BTT Remote Control vs Timemator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Timemator
Effortlessly track work hours and tasks, organizing them by project or client. Visualize your productivity with insightful reports and automatically calculate revenue based on defined hourly rates. Sync data across devices and work offline.
- Effortless time tracking
- Organize tasks by project/client
- Timeline management
- Insightful productivity reports
- Automatic revenue calculation
- Offline functionality
- iCloud sync
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Track your work hours in one tap, see what you earned, and send clients a clean PDF report. Timemator is a simple time tracker for freelancers and anyone who bills by the hour. Pay once. No subscription. ONE-TAP TIME TRACKING • Start and stop timers for tasks and projects with a single tap • Organize tasks into folders by client or project, with colors • Add notes to sessions so you remember what you worked on • Keep an eye on the running timer in Live Activities and the Dynamic Island HOURS AND EARNINGS AT A GLANCE • Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports with clear charts • Set hourly rates and see your revenue calculated automatically • Breakdown by task and folder, plus your average hours per day CLIENT-READY REPORTS • Export professional PDF reports with time and revenue totals • Export CSV for spreadsheets, invoicing and accounting tools TIMELINE • See every work session of your day on a timeline • Add time you forgot to track, or fix a session in seconds WORKS WHERE YOU WORK • Home Screen widgets for timers, hours and revenue • Apple Watch app to start and stop timers from your wrist • Shortcuts: create a task and start its timer hands-free • Runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch PAIRS WITH TIMEMATOR FOR MAC Sync everything through iCloud with Timemator for Mac, which can track your time automatically based on the files, websites and apps you work with. The Mac app is sold separately. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No data collected: no analytics, no tracking • No account or sign-up needed • Works offline • Your data stays on your devices and syncs through your own iCloud SIMPLE PRICING Try every feature free for 30 days. Then unlock Timemator with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. Questions or ideas? Write to support@timemator.com. We read every message.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BTT Remote Control at every 3 weeks against Timemator's every 2 months. BTT Remote Control also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 63%) and ratings volume (827 vs 169). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. BTT Remote Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Timemator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for BTT Remote Control against 4.7 for Timemator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 827 and 169 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of BTT Remote Control's written reviews are positive against 63% of Timemator's.
BTT Remote Control ships an update every 3 weeks, Timemator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BTT Remote Control | Timemator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (827 ratings) — better | 4.7 (169 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better | 63.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 827 — better | 169 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 10 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | folivora.AI GmbH | Catforce Studio |
Customer experience
BTT Remote Control
Timemator
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
Timemator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BTT Remote Control
- BTT Remote PRO$9.99
Timemator
- Full License$7.99








