Comparison

Remote App vs OSS Document Scanner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Remote App

Transform your iPhone into a wireless mouse, keyboard, and touchpad for your PC or Mac. Control presentations, browse from your couch, or manage media players effortlessly over Wi-Fi. Simple setup with a free companion server.

Highlights
  • Wireless mouse and touchpad
  • Full keyboard input
  • Click, scroll, and zoom gestures
  • PC and Mac support
  • Media player control
  • Presentation control
Features
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Turn your iPhone into a wireless mouse, keyboard, and touchpad for your PC or Mac. Perfect for remote work, browsing from bed, or controlling presentations. Works over Wi-Fi — no cables, no hassle. Remote App transforms your iPhone into a powerful wireless remote control for your computer. Whether you're working, presenting, or watching a movie on your laptop, control everything effortlessly from your phone. Key Features - Wireless Mouse (trackpad-style) - Full Keyboard input support - Click, scroll, and zoom gestures - Supports both PC and Mac - Clean, lag-free experience Great for: - Couch browsing - Controlling media on your PC - PowerPoint or Keynote presentations - Typing from a distance - Media Remote: Manage media players like VLC, Spotify, iTunes, and more. - Works as Netflix Remote, Amazon Prime Remote, YouTube Remote. Simple Setup: Download the free companion server for PC/Mac Connect your iPhone and computer to the same Wi-Fi You're ready to control! Just smooth, wireless control. Join millions of satisfied users and revolutionise the way you interact with your computer! Terms of Use: https://vlcmobileremote.com/terms/

About

OSS Document Scanner

Transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner. Easily scan, enhance, organize, and export documents as PDFs or images. Features offline OCR and secure password protection for your files.

Highlights
  • Fast camera scanning with automatic edge detection
  • Bulk scanning and import from images/PDFs
  • Enhance PDF quality with filters and editing tools
  • Organize documents with colored folders and sorting
  • Export to PDF, JPEG, or PNG
  • Offline OCR for searchable PDFs
  • Password protection for generated PDFs
Features
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OSS Document Scanner is a free and Open Source app to transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner. SCAN * Scan your documents or receipts with a fast camera scan. * Enjoy the automatic edge detection feature allowing you to quickly scan many documents * Bulk scan documents or book pages * Import documents from images or even existing PDF * You can scan to PDF any kind of document: Receipts, IDs, notes, recipes, photos, business cards, whiteboards, books. You can then use and work with the generated PDFs on all your devices, phones, computers, tablets... ENHANCE * Improve PDFs quality by applying enhancing filters for color or black & white documents. * Edit crop * Reorder pages, merge documents * Rotate pages * Change brightness and contrast to create beautiful documents ORGANIZE * Create folders with colors for easy access * Sort documents * Name documents EXPORT * create PDF directly from your mobile device by converting photos, images, other documents, into beautiful and configurable PDFs. * export and share your documents to PDF or JPEG or PNG with your friends, family, colleagues SEARCH * OCR your documents using offline (to be downloaded first) and open source models in many languages. * Generate searchable PDFs by converting images to text using the powerful OCR models from the Tesseract project. SECURITY * Improve the security of your generated PDF by adding a password. SYNC * Synchronize your documents, PDFs, Images with your computers, other devices or local folder sync. * Sync to WebDAV, Google Drive or OneDrive PRIVACY * Use a free and Open Source document scanner to protect your privacy COMMUNITY * Provide feedback or even help translate the app. You are part of this project and you make help it grow so that everyone can enjoy the best free and open source document scanner

Screenshots

Remote App4 screens
OSS Document Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: OSS Document Scanner at none against Remote App's shown. OSS Document Scanner also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 33%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Remote App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year and OSS Document Scanner sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OSS Document Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Remote App's written reviews are positive against 60% of OSS Document Scanner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote App ships an update every 5 weeks, OSS Document Scanner fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Remote App versus OSS Document Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote AppOSS Document Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (12 ratings)4.2 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdarsh UrsAkylas

Customer experience

Remote App

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

OSS Document Scanner

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Remote App

Subscriptions1
  • Unlock Full Features - Annual7 Days trial$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • All Features Unlocker$5.99
5 purchases

OSS Document Scanner

One-time5
  • a coffee$0.99
  • a big coffee$1.99
  • a beer$3.99
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  • a pint$8.99
  • a very nice donation$17.99

Questions

Is Remote App free?
Remote App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OSS Document Scanner free?
OSS Document Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Remote App or OSS Document Scanner?
OSS Document Scanner is rated higher. Remote App averages 4.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while OSS Document Scanner averages 4.2 from 10 ratings.
Do Remote App or OSS Document Scanner have ads?
Remote App shows ads; OSS Document Scanner does not.
Which is updated more often, Remote App or OSS Document Scanner?
Remote App ships an update every 5 weeks, and OSS Document Scanner fortnightly. Most recently, Remote App was updated on September 26, 2026 and OSS Document Scanner on October 18, 2026.

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