Airflow Remote vs atvTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Airflow Remote
Control your Airflow media playback and manage playlists directly from your phone. Adjust playback settings, switch audio/subtitle tracks, and customize the app's appearance. It offers extensive control over your media experience.
- Playback control (play, pause, scrub, skip)
- Playlist management (add, remove, create, delete)
- Audio and subtitle track switching
- Online subtitle search
- Customizable app theme and accent color
- Adaptive volume boost adjustment
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Every feature of Airflow (and yes, there's lot of them) is accessible from the remote. You can * Control the playback - play, pause, scrub (with live preview!) - skip to next item - switch between output devices, adjust Chromecast volume, even invoke the speed test * Manage playlists and files - Add and remove files - Move files between playlists - Create and delete playlists - Toggle playlist looping * All playback settings are adjustable from phone - Switch between and subtitle tracks - Search for subtitles online - Adjust adaptive volume boost - Adjust audio and subtitle delay - Override aspect ratio * Customize app theme and accent color and hide tabs at bottom of the app (useful for small devices). * And a lot more...
atvTools
Control your Android TV devices remotely from your iOS device. Install apps, manage existing ones, transfer files, and even use your phone as a remote. Offers advanced features like shell commands and system monitoring.
- Install apps remotely
- Manage TV apps (open, uninstall, disable)
- File transfer from phone to TV
- Remote control and mouse mode
- Run shell commands
- System monitoring (CPU, RAM, storage)
- Screenshot and screen recording
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App developed to control your TV devices from your iOS devices. You need to have enabled USB/Network debugging on your Android device to get it work Depending on the device, some functions may not be available. Also it is not tested App allows: - Install (sideload) apps from your iOS device to your TV devices - Control your TV apps (include opening, uninstalling, disabling/enabling and downloading APK) - Control apps permissions (grant/revoke) - Build-in File Manager - Make screenshot or screenrecord (you can't capture any video content due to OS restrictions) - Send files from your phone to TV - Control your device using remote control and mouse mode in the app - Open channels on your iOS device (only Android TV 8+) - Paste text from your phone - Run Shell commands - Clear all apps cache using one button - Reboot and power TV device - See usage of CPU, RAM, network and storage - See running apps and force-stop them if needed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Airflow Remote at Free against atvTools's $0.99. Airflow Remote also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). atvTools's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and chart position (#24 vs unranked). On review sentiment, 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
Airflow Remote is free to download; atvTools costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
atvTools holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: atvTools has 168 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Airflow Remote's written reviews are positive against 69% of atvTools's.
Airflow Remote ships an update every 5 weeks, atvTools every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Airflow Remote | atvTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (26 ratings) | 4.8 (168 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 69.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 168 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #24 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | InMethod s.r.o. | Oleksandr Hamlii |
Customer experience
Airflow Remote
atvTools
In-app purchases
Airflow Remote
No in-app purchases
atvTools
No in-app purchases
