BitRemote vs HapLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BitRemote
Control download tasks on your NAS or home server remotely from your Apple devices. Monitor progress, add new downloads, and manage existing tasks with a native, stable interface. Requires a compatible remote download environment.
- Remote download task management
- Supports aria2, Synology, QNAP
- Monitor progress and speeds
- Add new tasks via files or sharing
- Pause, resume, delete, organize tasks
- Native Apple platform performance
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Control the download clients on your NAS or home server from iPhone, iPad, and Mac. BitRemote works with aria2, qBittorrent, Transmission, Synology Download Station, and QNAP Download Station. Follow every download • Monitor a task to follow its progress on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, or in the Mac menu bar, and get notified when it completes • Check transfer speeds and history in the activity monitor • Open any task to see its progress, peers, trackers, and files Add and organize tasks • Add tasks from links, magnet links, or torrent files • Start a task by opening a file from another app or sharing it to BitRemote • Pick a savepath from your bookmarks and categories instead of typing it • Pause, resume, and delete tasks, and organize them with categories, tags, and filters On all your devices • Keep your clients in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud • Check task counts, free space, and share ratio at a glance with the Client Dashboard widget • Unfold iPhone Duo to see your clients and tasks side by side Password security • Client passwords are stored in the Keychain, never on our servers • iCloud sync encrypts passwords before they leave your device • Each exported backup is encrypted with a password you choose Important • BitRemote controls your existing downloader. It does not download files locally. • You need your own compatible remote download environment to use the app. • Some screenshots may show BitRemote+ features.
HapLab
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Feel your way to the answer. HapLab is a haptics laboratory for iPhone: try the full vocabulary of the Core Haptics engine, combine it freely, and save what feels right. A design tool for people who build apps — and a playground for anyone who loves a good click. ■ PAD — touch and play - Perform intensity and sharpness in real time on an XY surface - Three modes: TAP (one hit), STREAM (sustained), BURST (repeats at 2–40 Hz) - Light and vibration follow your finger while you touch ■ DICT — a dictionary of touch - 44 samples that move one parameter at a time: intensity, sharpness, texture, envelopes, curves, rhythm - Compare with the built-in iOS feedback (Impact / Selection / Notification) - A/B the same haptic with and without sound ■ COMP — compose vibrations - Place transients, sustains and synth sounds on a timeline - Carve intensity, sharpness and envelopes (attack / decay / release) with sliders - Modulate over time with intensity and sharpness curves, then loop and listen ■ LIB — remix the presets - 12 presets: heartbeat, raindrops, engine, glass, alarm and more - Open one, tweak it, save it as your own (free plan saves up to 3) ■ Light and sound as controls - Toggle screen flash, glow, particles, torch (real LED) and synth sounds one by one - Decompose what "feels good" into its parts ■ HapLab Pro (one-time purchase) - Unlimited pattern saves - JSON export — take the numbers you found into your own apps - JSON import — play and remix shared patterns ■ Privacy - No data collection. No ads. Your patterns stay on your device. Haptic playback requires an iPhone with a Taptic Engine. The simulator and some older models cannot play haptics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: HapLab at none against BitRemote's shown. HapLab also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). BitRemote's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. BitRemote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and HapLab sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BitRemote ships an update every 10 days, HapLab every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BitRemote | HapLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ark Studios LLC | Ryusuke Mochida |
In-app purchases
BitRemote
- BitRemote+ (Monthly)14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- BitRemote+ (Yearly)1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- BitRemote+ Advanced$99.99
HapLab
- チップ S$1.99
- HapLab Pro$4.99
- チップ M$5.99
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- チップ L$19.99









