Computer 1: Control your Computer using your Droid
Remote-Control your PC: Keyboard & Mouse
2023-05-20
- Unified Remote (4.5@138,633) Ǥ 16
2
/ Unified Remote Full (4.8@61,343; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 13
2
Testbericht 12/2019; for Windows PC (needs PC component)
- XMouse (4.4@225) 3
LastUpdate: 2018-08-30 Github; Linux X11
- Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse (4.2@22,480) Ǥ 10
/ Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse Pro (4.8@682; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 8
1
Tutorial 6/2021
- Air HID :WiFi Mouse & KeyBoard (4@2,280) 4
LastUpdate: 2017-08-04
- Remote Mouse (3.7@108,672) Ǥ 17
8
- KiwiMote: WiFi Remote Keyboard (3.5@1,513) 6
2
LastUpdate: 2020-05-19 Linux, Mac, Windows; requires PC companion
- PC Remote (3.4@51,056) Ǥ 17
4
Windows; requires PC companion
- Advanced Touchpad Remote Mouse (3.4@1,282) Ǥ 6
LastUpdate: 2017-03-26
- Telepad - remote mouse & keyboard (3.2@4,245) Ǥ 10
5
LastUpdate: 2019-04-20
- USB Keyboard (3.1@3,080) 5
LastUpdate: 2019-01-31 Github
- Remote Mouse Keyboard and More (3@6,084) Ǥ 12
3
LastUpdate: 2020-09-11 / WiFi and Bluetooth Remote (3.2@253; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 11
3
LastUpdate: 2020-09-08 Linux, Mac, Win; needs PC component
- Remote Keyboard (2.8@197) Ǥ 5
LastUpdate: 2017-12-20
- Remote Mouse for Computer (2.3@630) Ǥ 6
3
LastUpdate: 2020-05-07
- TouchDroid (0@0) 5
Github
- USB Gadget Tool (0@0) 0
LastUpdate: 2021-06-11 Github; mouse, keyboard & more
Remote-Control your PC: Keyboard
- Remote Numpad (3.2@165) Ǥ 9
Github
Remote-Control your PC: Mouse
2023-05-23
- WiFi Mouse HD free (4.1@13,059) Ǥ 7
2
LastUpdate: 2017-12-27 / WiFi Mouse Pro (3.6@6,274; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 8
1
- WiFi Mouse (3.7@89,841) Ǥ 10
2
Video Howto 10/2017
- Mobile Mouse Lite (3.5@2,207) Ǥ 10
1
LastUpdate: 2013-01-02
- My Mobile Mouse (1@193) 6
2
LastUpdate: 2017-12-20 requires PC component
- MouseRemote (0@0) 5
Github
- Weylus: use your tablet for graphical input/output (Linux/Mac/Windows)
Android Device as second Screen
2023-05-23
- spacedesk - display monitor (4.5@16,149) 3
Manual; Howto 12/2016 | Anleitung 4/2021; Video Review 9/2017 | 1/2018; Video Howto 2/2019 | Anleitung 2/2021; Vorstellung 6/2020; Windows only; requires PC companion
- Duet Display (4.2@4,140) 7
3
Windows & Mac
- TwomonAir - Dualmonitor,remote (4.1@352; ~EUR 8.50) Ǥ 9
1
LastUpdate: 2018-11-28 / Twomon USB - USB Monitor (3.4@1,426; ~EUR 9.50) Ǥ 9
1
LastUpdate: 2019-12-26 Mac/Win, requires server application
- Splashtop Wired XDisplay (3.2@5,775) 7
2
/ Splashtop Wired XDisplay Pro (3.9@1,885; ~EUR 7.50) 4
Video Intro 2/2016; Video Howto 3/2017; Video Walk-Through 12/2018 (30min); Review 4/2019; Mac/Win, PC component required
- Deskreen: Linux/Mac/Win; any device with a browser can serve as second screen
Remote-Control your PC: Powerpoint & Presentations
2023-05-23
- Presentation Remote (4@218) Ǥ 16
LastUpdate: 2021-09-23 Powerpoint
- LibreOffice Impress Remote (3.8@1,699) 6
HowTo; Video presentation 2/2019 (w/ Wear support)
- Presentation Remote (3.8@1,335) Ǥ 7
