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.
G Remote Controller
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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.
Phone Use Remote
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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. โข Live screen from the phone your Mac drives โข Tap, long press, swipe and drag, mapped onto the phone's screen โข Type text in any language โข Hand the phone back to its holder in one tap โข Pair by scanning a QR code on your Mac, no typing โข 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | G Remote Controller | Phone Use Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gabriel Castillo | LI GUO |
In-app purchases
G Remote Controller
No in-app purchases
Phone Use Remote
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is G Remote Controller free?
Is Phone Use Remote free?
Do G Remote Controller or Phone Use Remote have ads?
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