U Remote Control vs PhotoPack Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
U Remote Control
Control your home devices and automation systems with this unofficial remote control app. Manage TVs, receivers, smart lights, and more through intuitive profiles and real-time updates. Features include full activity support, media player controls, and configurable widgets.
- Remote registration
- Profile-based navigation
- Entity toggling and navigation
- Sliders for brightness and temperature
- Full activity and media player support
- Configurable widgets
- Live activity updates
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Unofficial remote control application for Unfolded Circle remotes Remote 2 & 3 are advanced physical remotes that can take control of all your home devices (TV, receivers...) as well as your automation devices (Philips Hue, any Home Assistant device...) and more through community integrations. - Remotes registration : register one or several remotes - Navigation by profiles like in the remote. Another profile can be selected from the 3 dots upper right button - Swipe left/right between profile pages, click on entity icon for toggling (lights, switch, climates, covers) or navigating into (activities, remotes, media players) - Pull down in profile pages to refresh the data (in case of disconnection) - Sliders for lights, shutters and climate directly in the profile pages to set brightness / position / temperature, tap to open and access additional settings - Full activities support : UI pages & buttons including long press support, media players with artwork, position and titles. A touchpad is also available in a dedicated tab, as well as the access to the included entities. - Media players : updated in realtime (artwork, title, position...) and scrubbing - Wake the remote on LAN through pull to refresh - Configurable widgets : main commands for active activities with media info. A configurable page from the app settings will also show a list of selected entities to toggle (to toggle activities, lights, climates...) - Live activities : when entering into a running activity and minimizing the app, the current activity & media is accessible from the dynamic island or from the lock screen with the same commands as the widget
PhotoPack Pro
This app helps photographers prepare for shoots by creating and sharing customizable gear checklists. It offers smart reminders and offline access to ensure critical items are never forgotten, simplifying planning for professional results.
- Customizable gear checklists
- Smart reminders for incomplete lists
- Event organization and trip planning
- Offline access and local data storage
- Shareable lists with clients/photographers
- Easy event archiving and progress tracking
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Prepare for every shoot with confidence. PhotoPack Pro helps photographers create, customize, and share photography gear checklists, organize preparation tasks, and keep important details close at hand. Whether you’re planning a wedding, heading out for landscape photography, shooting film, or packing for a photography trip, build a checklist around the way you work. START WITH A TEMPLATE. MAKE IT YOURS. Browse and preview ready-made checklists for: • General Photography • Landscape & Nature • Wedding • Film Photography • Astrophotography & Night • Nature & Car Camping Add a template to your collection, customize its categories and items, and reuse it for future shoots. You can also save your own checklists as templates. Restore library templates to their original content whenever needed, with the option to keep a separate copy of your customizations. KEEP YOUR GEAR AND PREPARATION ORGANIZED • Create a separate checklist for each shoot or trip. • Add your own items and categories for equipment, preparation tasks, shot lists, and more. • Mark priority items and track your packing progress. • Set reminders before your start date when a checklist is still incomplete. • Hide items or categories you don’t need and restore them later. • Copy existing checklists to prepare for similar shoots. KEEP THE DETAILS WITH THE LIST Add formatted notes to a checklist, category, or individual item. Keep location details, client requests, equipment instructions, and other useful information alongside the things you need to do or pack. SHARE YOUR PLAN Share checklists with clients, assistants, or other photographers, and import shared lists into PhotoPack Pro. CHOOSE A VIEW THAT WORKS FOR YOU Switch between card and compact dashboard views, expand or collapse all checklist categories, and choose Light, Dark, or system-matched appearance. Layouts adapt to your device’s text-size settings. READY EVEN WHEN YOU’RE OFFLINE Your checklists and template library work offline, with local data storage and no account required. Spend less time rebuilding packing lists and more time preparing for the photographs you want to make.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: U Remote Control at Free against PhotoPack Pro's $2.99. U Remote Control also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). PhotoPack Pro's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and chart position (#182 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
U Remote Control is free to download; PhotoPack Pro costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PhotoPack Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
U Remote Control ships an update weekly, PhotoPack Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | U Remote Control | PhotoPack Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #182 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Damien Bain-Thouverez | Michael Rung |
Customer experience
U Remote Control
PhotoPack Pro
In-app purchases
U Remote Control
No in-app purchases
PhotoPack Pro
No in-app purchases
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