Comparison

Face Mouse 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

Face Mouse

Control your Mac using only your face and natural gestures. Winking or opening your mouth can perform clicks, while gaze tracking moves the cursor. It enhances Mac accessibility for users who cannot use a traditional mouse.

Highlights
  • Gaze tracking mouse pointer
  • Facial gesture clicks (wink, open mouth)
  • Left click, right click, drag functionality
  • Keyboard shortcut integration
  • Multi-monitor support
  • Wireless or wired connection to Mac
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Control your Mac with your face. A mouse pointer (shaped like an eye ball) will track your gaze and your face movements. Then use natural face gestures such as winking, or opening your mouth to click on your Mac. Left Click, Right Click, Drag, whatever you want! Don't want to take your hands off your keyboard? You can also use keyboard shortcuts to click your Face Mouse pointer. With Face Mouse the Mac is more accessible for those who cannot or do not want to use a traditional mouse. Connect the Face Mouse App to the Mac App wireless through WiFi or more quickly through a lighting cable. Face Mouse supports multiple monitors and is able to tell which of up to 16 monitors you are looking at. OK, we only tested up to 3, but it should work up to 16 :-) In App Purchase: Face Mouse is totally free to use. But you can support independent development and customize the settings with our "Unlock Settings" in app purchase.

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

Face Mouse4 screens
Remote Buddy Mobile 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Remote Buddy Mobile 2 at 75% against Face Mouse's 0%. Remote Buddy Mobile 2 also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Face Mouse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Remote Buddy Mobile 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Remote Buddy Mobile 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remote Buddy Mobile 2 has 34 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Face Mouse's written reviews are positive against 75% of Remote Buddy Mobile 2's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Face Mouse versus Remote Buddy Mobile 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFace MouseRemote Buddy Mobile 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (4 ratings)4.6 (34 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings434 — better
Update frequency—Every 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.1 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCole Labs Inc.IOSPIRIT GmbH

Customer experience

Face Mouse

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Face Mouse

One-time1
  • Unlock Settings$1.99
None

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Face Mouse free?
Face Mouse 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, Face Mouse or Remote Buddy Mobile 2?
Remote Buddy Mobile 2 is rated higher. Face Mouse averages 2.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Remote Buddy Mobile 2 averages 4.6 from 34 ratings.
Do Face Mouse or Remote Buddy Mobile 2 have ads?
Neither Face Mouse nor Remote Buddy Mobile 2 shows ads.

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