Comparison

Itsytv vs Edge Ruler

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

Head to head
About

Itsytv

Control your Apple TV with a familiar touch interface, including a seek bar for scrubbing through content and detailed information about what's playing. Launch apps, use the on-screen keyboard, and enjoy an ergonomic design for comfortable use.

Highlights
  • Familiar touch interface
  • Seek bar for content scrubbing
  • Detailed playback information
  • App launcher
  • On-screen keyboard
  • Ergonomic design
Features
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Itsytv is a remote control for Apple TV that shows you what's playing. Connect to any Apple TV on your network and control it with a familiar touch interface. The circular d-pad supports taps, swipes, and directional input. All the buttons you need are right there – back, home, play/pause, volume, and a keyboard for search fields. ERGONOMIC DESIGN Built for both left-handed and right-handed use. Drag the remote to whichever side of the screen feels natural. You can also reposition it vertically to find the most comfortable spot for your grip. NOW PLAYING WITH SEEK BAR See what's on at a glance. The now playing bar shows artwork, title, and artist with transport controls for skip, play, and pause. Drag the seek bar to scrub to any point in the content directly from your phone – no need to hold down the d-pad like on the Siri Remote. WHAT'S PLAYING When you're watching something, Itsytv looks up the show or movie and displays the backdrop, plot summary, rating, genres, and cast – all without leaving the remote. Tap the info area to see the full detail view with cast photos and credits, then tap again to return to the remote. APP LAUNCHER Browse and launch apps installed on your Apple TV. Drag to rearrange them in your preferred order. After launching an app, Itsytv can automatically switch back to the remote tab so you're ready to navigate. KEYBOARD INPUT Type directly into search fields and text inputs on your Apple TV. When a hardware keyboard is connected, use arrow keys, return, escape, space, and volume shortcuts to control your Apple TV without touching the screen. UNIVERSAL APP Works on macOS (menu bar app) and iPhone/iPad. FEATURES - Ergonomic design for left-handed and right-handed use - Circular d-pad with tap, swipe, and directional input - Play/pause, volume, back, home, and power buttons - Now playing bar with artwork, seek bar, and transport controls - On-screen keyboard for text input and search - Hardware keyboard support with arrow keys and shortcuts - App launcher with drag-to-reorder - Content info with backdrop, plot, rating, genres, and cast - Scrollable detail view with full cast and crew - Automatic reconnection to your last Apple TV - Multiple Apple TV support with quick switching - Works on iPhone and iPad REQUIREMENTS - Apple TV (4th generation or later) - iPhone or iPad on the same Wi-Fi network - One-time pairing with a PIN code shown on your TV

About

Edge Ruler

Features
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Edge Ruler turns iPhone and iPad into a ruler that measures from the device corner. Hold the corner against an object, read length and width. No camera trick, no guessing: the app knows, for every device, the distance from the housing edge to the first pixel and draws the scale to the millimeter. Two corner rulers in opposite corners, two measuring lines with handles that lock when released, values in cm, inches with fractions or 寸. With Calibrate you place a bank card or coin on a real-size template and see at once whether everything lines up; bezel values can be adjusted in tenths of a millimeter. Five school worlds as outfits: grid paper and clear ruler like a German pencil case, yellow wooden ruler on wide-ruled paper like in the US, 田字格 with a tinted student ruler like in China, Seyès notebook with a “double décimètre” like in France, “cuadrícula” with a “regla” like in Spain. Paper, ruler, line color and unit combine freely. The basic ruler is free. Everything else can be tried for 14 days and then unlocked once: your region's outfit with second scale, rotating numbers, all four zero corners, movable zero, measurement table and inclinometer, or all five school worlds at once. Accurate to about 0.3 mm on calibrated models; not a certified measuring instrument. No data collected, no account, no internet.

Screenshots

Itsytv4 screens
Edge Ruler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Edge Ruler at Free against Itsytv's $4.99. Itsytv's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Edge Ruler is free to download; Itsytv costs $4.99 up front. Edge Ruler sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Itsytv asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Itsytv versus Edge Ruler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterItsytvEdge Ruler
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (69 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings69 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikolajs UstinovsTheater der Zeit

In-app purchases

None

Itsytv

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Edge Ruler

One-time3
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • Regional Outfit$1.99
  • All Outfits$1.99

Questions

Is Itsytv free?
Itsytv costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Edge Ruler free?
Edge Ruler is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Itsytv or Edge Ruler have ads?
Neither Itsytv nor Edge Ruler shows ads.

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