LastUpdate: 2015-04-20 PowerPoint, Prezi, Adobe Reader, Google Slides, OpenOffice/LibreOffice; Windows only
- Remote Presenter (3.4@2,014) Ǥ 8
2
LastUpdate: 2017-03-25
- Remote for PowerPoint Keynote (3.1@2,578) 11
2
LastUpdate: 2020-04-21 / Remote Pro PowerPoint Keynote (3.6@694; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 12
2
LastUpdate: 2020-04-19
Monitor Torrents from Remote
2023-05-24
- Torrnado - Transmission Remote (4.8@3,308) Ǥ 7
2
LastUpdate: 2017-03-18
- Aria2App (open source) (4.7@609) Ǥ 11
2
- Transmission Remote (4.6@2,906) 6
1
LastUpdate: 2020-06-21
- Tremotesf (4.6@143) Ǥ 11
Github
- µTorrent®- Torrent Downloader (4.5@5,083,721) Ǥ 15
16
/ µTorrent® Pro - Torrent App (4.4@39,682; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 14
10
- Remote Transmission (4.5@5,593) Ǥ 5
2
LastUpdate: 2013-09-04
- Vuze Remote (4.2@3,553) 9
1
LastUpdate: 2017-11-02 Github; Video Intro 4/2017
- Transdrone (3.8@4,090) 9
/ Transdroid (5@3) 8
Github; Guide 11/2016
- qBittorrent Controller (3.7@1,832) 6
1
LastUpdate: 2021-03-01 / qBittorrent Controller Pro (3.8@385; ~EUR 2.50) 6
1
LastUpdate: 2021-02-28 Github
- youTorrent Controller (3.6@59) 5
3
LastUpdate: 2018-10-28
- Transmission GUI trial (3@395) 4
LastUpdate: 2017-03-06 / Transmission GUI (4@53; ~EUR 4.50) Ǥ 5
LastUpdate: 2018-04-28
- Remote for Transmission (0@0) Ǥ 10
Github
- Transmissionic (0@0) 4
Github
- qBitController for qBittorrent (0@0) 6
2
Github
- Gear Shift (0@0) 4
LastUpdate: 2016-11-21 Github
Access your computer via VNC
2023-05-24
VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing, and is available for most operating systems. Which means, the following solutions should work with Linux, Mac, and Windows as well. Your Android device then will act as keyboard, mouse, and display for the remote machine.
- Remotix VNC, RDP, NEAR (4.8@556; ~EUR 9.00) Ǥ 10
1
- Remote Ripple PRO (TightVNC) (4.6@981) Ǥ 7
- VNC Viewer - Remote Desktop (4.5@56,950) Ǥ 6
1
- MultiVNC - Secure VNC Viewer (4.4@549) 5
Github
- bVNC: Secure VNC Viewer (4.3@3,587) 6
1
/ bVNC Pro: Secure VNC Viewer (4.6@423; ~EUR 6.00) 6
1
Github
- Remote Desktop Manager (3.9@2,059) 13
Review 5/2021; RDP, VNC, ARD (Apple), SSH
- Mocha VNC Lite (3.5@960) 5
/ Mocha VNC (5@80; ~EUR 4.75) 5
1
- VNC Viewer for Android (3.3@13,568) 4
LastUpdate: 2021-09-10 Github
- akRDC: VNC client (3.3@3,009) Ǥ 9
2
/ akRDCPro VNC viewer (4.8@74; ~EUR 3.00) 5
- TruVnc Secured Vnc Client (3.3@63) Ǥ 11
3
LastUpdate: 2020-02-23 / TruVnc Secured Vnc Client Pro (4.1@8; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 11
2
LastUpdate: 2019-07-22
- TSVNC (3.1@8) 4
LastUpdate: 2021-01-28 Github
- VR Remote Desktop Free (2.4@230) 8
LastUpdate: 2016-05-20
- VR VNC (2.2@167) 7
LastUpdate: 2016-05-16
- TruDesktop Remote Desktop All (2@119) Ǥ 11
3
/ TruDesktop Remote Desktop Pro (3@6; ~EUR 3.25) 10
2
LastUpdate: 2020-09-22 RDP & VNC
- AVNC (0@0) 3
Github
Remote control your Windows PC
2023-05-24
Many of the following solutions also can be used to control VirtualBox VMs (OS independent), as long as they support RDP (the Remote Desktop Protocol).
