Remote Buddy Mobile 2 vs TV Surf Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
TV Surf Remote
Transform your smartphone into a powerful remote for your streaming device. Navigate menus, control cursors with touch or motion, and type text directly from your phone for an enhanced entertainment experience.
- Smartphone remote control
- D-Pad navigation
- Trackpad cursor control
- Gyro Smart Motion control
- On-screen keyboard input
- HD clarity media management
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TVSurf is the revolutionary streaming device that people everywhere are falling in love with. And what’s not to love? Well, now there’s even more to love with the convenient TVSurf Remote app! Enjoy all your media entertainment in stunning HD clarity, but manage it all with your smartphone! The TVSurf Remote enhances your movie nights by converting your smartphone into a handy remote control. Use it to navigate your TVSurf menu and library for improved functionality and ease of use. Multi-functional and high-performance, the TVSurf Remote was designed to make your TVSurf entertainment experience better, and it flat out does! With multiple performance settings, you can be assured that you’ll find the one that’s just right for you: - D-Pad: 4 navigational buttons like on your standard remote control - Trackpad: simply touch your mobile screen to control your TV cursor - Gyro Smart Motion: move or wave your hand to control the TV cursor - Keyboard: input text on your TV by using your mobile phone’s keyboard TVSurf is great. But combined with the TVSurf Remote, it’s downright amazing. If you’re looking to get even more out of your TVSurf media streamer (which you should be!), you owe it to yourself to check out the must-have TVSurf Remote.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Remote Buddy Mobile 2 at 4.6 against TV Surf Remote's 1.0. Remote Buddy Mobile 2 also leads on ratings volume (35 vs 1). TV Surf Remote's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Remote Buddy Mobile 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remote Buddy Mobile 2 has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Remote Buddy Mobile 2 ships an update every 12 months, TV Surf Remote every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Remote Buddy Mobile 2 | TV Surf Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (35 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IOSPIRIT GmbH | Think Tech Sales Limited |
Customer experience
Remote Buddy Mobile 2
TV Surf Remote
In-app purchases
Remote Buddy Mobile 2
No in-app purchases
TV Surf Remote
No in-app purchases
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