Comparison

Phone Use Remote vs Phone Use

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

Head to head
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. β€’ Live screen from the phone your Mac drives β€’ Tap, long press, swipe and drag, mapped onto the phone's screen β€’ Type text in any language β€’ Hand the phone back to its holder in one tap β€’ Pair by scanning a QR code on your Mac, no typing β€’ 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.

About

Phone Use

Features
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Phone Use lets AI agents operate your iPhone, with you in charge. Phone Use on your Mac or Linux computer sees your iPhone through Screen Mirroring and taps and types through Bluetooth, so an AI agent can open apps, read the screen and get things done on your real phone. This app is where you stay in control: β€’ Allow or deny an agent before it starts, or let it start after a short countdown you can cancel. β€’ See what the agent is doing in a Live Activity, and take over with one tap. β€’ Keep your iPhone awake while it mirrors, and choose whether its sound plays on the computer. β€’ Check the Phone Use Bridge, the small Bluetooth device that taps and types for the agent, and move it to another Wi-Fi network. Pair by scanning the code Phone Use shows on your computer. The app talks to your own computer on your network; notifications reach you through a push relay that can't read them. No account, no tracking. Requires Phone Use on a Mac or Linux computer, free and open source at github.com/lxe/phoneuse. Not set up yet? Tap See a Demo to try the app with a simulated computer.

Screenshots

Phone Use Remote4 screens
Phone Use4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Phone Use Remote versus Phone Use: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhone Use RemotePhone Use
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better17.2
Further details β€” not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLI GUOAleksey Smolenchuk

In-app purchases

None

Phone Use Remote

No in-app purchases

None

Phone Use

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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