Remote for Tautulli vs KumaAlert
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
KumaAlert
Stay connected to your Uptime Kuma monitoring server with instant alerts for downtime or recovery. View live status, manage monitors, and track uptime history directly from your phone.
- Real-time monitor status
- Push notifications
- Multi-server support
- Heartbeat history charts
- Maintenance window management
- Home screen widgets
- Dark mode support
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KumaAlert - Uptime Kuma in your pocket KumaAlert is a native app for keeping an eye on your Uptime Kuma servers from your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It stays quiet until something needs you, then makes sure you know. Connect one server or a dozen, see everything at a glance, and get alerted the moment a monitor goes down. When something breaks, you can acknowledge or snooze it right from the notification, a widget, your watch, or the app. Know the moment something breaks • Push alerts when a monitor goes down, and again when it recovers, with how long it was out • Set each monitor to Info, Warning, or Critical. Critical alerts can break through silent mode and repeat until you acknowledge them • A per-monitor alert delay so brief blips don't wake you • Send a real test alert to check your sounds and settings work Handle outages anywhere • An Incidents tab with active outages pinned up top, live downtime timers, and Acknowledge and Snooze on each • Downtime totals, mean time to recovery, and your flakiest monitor across 7, 30, or 90 days • Live Activities that put an ongoing outage on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • A full Apple Watch app that works even with your iPhone off, with complications for your watch face • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that surface only what's down when it matters Built for real infrastructure • Drag to arrange monitors and move them between folders, with changes synced back to Uptime Kuma itself • One-tap push setup, where KumaAlert creates the alert webhook for you • Maintenance windows, Kiosk mode for a wall-mounted iPad, Siri, and Shortcuts • iPad-native layout, plus Sign in with Apple and end-to-end encrypted sync so the server only ever sees ciphertext One-time purchase. No subscriptions. No tracking. Requires a self-hosted Uptime Kuma server.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Remote for Tautulli at Free against KumaAlert's $3.99. Remote for Tautulli also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (91% vs 64%). KumaAlert's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On ads 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
Remote for Tautulli is free to download; KumaAlert costs $3.99 up front. Remote for Tautulli sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. KumaAlert asks for nothing beyond the download.
Remote for Tautulli holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remote for Tautulli has 2.4K ratings behind it against 12, 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 64% of KumaAlert's.
Remote for Tautulli ships an update every 2 months, KumaAlert every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Remote for Tautulli | KumaAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.4K ratings) — better | 4.3 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.7% of reviews — better | 64.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #107 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tobias Fonfara | Robert Holmes |
Customer experience
Remote for Tautulli
KumaAlert
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
KumaAlert
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
KumaAlert
No in-app purchases
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