Comparison

Easy Volume Controller vs Scroll Volume Remote

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

Head to head
About

Easy Volume Controller

Remotely manage your Mac's audio settings from your iPhone or iPad over WiFi. Adjust volume, mute, and unmute your computer from another room. Supports controlling multiple Macs or being controlled by multiple devices.

Highlights
  • Remote volume control
  • Mute/unmute functionality
  • Control multiple Macs
  • Multiple device control
  • WiFi connectivity
  • Requires Mac helper app
Features
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Control your Mac from the sofa, bed or another room over WiFi. This app allows your Mac computer to be controlled by your iPhone or iPad. This app requires you to install the helper app Easy Volume Controller for Mac from the App Store on your Mac. Features: • Control the volume • Mute and Unmute • Control multiple Macs from one iPhone or iPad • Multiple iPhones or iPads can control one Mac • Trusted helper app from the App Store • Helper app works on Mac OS-X 11.0 or higher • App works on iOS 14.0 or higher • Works over WiFi • No downloads from untrusted websites and no data sent via someone else's server

About

Scroll Volume Remote

Features
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Scroll Volume Remote is the free iPhone companion to Scroll Volume for Mac — a macOS utility that turns the menu bar into a volume target. This app on its own does nothing useful. Its only job is to remotely control the Scroll Volume Mac app from your phone, by acting as a wireless volume wheel. If you do not own and run the Mac app, there is nothing here for you. WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT IT IS NOT This is not a generic "Mac remote" or a universal volume controller. It cannot adjust the volume of a Mac that does not have Scroll Volume installed and running. It cannot control any other application, system setting, or media playback. It cannot connect to anything other than a Mac running Scroll Volume. It is a single-purpose add-on to one specific Mac app. If you have the Mac app: this is a small, free bonus that lets you change your Mac's volume from a few meters away. If you do not have the Mac app: please install it first from the Mac App Store. The Mac app is the product. This app is the remote. HOW IT WORKS WITH SCROLL VOLUME FOR MAC Install Scroll Volume for Mac from the Mac App Store on your Mac. Launch it. Then open this app on your iPhone — it will look for Macs nearby that are running Scroll Volume, and offer to pair with them. Tap to pair. From then on the two devices recognize each other automatically. Spin the wheel on the phone, and the Mac's system volume changes — one notch on the phone, one step on the Mac. Mute and unmute work too. The two devices communicate directly using Apple's MultipeerConnectivity framework over Bluetooth and the local Wi-Fi network. There is no router-only requirement, no internet involved, and no servers in the middle. We do not run any. Traffic stays on your local link. KEY POINTS • Free companion to the Scroll Volume for Mac app — does nothing without it. • Acts as a wireless volume wheel for the paired Mac running Scroll Volume — fluid, one notch per step. • Direct device-to-device link over Bluetooth and local Wi-Fi. No internet. No accounts. No servers. • Pair once, reconnect automatically. The app remembers Macs you have paired with. • Single-purpose. The app does this one thing and nothing else. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT Scroll Volume Remote collects nothing. No accounts, no analytics SDKs, no advertising identifiers, no crash reporting services, no third-party trackers. The only thing the app keeps on disk is the name of Macs you have paired with so it can reconnect. That information never leaves your device. The app runs in the iOS sandbox. PERMISSIONS • Local Network — required so the app can discover your Mac on the same Wi-Fi network. You will be prompted on first launch. • Bluetooth — required so the app can discover and talk to your Mac when there is no shared Wi-Fi network, using Apple's peer-to-peer Bluetooth. REQUIREMENTS iOS 16 or later. A Mac with Scroll Volume for Mac installed and running. The Mac app is sold separately on the Mac App Store and is required — this iPhone app has no use without it. The two devices need to be on the same local Wi-Fi network, or have Bluetooth turned on, to discover each other. QUESTIONS, BUGS, FEEDBACK Reach out through the support link in this App Store listing or visit scrollvolume.app for contact details.

Screenshots

Easy Volume Controller2 screens
Scroll Volume Remote2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scroll Volume Remote at Free against Easy Volume Controller's $0.99. Scroll Volume Remote also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On ads, 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

Scroll Volume Remote is free to download; Easy Volume Controller costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Easy Volume Controller versus Scroll Volume Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasy Volume ControllerScroll Volume Remote
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMillennium LtdPiotr Grzegorzewski

In-app purchases

None

Easy Volume Controller

No in-app purchases

None

Scroll Volume Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Easy Volume Controller free?
Easy Volume Controller costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scroll Volume Remote free?
Scroll Volume Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Easy Volume Controller or Scroll Volume Remote have ads?
Neither Easy Volume Controller nor Scroll Volume Remote shows ads.

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