Rowmote vs Proxy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rowmote
Control audio, video, and presentation applications on your Mac from your iOS device wirelessly. Seamlessly switch between apps, manage playback, and even wake your Mac remotely. It offers a convenient and cost-effective alternative to physical remotes.
- Wireless Mac control
- App switching and launching
- Media playback control
- Wake sleeping Macs
- Secure authentication
- Proximity sensor support
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Rowmote lets you seamlessly control audio, video, and presentation applications on your Mac from your iOS device. You love the remote control which came with your Mac - so simple yet elegant, with easy control of Front Row, iTunes, Quicktime, DVD Player, Keynote, and more. Or, your Mac didn’t come with a remote control or doesn’t even have an infrared port. Buying a remote control, from Apple or a third party, would carry a significant cost! You carry your iPhone or iPod Touch wherever you go... so why should you carry a second device just to control your computer? Furthermore, why should you need line-of-sight to do so? Enter Rowmote! Rowmote is like your Mac’s remote control, but over the wireless network and even better! By tapping the Apps button, you get bonus abilities, switching between controlled programs, toggling the iTunes Visualizer, and more. Rowmote will even wake sleeping Macs. FEATURES - Control your Mac over a wireless network. No line of sight necessary. - Functions just like the hardware Apple Remote Control in: • Adobe Lightroom • Airfoil Video • Amarra • Aperture • BBC iPlayer • Beamer • Boxee • Decibel • DVD Player • Ecoute • eyeTV 3.x • Firefox • Front Row • Hulu Desktop • iPhoto • iTunes • Keynote ‘08 & later • kJams Pro • Kodi • Last.fm • Logic • Microsoft Powerpoint ‘04 & later • mPlayer • Movist • OpenOffice Impress • Preview • PandoraBoy • PandoraJam • PandoraOne Desktop • Photos • Plex, Plex Home Theater, & Plex Media Player • Quicktime • Rdio • Safari • Skim • Songbird • Spotify • Squire • The Tube • VLC • xbmc (Xbox Media Center) - SWITCH: Access your Mac’s Dock, launching & switch between all controllable applications on the Mac, toggle the iTunes visualizer, and more. Order & display customizable. - Click-and-hold works just like on the physical remote in applications; for example, holding the right button fast-forwards, while a single click is ‘next’. This is a feature no other iPhone remote control I know of does properly! - Sleep on demand; wake the Mac automatically - Pause the music or video automatically when you answer a call on your iPhone - Proximity sensor support to automatically turn the screen off if the device is face-down - Secure authentication - Optional dark interface - Connect via WiFi or Bluetooth (Bluetooth requires Personal Hotspot Bluetooth tethering) REQUIREMENTS • Mac OS X 10.4.0 or later. • Mac: The free Rowmote Helper program must be running on the Mac to be controlled. Download at www.rowmote.com. Some features require later versions of Mac OS X. Rowmote is a steal! Couple it with Apple’s free Remote app to turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into the ultimate controller for home stereo, mobile presentation, or casual video viewing. The artwork of Rowmote was designed by Rik Schennink.
Proxy
Access the internet privately and anonymously using a Tor-powered browser. It masks your IP address, clears cookies automatically, and blocks tracking scripts. Browse securely without revealing your identity.
- Tor-powered internet access
- Masks real IP address
- Automatic cookie and history clearing
- Blocks third-party cookies and tracking scripts
- User agent spoofing
- Tor bridges configuration
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The best and most reliable app to stay anonymous and private on the web! Onion is a Tor-powered browser that lets you access the Internet privately, anonymously and secure from your iOS device. Using the Tor network, Onion hides your real IP address and gives you the ability to browse all sides of the Internet without revealing you identity. Features: • Internet access tunneled over the Tor network • Websites do not see your real IP address • Change IP address with a tap • User agent spoofing • Clear cookies, history and cache automatically • Block third party cookies or all cookies • Block scripts and content that can be used for tracking (DNT headers) • Tor bridges configuration Important note: • Web browsing through Tor anonymization network is significantly slower than a non-tunneled browser. This is a small price to pay to keep your identity safe & protected. • This product uses the Tor distributed networks, is produced independently from the Tor(r) anonymity software and carries no guarantee from The Tor Project about quality, suitability or anything else.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Proxy at 4.5 against Rowmote's 3.0. Proxy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Rowmote's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 28%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On ratings volume, 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
Rowmote costs $0.99 and Proxy $2.99 up front. Rowmote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Proxy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Proxy holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 87 and 77 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Rowmote's written reviews are positive against 28% of Proxy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rowmote ships an update every 6 weeks, Proxy every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rowmote | Proxy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (87 ratings) | 4.5 (77 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.1% of reviews — better | 27.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 77 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Evan Schoenberg | Konstantinos Papadakis |
Customer experience
Rowmote
Proxy
Bugs and requests
Rowmote
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent disconnections
- Crashes on startup
- Unresponsive controls
- Incompatibility with newer OS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Keyboard support
- Improved mouse/trackpad functionality
- Sleep/power controls
- Support for more apps and devices
Proxy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rowmote
- Rowmote Pro Upgrade$3.99
Proxy
No in-app purchases









