Remote for Tautulli vs Astrysk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Remote for Tautulli
Access and manage your Plex Media Server data remotely. Monitor streams, view media details, and track user activity. Offers advanced features like notifications and statistics in its Pro version.
- Monitor current streams
- View media details
- Terminate streams
- Watch history
- Tautulli notifications (Pro)
- Server update monitoring (Pro)
- User statistics (Pro)
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Remote for Tautulli connects to your existing Tautulli server installation and gives you easy access to all data. WHAT IS TAUTULLI? Tautulli is a monitoring application that you can run alongside your Plex Media Server and tracks what has been streamed, who streamed it, when and where they streamed it, and how it was streamed. For further information please refer to tautulli.com. Remote for Tautulli is not affiliated with Plex Inc. or Tautulli itself. FEATURES - Universal app for iPhone and iPad - App for Apple Watch - Easy initial setup using qr code scanner - List of current streams incl. details like user, player, quality, eta - Option to terminate streams with optional message - All details to media e.g. summary, file size, bitrate, audio/video/subtitle tracks, duration, release date, rating and more - Watch history for media items - Cross linking between related media, track/album/artist, episode/season/tv show - Cross linking to the official Plex app (if installed) - iCloud keychain sync for connection info (if enabled in system) - Dark Mode / Light Mode (requires iOS 13) ADDITIONAL FEATURES OF PRO VERSION - Tautulli notifications for all events that are supported by Tautulli* - Easy Tautulli notification setup process - Plex Media Server update monitoring - Tautulli update monitoring incl. release notes - Option to trigger Tautulli update - Playback history incl. search and stream details - Recently added media - User list incl. details like playback statistics, recently watched, last known ip address incl. map*, and user's playback history - Statistics e.g. most streamed movie/tv show/artist or most active users - Statistics graphically represented as charts - List and details of all libraries incl. search with access to all media details without having those streamed - Plex Media Server logs* - Tautulli logs - Tautulli notification logs - Tautulli newsletter logs - Siri Shortcuts (requires iOS 12) - Widgets (requires iOS 14) - Lockscreen Widgets (requires iOS 16) - Today widget for easy and fast overview of current streams and updates - Management of multiple Tautulli servers incl. fast switch - Number of current streams as app icon badge USE CONDITIONS Remote for Tautulli requires an already configured installation of Tautulli v2.1.20 or higher that is connected to your Plex Media Server and reachable from outside your local network. * This feature requires a corresponding configuration in Tautulli
Astrysk
This open-source application provides a unified remote control for self-hosted services. It currently supports managing Proxmox servers and running Large Language Models via Ollama, with more features planned.
- Unified remote control
- Open-source
- Self-hosted manager
- Proxmox management
- Ollama LLM support
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Experience the power of control with Astrysk, your ultimate open-source self-hosted manager. Available Applets: - Proxmox (For managing Proxmox servers) - Ollama (For running Large Language Models - LLMs) Applets and more features coming soon! Please note: Astrysk is purely a remote control application and does not offer any functionality without the accompanying software installed on a server.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Remote for Tautulli at 4.8 against Astrysk's 3.7. Remote for Tautulli also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 3) and review sentiment (91% vs 67%). Astrysk's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Remote for Tautulli sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Astrysk sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Remote for Tautulli holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remote for Tautulli has 2.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Remote for Tautulli's written reviews are positive against 67% of Astrysk's.
Remote for Tautulli ships an update every 2 months, Astrysk every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Remote for Tautulli | Astrysk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.4K ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.7% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tobias Fonfara | Abayomi Ikuru |
Customer experience
Remote for Tautulli
Astrysk
Bugs and requests
Remote for Tautulli
Reported bugs
3 issues- Restore purchase functionality not working
- Notifications not working as expected
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to view server resource utilization
- Improved remote access and offline support
- More customization options for notifications
Astrysk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Remote for Tautulli
- Coffee Tall$0.99
- Coffee Grande$2.99
- Remote for Tautulli Pro$3.99
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- Coffee Venti$4.99
Astrysk
- Buy Me A Soda$0.99
- Buy Me A Coffee$2.99
- Buy Me A Beverage$4.99
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- Buy Me A Meal$9.99









