Remote HD

the ultimate way to remotely access your Mac, PC and Apple TV
Click to open Remote HD in the iTunes App Store

Feature Comparison

Choosing which application to use can get confusing as features will vary between products. The comparison chart below shows how Remote HD compares to other similar products and should help you in making your decision. The chart is summarized with a point-score, a price tag and user ratings from the USA iTunes App Store.

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Feature Remote HD Remote HD Lite Air Mouse Pro RemoteTap Rowmote Pro
Works on Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows          
Works on Apple TV          

Remote View

LIVE desktop in your device          
Dedicated QuickLaunch bar          
Pinch, zoom and click          
Precision clicking and right clicking          
Contrast-settings          
Overlaid navigation controls          
Overlaid media transport controls          
Capture screenshots to Camera-roll          

Apple-Style Remote

Directional pad, Play/Pause and Menu-button          
Dedicated Fullscreen button          
Help and tooltips, displayed on-demand          
Volume slider for ever-present volume control          
Control computers volume using hard buttons on the iPhone / iPod Touch Exclusive Feature          
Control computers volume when iPhone / iPod Touch goes to sleep, without unlocking Exclusive Feature          
Dynamic control layouts based on the active application          
Context-aware channel pad          
Context-aware record-button          

Streaming audio

Stream audio to iPhone / iPod Touch          

Integrated Spotlight

Search for files on your computer Exclusive Feature          
Launch any file from search results          

Application Launching

Launch applications from the QuickLaunch bar          
Launch any application from Start Menu > All Programs          
Switch and close running programs          

Keyboard / Mouse / Trackpad

Keyboard access from anywhere in the application          
Trackpad with multitouch gestures, left and right-click          
Trackpad with center-click          
Air-mouse (operate the mouse using device acceleration and movement)          

Connection Management

Automatically discover computers around you using WiFi          
Automatically discovery computers across the internet Exclusive Feature          
Add manual connections, save a copy of known connections          
Rename connections          
Auto-Connect (reconnect to last connection used)          
See who is connected to your PC and from where using Google Maps Exclusive Feature          

Power Options

Sleep and wake-up computer (Wake-on-LAN)          
Wake up computer over the internet (Wake-on-WAN)          
One-tap restart, shutdown or log off          
Remain connected when iPhone / iPod Touch goes to sleep          

Other Features

In-application settings          
Automatic data conservative-mode for mobile data connections          
Adaptive bandwidth usage          
Connect to a specific user account on a PC          
Preferred startup-mode option
(trackpad, remote control, remote view)
         
Expandability with EventGhost          
Score 45/45 29/45 11/45 0/45 1/45
iTunes Rating for current version (as on Feb 18, 2010) 4 stars 3 stars 3.5 stars 3.5 stars 4 stars
Price (iTunes App Store - USA) $7.99 $1.99 $0.99 $4.99 $4.99

See something inaccurate or do you feel like we're missing a feature in the comparison? Drop us a line at editors@remotehd.com and we'll try to include it (before we update the website we need to do our research and verification, so please be patient).