Comparison

Bugles vs StickyPresenterRemote

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

Head to head
About

Bugles

Features
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Bugle puts every news site and blog you follow in one timeline. When several newsrooms cover the same story, Bugle shows one row with all of them. Coverage shows how the left, center and right reported it, with the headlines side by side and a note when only one side covered it. The day's biggest stories, the ones the most newsrooms are carrying, lead Home. Features: - Follow any RSS or Atom feed, sixteen suggested newsrooms, and local news for ten cities - Stories grouped across outlets, with Coverage and blindspots - Today: the five biggest stories first - Follow topics, mute an outlet or a word - Save stories whole, pictures included, to read offline - Your Reading: the lean of what you actually open - Search, text size, light and dark mode, Apple Watch - Optional account that syncs feeds, saved stories, topics and mutes; reading never needs one - No tracking, no ads

About

StickyPresenterRemote

Features
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StickyPresenterRemote is the iPhone companion to StickyPresenter for Mac. While you present, your Mac is out of reach — this puts the timer controls in your hand. This is not a standalone app. It needs StickyPresenter running on a Mac on the same Wi-Fi network. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See the countdown — remaining time, progress, and the Pomodoro phase with its cycle number, updated every second • Start, pause, and reset • Add or subtract 30 seconds when a section runs long • Start a new timer from 3, 5, 10, and 15 minute presets • Resize the widget — S, M, or L — so it reads from the back of the room • Move the widget by dragging it on a miniature of your Mac's screen layout. If it covers a slide, move it off without touching your Mac. With a second display, drag it across to the other screen. • Hide the widget from your audience, pull a lost one back next to the panel, or delete the timer HOW IT CONNECTS The two apps find each other over your local network and talk directly, with no account to create and no server in the middle. Nothing is sent over the internet. You enter a code only once. Open the app, pick your Mac from the list, and type the four-digit code shown on the Mac under menu bar timer icon → Remote. From then on it connects on its own whenever you open it. In a room where several Macs are running StickyPresenter, the remote only ever reaches the one it is paired with. If it can't find your Mac, the app shows a checklist of the usual causes. PRIVACY No account, no analytics, no tracking, no ads. Only timer information and the commands you tap are exchanged, and only with your paired Mac. Your sticky notes and teleprompter scripts are never sent to the iPhone. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone with iOS 17 or later • A Mac running StickyPresenter on the same Wi-Fi network • Local Network permission allowed on both devices

Screenshots

Bugles3 screens
StickyPresenterRemote3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: StickyPresenterRemote at Free against Bugles's $0.99. StickyPresenterRemote also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). Bugles's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

StickyPresenterRemote is free to download; Bugles costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bugles ships an update every 4 days, StickyPresenterRemote every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Bugles versus StickyPresenterRemote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuglesStickyPresenterRemote
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua Trommelhyunho lee

In-app purchases

None

Bugles

No in-app purchases

None

StickyPresenterRemote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bugles free?
Bugles costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is StickyPresenterRemote free?
StickyPresenterRemote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bugles or StickyPresenterRemote have ads?
Neither Bugles nor StickyPresenterRemote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bugles or StickyPresenterRemote?
Bugles ships an update every 4 days, and StickyPresenterRemote every 2 days. Most recently, Bugles was updated on November 10, 2026 and StickyPresenterRemote on November 6, 2026.

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