Comparison

Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote 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

Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote

Transform your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch into a wireless trackpad, remote, and keyboard for your Mac or PC. Control media, presentations, and even use your device as a graphics tablet. Seamlessly sync content and manage your computer from afar.

Highlights
  • Wireless trackpad and mouse control
  • In-air mouse functionality
  • Apple Watch remote control
  • Live text/image scanner
  • Photo and text sync
  • Presentation remote
  • Graphics tablet for design apps
Features
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Turn your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch into a remote control for your Mac or Windows PC. Browse the web from your couch, control your music, or give a presentation from across the room. Mobile Mouse combines a wireless mouse, multi-touch trackpad, keyboard, and dedicated media and presentation controls in one app—with no subscription fees. Use your iPhone or iPad as a trackpad, or control the pointer with the motion of your hand using air mouse mode. On Apple Watch, move the pointer, switch applications, control playback, and navigate presentations right from your wrist. MOUSE & KEYBOARD • Multi-touch trackpad with full-screen portrait and landscape modes • Air mouse control using the motion of your hand • Remote keyboard with numeric keypad and international keyboard support • Programmable hotkeys • A familiar Dock-style application launcher • Sleep and wake controls for your computer MUSIC, VIDEO & WEB • Dedicated media and web remotes • Playback and volume controls • Album artwork and track information for Apple Music and Spotify • Control supported desktop apps and media websites • Automatically pause or mute media when a call comes in ACTIONS & CAMERA SCANNING • Use Actions from apps that support sharing to send photos and text directly to your computer • Scan text, photos, QR codes, UPC barcodes, and documents with your iPhone camera and insert them into applications on your computer PRESENTATIONS • Control Keynote and PowerPoint presentations • Navigate slides from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch • Access advanced presentation controls with the Pro option FILE ACCESS & CONTENT SHARING • Browse files on your computer remotely • Send photos and text from your computer to your iPhone or iPad • Send phone numbers to your iPhone or open addresses in Maps APPLE WATCH • Trackpad with pointer control and scrolling • Application switcher for running apps • Basic presentation controls for moving forward and backward through slides • Media playback and volume controls • Album artwork and track information for Apple Music and Spotify CONNECTIVITY & SECURITY • Connect over Wi-Fi • Use Bluetooth or USB on Mac • Encryption support • Password protection OPTIONAL CLOUD ADD-ON (subscription) • Connect to your computer through the cloud. Great for public networks • Scan a QR code to open the web remote in your browser REQUIREMENTS • iPhone or iPad running iOS 12.0 or later • Mac running macOS 10.14 or later, or PC running Windows 10 or later • Wi-Fi router for Wi-Fi connections • Mobile Mouse Server installed on your computer GET STARTED Download and install Mobile Mouse Server on your Mac or Windows PC at https://mobilemouse.com, then connect the app to your computer. NEED HELP? Visit https://mobilemouse.com for setup instructions, demos, and troubleshooting. If you need assistance, contact us through the website. Privacy Policy: https://mobilemouse.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://mobilemouse.com/terms

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

Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote4 screens
Remote Buddy Mobile 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Remote Buddy Mobile 2 at Free against Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote's $9.99. Remote Buddy Mobile 2 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 35) and chart position (#122 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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

Remote Buddy Mobile 2 is free to download; Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote costs $9.99 up front. Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Remote Buddy Mobile 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote against 4.6 for Remote Buddy Mobile 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote has 2.5K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote's written reviews are positive against 75% of Remote Buddy Mobile 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote ships an update every 6 months, Remote Buddy Mobile 2 every 12 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote versus Remote Buddy Mobile 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMobile Mouse WIFI RemoteRemote Buddy Mobile 2
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (2.5K ratings)4.6 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.5K — better35
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#122 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperR.P.A. TechIOSPIRIT GmbH

Customer experience

Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote

All ratings2,523 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews1,587 reviews
Positive72.1%
Neutral8.1%
Negative19.8%

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

All ratings34 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unreliable connection between app and server
  • Keyboard input issues on Windows
  • Incompatibility with certain OS versions
  • Unexpected crashes when switching between apps

Requested features

5 requests
  • Support for Bluetooth/USB connectivity
  • Improved compatibility with newer devices
  • Customizable UI and layout options
  • Enhanced scrolling and gesture controls
  • Better integration with media apps

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Cloud Access$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Cloud Access$7.991 Year
One-time2
  • Advanced Communications$0.99
  • Pro Presentation Mode$1.99
None

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote free?
Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote costs $9.99, and also offers 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, Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote or Remote Buddy Mobile 2?
Remote Buddy Mobile 2 is rated higher. Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while Remote Buddy Mobile 2 averages 4.6 from 35 ratings.
Do Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote or Remote Buddy Mobile 2 have ads?
Neither Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote nor Remote Buddy Mobile 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote or Remote Buddy Mobile 2?
Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote ships an update every 6 months, and Remote Buddy Mobile 2 every 12 months. Most recently, Mobile Mouse WIFI Remote was updated on October 25, 2026 and Remote Buddy Mobile 2 on October 25, 2026.

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