Phone Use Remote vs JoyArk

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.

Stream games running on your own Mac to your iPhone over the same local network. JoyArk connects directly to the free JoyArk Host companion on your Mac. Your game runs on the Mac, while your iPhone shows the screen and sends your controls back over an encrypted local connection. PLAY FROM YOUR MAC • Find nearby Macs automatically and compare a six-digit code to approve pairing. • Reconnect to a saved Mac without entering its address or key again. • Use touch controls or a Bluetooth controller connected to your iPhone. • Stream system audio and choose 720p or 1080p, 30 or 60 FPS, and a suitable bitrate. • Rotate your iPhone to landscape for a wider view. • Get connection help and a keyboard/mouse mapping guide inside the app. WHAT YOU NEED • A Mac running macOS 13 or later and an iPhone running iOS 17 or later. • Xcode with Swift 5.9 or later to build the Mac host from the public source download. • Both devices on the same home network. The Mac can use Wi-Fi or Ethernet and must remain awake with the host running. • Games you own that run on your Mac and support keyboard and mouse input. MAC HOST SETUP Download the source and follow the build instructions: https://github.com/egnatkinadev/JoyArkHost Build the host once, allow Screen Recording and Accessibility on your Mac, and open it whenever you want to stream. Select your Mac in JoyArk, approve the matching code, open your game on the Mac and tap Start streaming. JoyArk shares the whole selected Mac display. Close private windows before streaming. Controls target the focused Mac app. The host maps input to keyboard and mouse commands; it does not emulate a native Mac gamepad. Games, cloud computers and a game subscription are not included. This version supports Mac hosts on the same local network; Windows hosts and streaming over the internet are not supported. Streaming quality depends on your devices, game and network. Usage analytics is optional and disabled by default. Advertising permission can be declined without limiting streaming. Setup and support: https://egnatkinadev.github.io/JoyArkHost/ Privacy: https://egnatkinadev.github.io/JoyArkHost/privacy.html