Comparison

JetRemote vs Grim Reader

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

Head to head
About

JetRemote

Control your Jet KVM hardware remotely from your iOS device. Manage mouse, keyboard, and power functions for your target hardware as if you were there. Offers advanced features like macros, diagnostic overlays, and clipboard sharing.

Highlights
  • Remote mouse and keyboard control
  • Hardware-accelerated streaming
  • Multi-session management (iPad)
  • Advanced keyboard keys and macros
  • Live diagnostic overlays
  • Wake on LAN and ATX Power Control
  • iCloud device list sync
Features
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Jet Remote gives you native iOS and iPadOS control over your Jet KVM hardware device from anywhere in the world. View your target hardware remotely and control its mouse and keyboard as though you were sitting in front of it. This app provides the original native mobile experience built specifically for KVM power users, and we're confident you'll love it. ===Key features=== • Connect via your local network, KVM Cloud, or Tailscale tailnet with hardware-accelerated streaming. • Manage multiple simultaneous hardware sessions in clean, separate tabs (iPad only). • A scrolling toolbar above the virtual keyboard includes advanced keys such as Esc, Tab, Ctrl, Alt, Cmd, arrow keys, and F1–F12. • Support for hardware and Bluetooth keyboards with full passthrough. • Build and trigger multi-step Keyboard Macros with just one tap. • Live diagnostic overlays displaying real-time resolution, FPS, RTT, bitrate, packet loss, and jitter. • Built-in Mouse Jiggler to keep your target OS remote sessions alive automatically. • Serial Console, Wake on LAN, and full ATX Power Control. • Paste clipboard directly to remote. • Device list syncs automatically to iCloud, with manual backup and restore. ===Please note=== This app is a client utility and requires a specific KVM hardware device (available at jetkvm.com) connected to a target computer or server to function. Cloud access requires an existing account — registration is managed at jetkvm.com, not within this app.

About

Grim Reader

Organize and enrich your personal library of e-books, comics, and audiobooks. This app allows you to manage your collection locally or via your own servers, adding details like covers and author information. Enjoy a seamless reading and listening experience across all your content.

Highlights
  • Library management for e-books, comics, and audiobooks
  • Enrich library with online book and author data
  • Supports local files and personal servers (WebDAV, OPDS)
  • Cross-device reading and listening progress tracking
  • Organize by author, series, and genre
  • Mark favorites
Features
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Your books. Your library. Your way. Privacy By Design. Made in the EU. Grim Reader is a modern reader and library manager for e-books, comics and audiobooks. Keep your collection on your device, connect to your own servers, and turn even a simple collection of files into a rich, beautifully organised library. A library that feels alive Browse your collection by books, authors, series and more. See covers, reading progress and detailed information at a glance, continue where you left off, mark favourites and quickly find what you want to read next. Grim Reader is designed for both iPhone and iPad, with an interface that adapts to the device you are using. Enrich your books Missing a cover, description or other information? Grim Reader can help enrich your library using online book and author sources. Depending on the available information, Grim Reader can help you find and add details such as: • Covers and book descriptions • Authors and author information • Series information • Publisher and publication details • ISBN and other identifiers • Genres, categories and tags • Additional book metadata You remain in control and can review and edit your library information. More than e-books Grim Reader brings different types of reading together in one library: • Read e-books • Browse and read comics • Listen to audiobooks • Keep track of reading progress • Continue reading or listening across your library • Organise books by author and series • Mark books and authors as favourites Your files, your servers You don’t need to hand your library over to a commercial book platform. Grim Reader can work with books stored locally and supports personal libraries through WebDAV and OPDS, as well as the optional Grimmory server. This makes Grim Reader equally useful for a small collection on your iPhone or iPad and for a large self-hosted library. Made for readers Grim Reader focuses on your books rather than a store. There are no books to sell you and no ecosystem you need to buy into. Build the library you want, enrich it, organise it and enjoy reading it. Grim Reader — your library belongs to you.

Screenshots

JetRemote4 screens
Grim Reader3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Grim Reader at Free against JetRemote's $4.99. Grim Reader also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). JetRemote's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Grim Reader is free to download; JetRemote costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for JetRemote against 5.0 for Grim Reader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JetRemote ships an update every 4 days, Grim Reader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
JetRemote versus Grim Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJetRemoteGrim Reader
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGerman Alfonso TorresMaarten de Kreij

Customer experience

JetRemote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Grim Reader

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

JetRemote

No in-app purchases

None

Grim Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JetRemote free?
JetRemote costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grim Reader free?
Grim Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, JetRemote or Grim Reader?
JetRemote and Grim Reader are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do JetRemote or Grim Reader have ads?
Neither JetRemote nor Grim Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JetRemote or Grim Reader?
JetRemote ships an update every 4 days, and Grim Reader every 2 weeks. Most recently, JetRemote was updated on October 14, 2026 and Grim Reader on October 10, 2026.

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