- Remote RDP Lite (No Ad) (4.4@5,317) 5
/ Remote RDP (5@700; ~EUR 8.00) 6
LastUpdate: 2021-03-23 / Remote RDP Enterprise (5@245; ~EUR 16.00) 7
LastUpdate: 2021-03-23
- aRDP: Secure RDP Client (4.3@1,130) 7
1
/ aRDP Pro: Secure RDP Client (4.2@114; ~EUR 6.00) 7
Github
- AccessToGo RDP/Remote Desktop (4.2@1,848) 4
LastUpdate: 2020-02-26 Tablet optimized
- Parallels Client (legacy) (4.1@11,675) 10
1
LastUpdate: 2017-03-19
- Remote Desktop 8 (3.9@115,765) 7
1 LastUpdate: 2021-10-16 Win XP and up, but not the "Home" versions
- Remote Desktop Manager (3.9@2,059) 13
Review 5/2021; RDP, VNC, ARD (Apple), SSH
- aFreeRDP (3.7@842) 7
- Alpemix Remote Desktop Control (3.3@433) 6
2
requires PC component
- TruDesktop Remote Desktop All (2@119) Ǥ 11
3
/ TruDesktop Remote Desktop Pro (3@6; ~EUR 3.25) 10
2
LastUpdate: 2020-09-22 RDP & VNC
- InnoRDP Windows Remote Desktop (1@142) Ǥ 11
5
LastUpdate: 2020-05-20
Remote control your Mac
2023-05-24
- Splashtop Personal (4.2@111,311) Ǥ 15
2
/ Splashtop Business (4.4@3,369) Ǥ 13
2
/ Splashtop Enterprise (Legacy) (4.1@482) 8
LastUpdate: 2017-06-04 Wikipedia DE | EN; Mac/Ubuntu/Win
- Remote Desktop Manager (3.9@2,059) 13
Review 5/2021; RDP, VNC, ARD (Apple), SSH
Wake-on-LAN
2023-05-24
- Depicus Wake On Lan Free (4.8@205) 5
2
LastUpdate: 2020-07-06 / Depicus Wake On Lan (5@20; ~EUR 1.25) 4
- Easy WOL (Wake on LAN) (4.7@212) 7
2
- WolOn - Wake on LAN Widgets (4.5@5,773) Ǥ 7
2
- WOL-Manager (4.4@285) Ǥ 11
2
LastUpdate: 2020-04-18
- Wake on Lan (4.4@106) 4
Github
- WOLdroid WOL Wake On Lan (4.3@604) Ǥ 4
LastUpdate: 2017-03-13
- Wake On LAN (4.2@1,960) 3
LastUpdate: 2019-10-13
- Wake On Lan (4.1@5,043) Ǥ 12
2
LastUpdate: 2019-03-24
- Wol Wake on Lan Wan (3.8@2,600) 4
LastUpdate: 2014-11-04
- Fusion WOL (3.7@214) Ǥ 7
2
LastUpdate: 2020-02-28
- Wake on Lan/Wan with Widget (3.5@54) 3
LastUpdate: 2020-07-05
- Wake On Lan/Wan (with Widget) (3.2@367) Ǥ 6
2
LastUpdate: 2019-06-21
- Duorem (0@0) 3
LastUpdate: 2020-03-16 Github
Other apps to remote access your desktop machine
2023-05-24
- TeamViewer Remote Control (4.7@925,180) Ǥ 22
1
Linux/Mac/Win
- Remote Control PC[Open Source] (4.7@19) 3
2
LastUpdate: 2017-01-28 Github
- KDE Connect (4.6@22,932) 29
Github; Intro & Howto 2/2019 | 11/2019; Video Walk-Through 3/2017; more videos; extensive Intro 4/2021; Intro for Windows 7/2021; works desktop agnostic, e.g. with LXDE as well (and now even with Windows); also share files, use as touchpad
- RustDesk Remote Desktop (4.4@1,618) Ǥ 11
Github
- Zorin Connect (4.4@1,243) 29
Github; Howto 7/2019; Clone of KDE Connect for ZorinOS
- OBS Blade (4.2@218) Ǥ 4
Github; control your OBS streams
- XServer XSDL (4.1@1,437) 4
LastUpdate: 2021-03-18 Video Demo 6/2017
- Remote Control Collection (4@42,876) Ǥ 8
4
Windows only: Mouse, Keyboard, Mediaplayer, Powerpoint
- Chrome Remote Desktop (3.8@217,917) Ǥ 2
- Lazy Mouse �- PC Remote & Remote Mouse (3.8@1,410) Ǥ 13
8
LastUpdate: 2020-01-28
- Remote control PC (3.8@17) 3
LastUpdate: 2017-09-28 Github
- AnyDesk Remote Desktop (3.6@105,637) 16
Vorstellung 3/2017; Video Guide 4/2020; requires PC component; Linux/Win/Mac
- Parallels Access (3.3@2,652) 15
5
MacOS & Windows; Account & nach 14 Tagen kostenpflichtiges Abo benötigt
- Wifi Mouse - Remote Control fo (3.3@174) Ǥ 9
1
LastUpdate: 2019-10-25 mouse, keyboard, screen & more
- Opaque oVirt, RHEV, Proxmox (3.3@46; ~EUR 9.00) 5
Github
- Android X11 X-Server (3@17) 2
Github
- VirtualBox Manager (2.2@1,199) 3
LastUpdate: 2019-11-04 Github
- HopToDesk (1.8@26) 12
GitLab; cross-platform: Android, Linux, Mac, Windows
- BlenderRemote (0@0) 6
LastUpdate: 2020-04-24 GitLab; three-dimensional controller for Blender
- nemu-droid (0@0) 2
Github; Remote-Client für nEMU (Ncurses UI für QEMU)
- Device Connect (0@0) 14
Github; PC companion (Python) available here
Further Readings:
2023-05-26