MotionMonkey vs U Remote Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MotionMonkey
This video player streams internet videos using text queries, acting as a multi-service search and streaming application. It can transform your desktop into a remote screen when paired with tevolution. Developed by a creator of VLC Media Player.
- Stream internet videos via text queries
- Multi-service video searching
- Supports various video backends
- Desktop remote screen functionality with tevolution
- Developed by a VLC Media Player contributor
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MotionMonkey is a semantic video player designed to stream Internet videos from text queries. It's a multi-service video searching and streaming application that supports a variety of video backends. Coupled with tevolution it turns your desktop computer into a remote video screen. All of this while serving the end user at all time. This application is designed by a developer of VLC Media Player. --- https://omega.gg/MotionMonkey
U Remote Control
Control your home automation devices and media players with this unofficial remote control app. It supports various remotes, allowing you to manage lights, switches, climate, and media with real-time updates and customizable widgets.
- Remote registration
- Profile navigation
- Entity toggling and navigation
- Real-time media player updates
- Full activity support
- Configurable widgets
- Live activity integration
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Unofficial remote control application for Unfolded Circle remotes Remote 2 & 3 are advanced physical remotes that can take control of all your home devices (TV, receivers...) as well as your automation devices (Philips Hue, any Home Assistant device...) and more through community integrations. - Remotes registration : register one or several remotes - Navigation by profiles like in the remote. Another profile can be selected from the 3 dots upper right button - Swipe left/right between profile pages, click on entity icon for toggling (lights, switch, climates, covers) or navigating into (activities, remotes, media players) - Pull down in profile pages to refresh the data (in case of disconnection) - Sliders for lights, shutters and climate directly in the profile pages to set brightness / position / temperature, tap to open and access additional settings - Full activities support : UI pages & buttons including long press support, media players with artwork, position and titles. A touchpad is also available in a dedicated tab, as well as the access to the included entities. - Media players : updated in realtime (artwork, title, position...) and scrubbing - Wake the remote on LAN through pull to refresh - Configurable widgets : main commands for active activities with media info. A configurable page from the app settings will also show a list of selected entities to toggle (to toggle activities, lights, climates...) - Live activities : when entering into a running activity and minimizing the app, the current activity & media is accessible from the dynamic island or from the lock screen with the same commands as the widget
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Verdict
MotionMonkey and U Remote Control both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of U Remote Control's written reviews are positive against 67% of MotionMonkey's. U Remote Control also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 weeks). MotionMonkey's advantage is iOS requirement (16 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for MotionMonkey against 4.7 for U Remote Control. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of MotionMonkey's written reviews are positive against 100% of U Remote Control's.
MotionMonkey ships an update every 4 weeks, U Remote Control every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MotionMonkey | U Remote Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Arnaud | Damien Bain-Thouverez |
Customer experience
MotionMonkey
U Remote Control
In-app purchases
MotionMonkey
No in-app purchases
U Remote Control
No in-app purchases
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