Comparison

AVA Assistant vs PC Controller

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

Head to head
About

AVA Assistant

Features
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AVA is a voice AI assistant with a lifelike 3D avatar. You speak - she listens, thinks, and answers out loud. Her face moves as she talks, her expression changes with the conversation. No typing. Just tap the microphone and start talking. WHAT AVA CAN DO Answer questions on almost any topic Tell you the exact time in any city around the world Check the current weather anywhere Summarize the latest world news Keep a natural conversation going SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE AVA understands and speaks both English and Russian. Choose your language in Settings, and she will listen and answer in it. A LIVING FACE The avatar was created with AI: a neural network generated a unique face that does not exist in the real world, and a 3D model was built from it. Her lips move in sync with speech, she blinks, glances around, and reacts with expressions as you talk. PRIVACY Voice messages are converted to text to generate a reply and are not stored as recordings. Conversations are not kept on the server after the session ends. FREE AND PREMIUM One free request to get to know AVA. Premium gives 100 requests every day. Premium is an auto-renewing monthly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://singlesoft.org/privacy Terms of Use: https://singlesoft.org/terms

About

PC Controller

Features
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PC Controller turns your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch into a remote control for your Windows PC or Mac. Move the mouse, type, change the volume, switch monitors, move files and put the computer to sleep, all over your own Wi-Fi, with no cloud, no account and nothing to sign up for. Install the free agent on your computer, scan the QR code it shows, and you're paired. The app also lists the computers it finds on your network, so there's nothing to type. TRACKPAD AND KEYBOARD • A full-screen trackpad: move, tap, two-finger right-click, scroll, drag and pinch to zoom • Type with the iPhone keyboard, emoji and dictation included • An extended keypad with the keys a phone doesn't have: arrows, Esc, Tab, Home, End, Delete, Ctrl, Alt and Win • Build your own shortcuts and fire any key combination with one tap • On Windows it all works on the login screen too, before anyone has signed in POWER • Lock, sleep, wake, shut down, restart or log off • Wake a sleeping PC over Wake-on-LAN, and let the app set up the PC so it wakes from a full shutdown too • Schedule it: "Sleep in 30 minutes" keeps counting down on the computer after you've left, with a live countdown on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Set your home once and the phone can wake the PC as you arrive and lock it as you leave, decided entirely on the device SOUND AND MEDIA • Master volume and mute, plus a mixer with its own slider for every app and every output device • Switch the default speaker, and mute the microphone for every app at once • See what's playing, with album art, a scrubber and transport controls that drive Spotify, browsers and any other player SCREENS • Turn each monitor on or off, choose the primary, and set brightness, resolution and refresh rate • Save a display arrangement and bring it back with one tap • Grab a screenshot of any display and save it to Photos or share it FILES AND CLIPBOARD • Browse the computer's folders and drives, download files with live progress, then preview, share or save them • Send photos, videos and files to the computer, from the app or straight from the share sheet in any other app • Push the phone's clipboard to the PC or pull the PC's to the phone, text or image • Send a link and it opens in the computer's browser AND MORE • Bluetooth: see what's paired and connected, then connect, disconnect, scan and pair • Vitals: CPU, memory, disk, battery, uptime and the processes using the most memory, with a swipe to end one • Apps: see what's open on the computer, bring one forward, minimize or close it • Siri: "Hey Siri, lock my PC", plus Home Screen, Lock Screen and Control Center buttons for Lock, Wake, Mute and Mute Mic • Apple Watch: trackpad, media, power, monitors, mixer, shortcuts and clipboard on your wrist, and it finds the PC on its own when the phone isn't around • iPad: a dashboard that puts the whole machine on one screen • Available in 15 languages PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no server. The phone and watch talk directly to the agent on your computer over your Wi-Fi, VPN or Bluetooth, and the pairing token lives in your Keychain. PC Controller collects nothing: no analytics, no telemetry, no account. WHAT YOU NEED The free PC Controller agent, for Windows 11 or macOS 13 and later, from https://pccontroller.rymanit.com. The phone and the computer must be on the same network, or connected through a VPN or Bluetooth. PRICING Every feature is free for 7 days, with no card up front. After that, choose PC Controller Pro — Monthly (USD 0.99 per month), PC Controller Pro — Yearly (USD 8.99 per year) or PC Controller Pro — Lifetime, a one-time purchase (USD 19.99). Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://pccontroller.rymanit.com/privacy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

AVA Assistant4 screens
PC Controller4 screens

Verdict

The call

AVA Assistant and PC Controller are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. AVA Assistant sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month and PC Controller sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AVA Assistant ships an update every 2 weeks, PC Controller weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
AVA Assistant versus PC Controller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAVA AssistantPC Controller
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB16 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAndranik GhazaryanMalkane

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AVA Assistant

Subscriptions1
  • AVA Premium$5.991 Month
3 purchases

PC Controller

Subscriptions2
  • PC Controller Pro — Monthly$1.991 Month
  • PC Controller Pro — Yearly$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • PC Controller Pro — Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is AVA Assistant free?
AVA Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PC Controller free?
PC Controller is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AVA Assistant or PC Controller have ads?
Neither AVA Assistant nor PC Controller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AVA Assistant or PC Controller?
AVA Assistant ships an update every 2 weeks, and PC Controller weekly. Most recently, AVA Assistant was updated on October 16, 2026 and PC Controller on October 11, 2026.

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