10 BEST UNIVERSAL REMOTE APP FOR ANDROID AND IPHONE/IPAD
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Here is a list of the top ten apps that turn your smartphone into a universal remote control for all devices in your home; finally you can get rid of that heap of remotes you have.
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While virtual every gadget for home entertainment and other uses except your phone comes with a remote, the modern home is filled with such devices, and at times it can get messy having so many remotes on your coffee table. If you are a tech geek like me, you may be looking for an app that turns the only device that does not have a remote, android or iPhone, into your universal remote.
What are the best Remote Apps for phone?
DIJIT UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL
IRULE
REDEYE
ZMART
UNIFIED REMOTE
ROOMIES REMOTE (SIMPLE CONTROL LEGACY)
HIPPO REMOTE LITE
VLC REMOTE CONTROL
X BOX SMARTGLASS
ITUNES REMOTE
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Most remote apps require a separately sold piece of hardware to go along with it. This other device pairs with your phone and acts as the interpreter to help your app communicate with Infrared command and other supported modes of your devices. Turning your phone into a universal remote will give you control over your home without always worrying about misplacing the remote or which is for which device.
Here are the best universal remote apps to be on the lookout for
1. DIJIT UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL
Dijit is a universal remote control app for your TV, players and other devices from your smartphone. The key features of this app are custom menus and program guide for your favorites TV shows. It is supported on android and iPhone and requires the Griffin Beacon to function. This device pairs with the iPhone or android via Bluetooth and acts as the transducer changing the commands from the app on the phone into the respective IR ones that are understood by your remote controlled devices.
Download Dijit: Android (Free) | iOS (Free)
+ PROS
This app is totally worth every buck as it has real functionality and can replace all your remotes with just the one
Android smart phone and iPhone available.
– CONS
This app is not that cheap with its hardware going for $80 on the owner’s website.
2. IRULE
Using a special hardware that is prerequisite this app will give you control over all your Wi-Fi enable home devices. Any device that is capable of trans-receiving Wi-Fi signals be it your AC, lighting system iRule is the ultimate control center app for your smart home. it has two version the basic one going for $50 comes with support for 3 remotes and the pro version goes for $100 with the capability of supporting up to five remote.
The app is supported for both Android and iPhone on Google Play Store and iTunes App Store respectively. And you can get support on the devices supported at iRule Support
Download iRule: Android (Free) | iOS (Free)
+ PROS
iRule is supported for both Android and IPhone/iPad so you do not have to ditch your smartphone just to use this app.
This app will give you control over a wide variety of home appliances not just your PC as with some apps.
– CONS
The app is expensive and its hardware is also quite expensive selling anywhere from $100 to $300 on the iRule website.
You must have a pre-existing home Wi-Fi network without which you cannot really use this app
3. REDEYE
The RedEye app takes after the Dijit, it has a base station that acts as and the intermediary between the smartphone and your remote controlled devices. You can put away all your remotes and enjoy universal control from your, iPhone and your PC. This kind of power is not going to be handed to you for free though; it will cost you about $200 for the base station which you can find on Thinkflood.
Download RedEye: Android (Free) | iOS (Free)
+ PROS
You can control a wide range infrared signal controlled of devices on this app
If your family and friends want to share the fun they can all download the app and use your station simultaneously.
– CONS
This app requires hardware to function and is neither cheap nor free.
There is no support for android on the Google Play Store at this time but you can try the app from other sites at your own risk.
4. ZMART
At fourth place is Zmart with its multi-platform support with android and iOS support and a unique hardware. The hardware that pairs with this software is a dongle unlike the other apps of its kind that use a separate base station to transmit their IR signals. The dongle plugs into your audio jack and therefore is less likely to disrupt your phone usage. This device alone has the ability to speak over 200, 000 machine languages that are supported by almost any AV receiver you can find in the market today.
Download Zmart: Android (Free) | iOS (Free)
+ PROS
Zmart is supported for both android and iOS operating systems
It has one of the largest collection of control codes among its peers
– CONS
Like most other remote apps it relies on the hardware to work and will cost you more.
5. UNIFIED REMOTE
This app will blow your mind with its unique ability to turn you android, iPhone and Windows Phone into a single touch and even multi-touch mouse device. But no sir, that is not all it can do! The Unified remote app stops at more than 70 apps on your windows, Mac & iOS, Linux platforms. We are talking power management, keyboard, media and files screen etc. you can also get the app from Amazon App Store, Galaxy App Store and Bemobi App Store
Download Unified remote: Android (Free) | iOS (Free)
+ PROS
Unified remote is truly unifying with its ideal cross-platform abilities. Being supported on all your devices
Controls quite a number of applications on your PC
– CONS
N/A
6. ROOMIES REMOTE (Simple Control Legacy)
This Cypher soft production will cost you around $10 only for any number of rooms and devices with infra-red (IR), IP and Rs-32 devices support. It will cram any new IR commands that you may need and that are not included in the package. Download android and the iTunes version.
Download Roomies Remote: Android | iOS (Free)
+ PROS
It is fully functional and you get value for your money with a wide variety of in app purchases.
– CONS
It will cost you more to add functionality
7. HIPPO REMOTE LITE
This app has the programming necessary to turn iPhone or iPad into a mouse or keyboard to use on your PC. You hardly need a wireless mouse with this app which is you can get from the iTunes App store. The computer application is available for windows and mac where it’s both free an open source.
Download Hippo remote lite: Android | iOS (Free)
+ PROS
You can enjoy customizing your backgrounds in the feature-rich app which has a browser and Boxee Gesture Pad
Free and open source software
– CONS
This app can be quite a headache to set up on ac with the Install service
It will not work without the dongle.
8. VLC REMOTE CONTROL
The good news is here! You can now use your smartphone to control your VLC player on your PC hands-free. This app is available for iPhone from the iTunes app store and android from the Google play store.
This app takes over control of your VLC player from your iPhone.
To set up the VLC Remote control you need to install the VLC Re mote Helper on your PC which you can download from the official website.