Comparison

Split Flap 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

Split Flap

This utility app displays the time with an elegant split-flap design. It offers customizable themes, supports various time formats, and includes optional sound and seconds display.

Highlights
  • Split-flap time display
  • Customizable themes
  • 24-hour and 12-hour formats
  • Optional seconds display
  • Sound options
  • Open source
Features
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Elegantly show the time. Supports your device's locale - 24 hour formats and 12 hour formats Supports themes Can optionally show the seconds Has sound options Open source

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

Split Flap2 screens
Remote Buddy Mobile 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Remote Buddy Mobile 2 at Free against Split Flap's $0.99. Remote Buddy Mobile 2 also leads on ratings volume (34 vs 6) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 26.0). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Remote Buddy Mobile 2 is free to download; Split Flap costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Split Flap against 4.6 for Remote Buddy Mobile 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remote Buddy Mobile 2 has 34 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Split Flap ships an update every 17 months, Remote Buddy Mobile 2 every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Split Flap versus Remote Buddy Mobile 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplit FlapRemote Buddy Mobile 2
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better4.6 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings634 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 12 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZac GorakIOSPIRIT GmbH

Customer experience

Split Flap

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

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

None

Split Flap

No in-app purchases

None

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Split Flap free?
Split Flap costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Remote Buddy Mobile 2 free?
Remote Buddy Mobile 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Split Flap or Remote Buddy Mobile 2?
Split Flap is rated higher. Split Flap averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Remote Buddy Mobile 2 averages 4.6 from 34 ratings.
Do Split Flap or Remote Buddy Mobile 2 have ads?
Neither Split Flap nor Remote Buddy Mobile 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Split Flap or Remote Buddy Mobile 2?
Split Flap ships an update every 17 months, and Remote Buddy Mobile 2 every 12 months. Most recently, Split Flap was updated on October 1, 2026 and Remote Buddy Mobile 2 on October 7, 2026.

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