Comparison

Sidrion Pointer vs Phone Use Remote

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

Head to head
About

Sidrion Pointer

Features
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Use your iPhone as a wireless mouse, touchpad and keyboard over your local Wi-Fi network. Move the pointer, click, scroll and type while browsing from the sofa, giving a presentation or working at your desk. MOUSE AND KEYBOARD CONTROLS Choose Mouse mode for a large touchpad, or Hybrid mode to keep touchpad and keyboard controls on the same screen. Type using your iPhone's keyboard and use shortcuts such as copy, paste, undo and Alt+Tab. SIMPLE LOCAL PAIRING Find your Windows PC on the same local network and connect with the pairing code shown by the Windows Host. Once paired, your iPhone can reconnect without entering the code again. GETTING STARTED 1. Install the Sidrion Pointer Windows Host on your PC. 2. Connect your iPhone and PC to the same Wi-Fi or local network. 3. Open Sidrion Pointer, select your PC and enter its pairing code. The companion Windows Host is required. This app controls a PC on your local network, so both devices need to be connected to that network. Download the Windows Host: https://sidrionlabs.co.uk/download Developed by Sidrion Labs.

About

Phone Use Remote

Features
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Phone Use Remote is the remote for iphone-use, the open-source tool that lets AI agents and scripts operate a real iPhone from a Mac. When an agent is working on a phone, open Phone Use Remote to watch what it does, take over with your own taps and swipes, type text into the phone, and hand it back. • Live screen from the phone your Mac drives • Tap, long press, swipe and drag, mapped onto the phone's screen • Type text in any language • Hand the phone back to its holder in one tap • Pair by scanning a QR code on your Mac, no typing • Built-in demo with recorded screens, to see how it works before setting anything up How it works: install iphone-use on your Mac (one command, see the website), connect the iPhone it drives, then scan the code from the iphone-use page. This app talks only to that Mac on your network. Privacy: no account, no analytics, no tracking. The app collects nothing.

Screenshots

Sidrion Pointer4 screens
Phone Use Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sidrion Pointer at 15.1 against Phone Use Remote's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

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

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Sidrion Pointer versus Phone Use Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSidrion PointerPhone Use Remote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMD BALEL HUSAINLI GUO

In-app purchases

None

Sidrion Pointer

No in-app purchases

None

Phone Use Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sidrion Pointer free?
Sidrion Pointer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phone Use Remote free?
Phone Use Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sidrion Pointer or Phone Use Remote have ads?
Neither Sidrion Pointer nor Phone Use Remote shows ads.

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