Comparison

Remote Mouse Pro 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

Remote Mouse Pro

Control your computer remotely using your phone or tablet. Mimics mouse, keyboard, and touchpad functions, with specialized panels for media, web browsing, and application switching. Seamlessly transfer text and images between devices.

Highlights
  • Simulated mouse, keyboard, and touchpad
  • Gyro mouse control
  • Cross-device clipboard for text and images
  • Specialized control panels (media, web, apps)
  • Remote power options (shutdown, restart)
  • Supports multiple operating systems
Features
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Remote Mouse™ transforms your mobile phone or tablet into an easy-to-use remote control for your computer, complete with a cross-device clipboard that enables seamless text and image transfer across platforms. It mimics the functions of a wireless mouse, keyboard, and touchpad, and also offers various specialized control panels that enhance your control over specific operations. The small features, designed for one-handed use or intuitive operations, will delight you. Featured on CNET, Mashable, and Product Hunt, Remote Mouse is recognized as one of the most sophisticated and user-friendly computer remote apps. With over 20 million users worldwide, it's a trusted choice for effortless computer control. Whether you're watching a movie online, giving a presentation, or shutting down your computer with one click, nothing can be more convenient than having a mobile phone remote at your fingertips. Mouse • Fully simulated mouse function • Gyro mouse is a feature that allows you to move the mouse cursor with a gyro sensor • Left-handed mode Keyboard • Integrated with system and third-party keyboards, supports typing in various languages • Remotely typing by voice if the soft keyboard supports speech recognition • Supports sending various shortcuts • Displays different keypads for Mac or PC Touchpad • Simulates the Apple Magic Trackpad and supports multi-touch gestures Specialty Control Panels • Media Remote: Control videos, music, and presentations across apps and sites like YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, VLC, Spotify, and more, automatically adapting to what’s playing. • Web Remote: Supports Chrome, Firefox, and Opera • Application Switcher: quickly launch and switch between programs • Power Options: Supports remotely shutting down, sleeping, restarting, and logging off • Cross-device Clipboard: Allows for the transfer of text and images between your computer and mobile device Other Features • Use the physical volume buttons on the mobile device for remote control • Set a password for the connection • Customizable wallpaper Connection Method • Connect via IP address or QR code • Connect via history Operating Environment • Compatible with Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux • Works under Wi-Fi or Bluetooth To Get Started 1. Visit https://www.remotemouse.net on your computer and download the Remote Mouse computer server software. 2. Install and run the computer server software. 3. Connect your mobile device to the same Wi-Fi network or use Bluetooth to pair with your computer.

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

Remote Mouse Pro4 screens
Remote Buddy Mobile 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Remote Buddy Mobile 2 at Free against Remote Mouse Pro's $14.99. Remote Buddy Mobile 2 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). Remote Mouse Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (4.7K vs 34). 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; Remote Mouse Pro costs $14.99 up front. Remote Mouse Pro sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. 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 — 4.7 for Remote Mouse Pro against 4.6 for Remote Buddy Mobile 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remote Mouse Pro has 4.7K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Remote Mouse Pro's written reviews are positive against 75% of Remote Buddy Mobile 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Mouse Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Remote Buddy Mobile 2 every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Remote Mouse Pro versus Remote Buddy Mobile 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote Mouse ProRemote Buddy Mobile 2
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (4.7K ratings) — better4.6 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews67.2% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.7K — better34
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#36 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer耀 阮IOSPIRIT GmbH

Customer experience

Remote Mouse Pro

All ratings4,726 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews1,721 reviews
Positive67.2%
Neutral7.9%
Negative24.9%

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

Remote Mouse Pro

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Cursor jumps and lags
  • Media controls not working
  • Keyboard not functioning properly
  • Frequent disconnections
  • App crashing on certain devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add mute button
  • Allow reordering of quick launch apps
  • Improve right-click functionality on Arabic version
  • Implement full keyboard support
  • Add dark mode option

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Remote Mouse Pro

One-time5
  • Customize Wallpaper$1.99
  • Media Remote Panel$1.99
  • Remote Image Viewer$1.99
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  • Unlock Spotify Pad$1.99
  • Unlock Web Remote$1.99
None

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remote Mouse Pro free?
Remote Mouse Pro costs $14.99, 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, Remote Mouse Pro or Remote Buddy Mobile 2?
Remote Mouse Pro is rated higher. Remote Mouse Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.7K ratings, while Remote Buddy Mobile 2 averages 4.6 from 34 ratings.
Do Remote Mouse Pro or Remote Buddy Mobile 2 have ads?
Neither Remote Mouse Pro nor Remote Buddy Mobile 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remote Mouse Pro or Remote Buddy Mobile 2?
Remote Mouse Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Remote Buddy Mobile 2 every 12 months. Most recently, Remote Mouse Pro was updated on October 16, 2026 and Remote Buddy Mobile 2 on October 7, 2026.

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