Remote Joke vs Fidgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Remote Joke
This app lets you play pranks on friends and family using your iPhone and Apple Watch. Choose from various sound effects and simulated scenarios to create hilarious moments remotely.
- Remote sound effects via Apple Watch
- Simulated calls
- Ghostly laughs
- Fly buzzing sounds
- Knocking door simulation
- Cricket sounds
- Smoke detector alerts
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Make jokes to your friends and family with Remote Joke and your Apple Watch! You just have to hide you iPhone and choose the sound from your Apple Watch! Many possible jokes! -Is it dark? A big fright it does no harm! Leave the iPhone in one room and reproduce the diabolic or ghost laugh, They will die of fear! -The fly! ¡Tzzzzzzzzssssssss! Where the hell is the fly? -Simulate a call -Leave the Iphone in the hall, someone is knocking at the door! -Hide your iPhone in the living room and make your parents look for a cricket! -Leave the Iphone in the Bathroom, someone have left the shower running!!!! -Smoke detector it´s on! Get out of the house, something is burning! -…. -…. You just need your iPhone, your Apple Watch and your imagination, you will laugh yourself to death!
Fidgets
Transform your smartwatch into an interactive fidget cube with six unique tactile experiences. Engage with a bouncing ball, haptic buttons, a spinning crown, a light switch, a joystick, and a calming breathing exercise. Unlock premium features for custom color themes.
- Interactive fidget cube on your watch
- Six tactile screens
- Tilt to bounce ball
- Haptic button press
- Spin Digital Crown
- Toggle light switch
- Drag joystick
- Square breathing exercise
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Turn your watch into a fidget cube with six interactive, tactile screens: - Tilt your watch to bounce a ball around your screen - Press and hold a haptic button - Spin the Digital Crown - Toggle the Light Switch - Drag the Joystick - Relax with Square Breathing Unlock Fidget Premium to choose a different color or special gradient theme, including Pride themes and elemental tones.
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Verdict
Remote Joke and Fidgets both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Fidgets's written reviews are positive against 56% of Remote Joke's. Fidgets also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 15 months). Remote Joke's advantage is iOS requirement (10.2 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Remote Joke sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Fidgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Remote Joke against 4.7 for Fidgets. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Remote Joke's written reviews are positive against 88% of Fidgets's.
Remote Joke ships an update every 15 months, Fidgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Remote Joke | Fidgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 10.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raul Covarrubias Jimenez | Mark Schmidt |
Customer experience
Remote Joke
Fidgets
In-app purchases
Remote Joke
- Extra Sound Pack$0.99
- Voice Sound Pack$0.99
- My sound$1.99
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- Remote Joke PRO$1.99
Fidgets
- Fidgets Premium$0.99
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