Rowmote vs Holyrics
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.
Holyrics
Control Bible lyric and verse presentations on your PC from your smartphone. Manage song playlists, view song history, and schedule members for services and events. Offers remote control for Bible verses and slide mirroring.
- Slide projection control
- Song playlist management
- Bible verse remote control
- Service and event scheduling
- Member management
- Playlist synchronization
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Consult Holyrics software data for PC and control the presentation of Bible lyrics and verses. Slide projection. Playlist ● List with all registered songs. - Search specific terms to find the song you want; - View the song lyrics, annotation and history; - Start a presentation on your computer via your smartphone. Playlist ● Playlist selected in the Holyrics program on the computer. Songs Played ● List of the most played songs in the informed period and their respective dates. - You can filter the list by selecting the specific days of the week you want. Schedule ● Schedule of members. Services and Events ● List of all services and events. - View the songs and scheduled members. Members ● List of all members registered in the program. Bible Remote Control ● Screen to start and control the presentation of Bible verses on the computer. - Access the last selected verses by the history button. Receive Transmission ● Screen to mirror the slide displayed on the computer or receive lyrics transmitted by another smartphone. Updates - Update smartphone data through the computer. - Or via the internet. (You need to create an account through the Holyrics program and upload the files) ------------------------------------------------- Holyrics - Software Slide show and Bible verses. Agility, practicality and organization in the presentation of lyrics and verses. Solution for projecting slides, lyrics and Bible verses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Holyrics at 3.9 against Rowmote's 2.9. Holyrics also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#147 vs unranked). Rowmote's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 28%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, 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 Holyrics $0.99 up front. Rowmote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Holyrics asks for nothing beyond the download.
Holyrics holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rowmote has 86 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Rowmote's written reviews are positive against 28% of Holyrics'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, Holyrics every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Rowmote | Holyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.9 (86 ratings) | 3.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.1% of reviews — better | 27.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #147 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evan Schoenberg | Vinicius Lima da Silva |
Customer experience
Rowmote
Holyrics
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
Holyrics
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rowmote
- Rowmote Pro Upgrade$3.99
Holyrics
No in-app purchases









