Comparison

G Remote Controller vs Phone Use Remote

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

Head to head
About

G Remote Controller

Features
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G Remote controller is built to give you remote control over your Mac through your iPhone, the main screen is a representation on a Trackpad designed to make apple users feel at home when performing click scroll and swipe gestures. G Remote Controller also has a built in keyboard so you can also type into your Mac through your iPhone.

About

Phone Use Remote

Features
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Phone Use Remote is the remote for iphone-use, the open-source tool that lets AI agents and scripts operate a real iPhone from a Mac. When an agent is working on a phone, open Phone Use Remote to watch what it does, take over with your own taps and swipes, type text into the phone, and hand it back. โ€ข Live screen from the phone your Mac drives โ€ข Tap, long press, swipe and drag, mapped onto the phone's screen โ€ข Type text in any language โ€ข Hand the phone back to its holder in one tap โ€ข Pair by scanning a QR code on your Mac, no typing โ€ข Built-in demo with recorded screens, to see how it works before setting anything up How it works: install iphone-use on your Mac (one command, see the website), connect the iPhone it drives, then scan the code from the iphone-use page. This app talks only to that Mac on your network. Privacy: no account, no analytics, no tracking. The app collects nothing.

Screenshots

G Remote Controller4 screens
Phone Use Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

G Remote Controller and Phone Use Remote are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
G Remote Controller versus Phone Use Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterG Remote ControllerPhone Use Remote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGabriel CastilloLI GUO

In-app purchases

None

G Remote Controller

No in-app purchases

None

Phone Use Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is G Remote Controller free?
G Remote Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phone Use Remote free?
Phone Use Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do G Remote Controller or Phone Use Remote have ads?
Neither G Remote Controller nor Phone Use Remote shows ads.

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