Comparison

BTT Remote Control vs Yoink

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BTT Remote Control

Control your Mac remotely from your iPhone. Navigate your cursor, type text, control media, and access app menus. Browse files and transfer them to your device for convenient one-handed operation.

Highlights
  • Trackpad for mouse cursor control with multitouch gestures
  • Remote text typing and dictation
  • Media key access for playback and volume
  • App menubar access
  • File browsing and transfer
  • One-handed operation design
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BTT Remote (BTT stands for BetterTouchTool) is a great remote control for your Mac. It allows you to take almost full control over your Mac and all the apps installed on it. BTT Remote is free, however it requires BetterTouchTool running on your Mac (you can download a 45 day trial from www.bttremote.com) Your iPhone must be in the same WiFi network as your Mac, enterprise networks may not work. Note: BTT Remote will not work with Microsoft Windows Features: • Includes a nice trackpad to control your Mac's mouse cursor. The trackpad also supports basic multitouch gestures • Remotely type or dictate text to your Mac • Remotely access media keys from your Mac's keyboard (play/pause, change the volume, change the brightness for internal and external displays, etc. ) • Remotely access and use any app's menubar • Configure global actions that work in every application. • Assign custom icons to each action you configure. • Configure arbitrary app specific actions for any application you want. With those actions you can control almost anything on your Mac. If you want to see what is possible please checkout BetterTouchTool first. • Browse your file system (e.g. to start a movie or application while lying in bed) • Transfer files (up to 6 MB) from your Mac to your iPhone and view them or share them there. • Navigate between different applications • Ability to increase cursor size and zoom the screen for convenient control while e.g. sitting on your couch. • The iPhone version is designed to allow full control with only one hand • Supports portrait and landscape mode • Many settings to customize the app • Very easy to use Please use the built-in feedback reporter to submit any bug, feature request or idea you have.

About

Yoink

This app acts as a central shelf for items you drag, copy, or download, allowing you to store them for later use without switching between applications. It supports various file types and integrates deeply with iOS features for seamless access and management.

Highlights
  • Centralized item storage
  • Supports various file types
  • Slide-Over/Side-by-Side iPad app
  • Share extension for iPhone
  • Clipboard monitor
  • iCloud sync
  • Handoff support
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Yoink for iPad and iPhone lets you easily and quickly store items you drag, copy, share or download for later use. This way, you can collect items in a central place without having to constantly move back and forth between your source- and destination applications. The app accepts virtually any file type, for example app-content like images from websites, text snippets, web urls, eMails and documents - no matter if you drag, copy, share or download them. Here's what users say about Yoink: "The best shelf app on iOS" - Igloouk, UK App Store "Most useful app in the iOS store. What a gem." - noway170, Austrian App Store "A godsend. Get this. Now." - mr chairboy, US App Store As a Slide-Over or Side-by-Side app on iPad, Yoink is always ready for you to drag something to it, no matter what app you're in. Just slide Yoink into view and conclude your drag operation. On iPhone, use Yoink's Share extension, or copy-paste items into Yoink. Items are stored in Yoink for later use, featuring rich previews for easy identification and full previews for most file types. Drags containing multiple items are combined into a Stack. Yoink comes with deep system integration: - Clipboard Monitor: Yoink's clipboard monitor saves everything you copy or cut, even when Yoink itself is in the background. Use the Picture-in-Picture overlay to select what type of data Yoink should save, as well as to pause or stop it at any time. - Picture-in-Picture for more than just videos: Among others, Yoink can show pictures, PDFs, eMails and even websites in the Picture-in-Picture overlay, and lets you scroll through pages of documents right there. - iCloud Sync Synchronize Yoink's items across your devices using iCloud - Handoff Transfer files between iPhones, iPads and Macs (separate Mac Yoink app required) using Handoff - Action/Share Extension Almost any item you can share via the system-wide Share sheet, you can send directly to Yoink from there - Keyboard Yoink has its own keyboard so that inserting items you've stored in Yoink is easy and quick, without having to launch Yoink. - Spotlight Integration Any item in Yoink can be found via Spotlight - and the search-results are draggable. - Today Widget Access Yoink's items and save the contents from your clipboard in Yoink from Notification Center - Shortcuts / Siri Suggestions Yoink offers you Siri Shortcuts and Suggestions so you can automate processes, like adding items from the clipboard to Yoink, or copying items from Yoink, as well as starting downloads in Yoink. - Files Integration Access Yoink's files from any app that supports iOS 11's document browser Here's what the press says about Yoink: "Yoink is the shelf app Apple should have made." - Federico Viticci, MacStories.net "Yoink is a must-have app" - Jeff Benjamin; 9to5mac.com "Indispensable for power users." - Craig Grannell; techradar.com

