Comparison

Remote Mac Desktop Control vs RemoteX

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

Head to head
About

Remote Mac Desktop Control

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a wireless trackpad, keyboard, and live screen viewer for your Mac. Control your Mac remotely with precise gestures, stream audio, and even view your screen in VR. It offers secure, private connections without requiring an account.

Highlights
  • Wireless trackpad with multi-touch gestures
  • Full keyboard with modifier keys
  • Live screen mirroring
  • Mac audio streaming
  • VR viewing mode with head tracking
  • Secure QR code pairing
  • Remote access via secure relay
Features
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Remote Mac turns your iPhone or iPad into a wireless trackpad, full keyboard and live screen viewer for your Mac. Pair once with a QR code and take control from anywhere in the room, or anywhere at all. CONTROL YOUR MAC • Smooth, precise trackpad with tap, scroll and drag gestures • Full keyboard with modifier keys and shortcuts • Volume, playback and now playing controls for music and video • Keep your Mac awake for downloads, presentations and long tasks SEE YOUR SCREEN • Live screen mirroring with low latency video • Stream your Mac audio straight to your phone • Immersive VR viewing mode with head tracking WORKS WHERE YOU ARE • Instant connection over your local network, discovered automatically • Optional secure relay so you can reach your Mac when you are away from home • Reconnects quickly when you move between rooms PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Pairing uses a QR code with certificate pinning, and every command is cryptographically signed • No account and no sign up required • The Mac helper app is free, notarized by Apple and fully open source, so you can verify exactly what runs on your Mac GETTING STARTED 1. Install the free Remote Mac Relay helper on your Mac 2. Scan the QR code it shows with your iPhone or iPad 3. Start controlling your Mac Perfect as a presentation clicker, a couch remote for movies on your Mac, a trackpad for a Mac mini without peripherals, or a second way in when your mouse battery dies. Privacy Policy: https://www.remotemacos.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.remotemacos.com/terms Questions or feedback? Visit remotemacos.com

About

RemoteX

Features
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RemoteX puts another computer's desktop on your iPhone or iPad. Connect to a Windows PC, a Linux machine, or a Mac running RemoteX, and work on it as if you were there. CONNECT TO ANYTHING THAT SPEAKS RDP • Windows PCs and servers with Remote Desktop turned on • Linux machines running xrdp • Macs running RemoteX for Mac, which turns a Mac into a machine you can reach • Saved connections, and your recent machines one tap away • Open a saved .remotex connection file from Files or another app MADE FOR TOUCH • Tap to click, drag to drag • Two-finger tap or long press for a right click • Two-finger swipe to scroll • The on-screen keyboard types straight into the remote machine, with autocorrect off so nothing gets changed on the way • A session gets the whole screen; the session toolbar has screenshots, Ctrl+Alt+Del and scaling GREAT WITH A KEYBOARD AND TRACKPAD • A hardware keyboard sends real keys, shortcuts and function keys included • A trackpad or mouse on iPad moves and clicks like a desktop pointer ENCRYPTED, AND NOBODY IN THE MIDDLE • Every session is wrapped in TLS 1.3, with AES-GCM or ChaCha20-Poly1305 • Sessions go straight to the machine you connect to — there is no relay server in the middle • Can reach a machine at a .onion address through a Tor proxy you run yourself NO ACCOUNT, NO TELEMETRY There is no sign-in, no licence check and no analytics. RemoteX talks to the machines you point it at, and to nothing else. It is free, with no subscription and no paid tier.

Screenshots

Remote Mac Desktop Control4 screens
RemoteX2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RemoteX at none against Remote Mac Desktop Control's 3. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Remote Mac Desktop Control sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. RemoteX asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Remote Mac Desktop Control versus RemoteX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote Mac Desktop ControlRemoteX
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmon ChowdhuryNeutrino Labs

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Remote Mac Desktop Control

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$47.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$99.99
None

RemoteX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remote Mac Desktop Control free?
Remote Mac Desktop Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RemoteX free?
RemoteX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Remote Mac Desktop Control or RemoteX have ads?
Neither Remote Mac Desktop Control nor RemoteX shows ads.

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