Rowmote vs Cardoodle

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.

Cardoodle is a free, open-source loyalty card wallet for iPhone and Apple Watch. Store all your loyalty cards, membership cards, and discount cards in one place. SCAN OR TYPE Add cards instantly by scanning their barcode with your camera, or enter the number manually. Supports QR, Code 128, EAN-13, EAN-8, Code 39, PDF417, and Aztec barcodes. USE AT CHECKOUT Tap a card to display its barcode fullscreen at maximum brightness — ready for any store scanner. Works even without an internet connection. APPLE WATCH Browse your cards and display barcodes right from your wrist. Cards sync automatically from your iPhone. STAY ORGANIZED Name your cards, assign colors and icons, add notes, and photograph the front and back of physical cards. Pin your favorites to the top for quick access. SYNC WITH ICLOUD Optionally sync your cards across all your Apple devices via your private iCloud account. Sync is off by default — your choice, always. WIDGETS Add a Cardoodle widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen to see your most recently used card at a glance, or pin a favorite card you always want one tap away. Tapping a widget jumps straight to the fullscreen barcode — no list, no search. SIRI & SHORTCUTS Cardoodle now shows up in the Shortcuts app. Build an automation that opens your Starbucks card when you arrive at the café, drop a card on an NFC tag by the coffee machine, or just say "Show my Migros card" to Siri. The same intents work on Apple Watch. SPOTLIGHT SEARCH Swipe down on the Home Screen, type a card name, tap the result. The fullscreen barcode opens straight away — no need to open Cardoodle first. Lock screen search works the same way. WATCH COMPLICATIONS - Favourite Card complication — Pin a card you choose to your watch face. One tap opens its barcode at full brightness, ready for the scanner. Pick it in the iPhone app at Settings → Apple Watch. - Recent Card complication — Shows whichever card you used most recently. No setup — it follows you. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts. No analytics. No advertising. No third-party SDKs. Your data stays on your device (or in your private iCloud if you choose). Cardoodle is fully open source — inspect the code yourself.