Screenshots

BTT Remote Control4 screens
Yoink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BTT Remote Control at Free against Yoink's $5.99. BTT Remote Control also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (10 vs 15.0). Yoink's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

BTT Remote Control is free to download; Yoink costs $5.99 up front. BTT Remote Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Yoink asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for BTT Remote Control against 4.7 for Yoink. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 841 and 1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of BTT Remote Control's written reviews are positive against 74% of Yoink's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BTT Remote Control ships an update every 3 weeks, Yoink every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BTT Remote Control versus Yoink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBTT Remote ControlYoink
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating4.8 (841 ratings) — better4.7 (1K ratings)
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews — better73.9% of reviews
Number of ratings8411K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB29 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developerfolivora.AI GmbHMatthias Gansrigler-Hrad

Customer experience

BTT Remote Control

All ratings827 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews269 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative15.6%

Yoink

All ratings1,039 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive73.9%
Neutral9.0%
Negative17.1%

User reviews

BTT Remote Control

From 841 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Many features
  • 👍 Superb app
  • 👍 Legit developer
  • 👍 Productive
  • 👍 Phenomenal app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 骗子软件
  • 🐛 Mouse no longer moves
  • 🔒 Cant install necessary component on Mac without being forced to install chrome extensions
  • 🐛 Two ginger scroll is absolutely terrible
  • 🐛 Horrendous interface

Yoink

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient clipboard management
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 🚀 Seamless integration with iOS 11 drag and drop
  • 👍 Helpful for productivity and workflow
  • 👍 Useful as a temporary storage/shelf

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Syncing issues between devices
  • 🔍 Lack of organization features (folders, tags)
  • 👎 Outdated or non-native UI design
  • 🔍 Limited functionality without the custom keyboard

Bugs and requests

BTT Remote Control

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Phone says I need to update to .9999. Computer days it's up to date at .9997
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

7 requests
  • Please add siri shortcuts support
  • Bigger buttons
  • auto display off when putting phone face down
  • actual remote support on its own screen
  • the ability to run custom scripts, or applescripts, or even programs as an action
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  • the ability to use the trackpad remotely while in the lock screen
  • Apple Watch app would nice

Yoink

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes or data loss issues
  • Inconsistent syncing behavior across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • iCloud sync between iOS and Mac devices
  • Ability to edit text directly in the app
  • Folder/tag organization for saved items
  • Improved custom keyboard functionality

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BTT Remote Control

One-time1
  • BTT Remote PRO$9.99
None

Yoink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BTT Remote Control free?
BTT Remote Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yoink free?
Yoink costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BTT Remote Control or Yoink?
BTT Remote Control is rated higher. BTT Remote Control averages 4.8 out of 5 from 841 ratings, while Yoink averages 4.7 from 1K ratings.
Do BTT Remote Control or Yoink have ads?
Neither BTT Remote Control nor Yoink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BTT Remote Control or Yoink?
BTT Remote Control ships an update every 3 weeks, and Yoink every 6 weeks. Most recently, BTT Remote Control was updated on October 21, 2026 and Yoink on October 26, 2026.

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