither iMediaOut nor Remote Buddy Mobile 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iMediaOut or Remote Buddy Mobile 2?
iMediaOut ships an update every 10 months, and Remote Buddy Mobile 2 every 12 months. Most recently, iMediaOut was updated on October 24, 2026 and Remote Buddy Mobile 2 on October 25, 2026.

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