Comparison

Collie Remote vs Pinrove Remote

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

Head to head
About

Collie Remote

Features
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Collie Remote is the companion app for Collie, the coding agent that runs on your own computer. Collie writes a reproduction, runs it, and only calls a job done when an assertion it executed has passed. This app lets you watch that happen, and start it, from wherever you are. • See what your machine is working on — the reproduction, the edits, the verdict. • Start a run from your phone; the work happens on your computer. • Redirect a run that is going the wrong way instead of waiting for it to finish. • Tell the computer what to do in plain words — open an app, lock the screen, play something. • Read the code it changed, so you can judge the change rather than take it on trust. • Send a photo of the thing that is broken. HOW IT CONNECTS There is no Collie account and no Collie cloud. The app talks to Collie running on your own machine — either directly over your network, or through an end-to-end encrypted relay when you are away from it. Pairing is one scan plus a number you confirm on the computer itself, so nothing gets in without someone at the keyboard agreeing. You need Collie on your Mac or PC first: https://collie.run Open source: https://github.com/colliehq/collie

About

Pinrove Remote

Features
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Pinrove Remote is the iPhone companion to Pinrove for Mac. Pinrove sets your iPhone's location from your own Mac. With Pinrove Remote you choose that location from the phone itself: pick a place on the map and your Mac applies it — then restore your real location with one tap. Built for developers and testers of location-based apps who need to see how an app behaves in another city, without leaving the desk. FOR APP DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING ONLY Pinrove is intended solely for developing and testing iOS apps that use location. It must not be used for any other purpose, including misleading other people, apps or services about where you are. HOW IT WORKS • Put your iPhone and Mac on the same Wi-Fi. • In Pinrove for Mac, turn on Phone remote and note the 6-digit code. • Open Pinrove Remote, choose your Mac and enter the code. • Search a city or address, or tap the map, then tap Move here. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no analytics, no ads. • The app talks only to your own Mac on your local network — nothing passes through our servers. REQUIREMENTS • Pinrove for Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later), available at pinrove.xyz. • An iPhone with Developer Mode turned on. • iPhone and Mac on the same Wi-Fi.

Screenshots

Collie Remote3 screens
Pinrove Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

Collie Remote and Pinrove Remote are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Collie Remote versus Pinrove Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCollie RemotePinrove Remote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaming Wume more cool

In-app purchases

None

Collie Remote

No in-app purchases

None

Pinrove Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Collie Remote free?
Collie Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pinrove Remote free?
Pinrove Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Collie Remote or Pinrove Remote have ads?
Neither Collie Remote nor Pinrove Remote shows ads.

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