Remote Droid 1: Control your Computer using your Droid

Remote-Control your PC: Keyboard & Mouse

2020-01-20

Unified Remote (4.6@115,764) Ǥ 14 / Unified Remote Full (4.7@51,285; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 13 Vorstellung 1/2014; Intro 1/2014; Testbericht 12/2019; for Windows PC (needs PC component)
Remote Mouse (4.4@72,400) Ǥ 10
XMouse (4.4@225) 3 Github; Linux X11
Mouse Kit (Keyboard+Presenter) (4.3@25,167) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2016-12-21 Mac, Win; requires PC component; Video Howto
Remote iT (4.1@60) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-07 / Remote iT Plus (3.7@3; ~EUR 0.75) 6 LastUpdate: 2015-05-09 Linux, Mac & Windows. Controls keyboard, mouse & more
Limitless Remote (4@1,016) 16 LastUpdate: 2017-01-28 Video Demo 11/2013
Wireless Mouse and Keyboard (4@623) Ǥ 11 / WiFi and Bluetooth Remote (3.8@239; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 12
Mouse & Keyboard Remote (3.9@11,016) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2015-05-11
TouchRemote - PC Remote (3.9@1,326) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-10-19 requires PC component
Ultimate Mouse Lite (3.8@6,108) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-01-08 / Ultimate Mouse (3.9@89; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2016-09-06 Linux, Mac, Win
Remote Mouse Keyboard and More (3.6@5,896) Ǥ 13 Linux, Mac, Win; needs PC component
Telepad - remote mouse & keyboard (3.5@3,567) Ǥ 10
Remote Keyboard (3.5@176) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-20
Remote Mouse (3.5@84) Ǥ 4
Wifi Mouse Keyboard (3.3@80) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-02-17
Air HID :WiFi Mouse & KeyBoard (3.2@2,263) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-04
USB Keyboard (3.1@3,080) 5 Github
Advanced Touchpad Remote Mouse (3.1@1,190) Ǥ 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-26

Remote-Control your PC: Mouse

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WiFi Mouse HD free (4.1@12,727) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2017-12-27 / WiFi Mouse Pro (3.4@5,561; ~EUR 2.25) Ǥ 11
WiFi Mouse (3.9@80,139) Ǥ 13 Video Howto 10/2017
My Mobile Mouse (3.9@176) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-12-20 requires PC component
Blink Linux Remote Control (3.7@32) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-11 Github; Linux: mouse & swipe; requires server counter-part
Mobile Mouse Lite (3.5@2,207) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2013-01-02 / Mobile Mouse Pro (2.6@597; ~EUR 2.25) Ǥ 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-08-10
AirMouse! Wifi pointing mouse (3.5@142) Ǥ 14 LastUpdate: 2016-04-30

Android Device as second Screen

2020-01-20

spacedesk (multi monitor display extension screen) (4.3@4,790) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Manual; Howto 12/2016; Video Review 9/2017; Video Howto 2/2019; Windows only; requires PC companion
Splashtop Wired XDisplay Free (3.6@2,559) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-05-09 / Splashtop Wired XDisplay (4@895; ~EUR 7.50) 6 LastUpdate: 2018-05-09 Video Intro 2/2016; Video Howto 3/2017; Video Walk-Through 12/2018 (30min); Review 4/2019; Mac/Win, PC component required
TwomonAir - Dualmonitor,remote (3.5@308; ~EUR 8.50) Ǥ 9 / Twomon USB - USB Monitor (2.8@1,186; ~EUR 9.50) Ǥ 9 Intro 3/2014; Mac/Win, requires server application
iDisplay (2.3@3,846; ~EUR 19.00) 12 LastUpdate: 2018-05-16 Mac+Win
Air Display 2 (1.9@132; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2015-05-21 Mac/Win; requires registration and server component

Remote-Control your PC: Powerpoint & Presentations

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Presentation Remote (3.8@179) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2017-12-13 Powerpoint
Remote for PowerPoint Keynote (3.3@2,557) 11 / Remote Pro PowerPoint Keynote (3.2@684; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 12
Presentation Remote (3.3@1,330) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-12-28 PowerPoint, Prezi, Adobe Reader, Google Slides, OpenOffice/LibreOffice; Windows only
Remote Presenter (3@2,024) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-03-25
LibreOffice Impress Remote (3@1,542) 4 Video Demo 3/2013; HowTo; Tutorial 8/2013 | 12/2013 (DE); Video presentation 2/2019 (w/ Wear support)

Monitor Torrents from Remote

2020-01-20

Transmission Remote (4.8@1,871) 6
Torrnado - Transmission Remote (4.7@3,092) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2017-03-18
µTorrent®- Torrent Downloader (4.6@4,180,939) Ǥ 15 / µTorrent® Pro - Torrent App (4.5@30,923; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 15
Aria2App (open source) (4.6@330) Ǥ 10
Tremotesf (4.5@70) Ǥ 8 Github
StickShift Transmission Free (4.5@51) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-04-09
Vuze Remote (4.4@3,473) 9 LastUpdate: 2017-11-02 Video Howto 6/2015; Video Intro 4/2017
TransmissionDroid (4.3@3) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-07-08
Remote Transmission (4.2@5,574) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2013-09-04
µTorrent Remote (4.1@27) 3 LastUpdate: 2013-12-23
Transdrone (4@3,861) 9 / Transdroid (0@0) 8 Review 10/2013; Github
youTorrent Controller (3.6@41) 5
Transmission GUI trial (3.4@393) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-06 / Transmission GUI (4.2@52; ~EUR 4.50) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-02-14
qBittorrent Controller (3.3@1,271) 6 / qBittorrent Controller Pro (4.1@289; ~EUR 2.75) 6 Github
Synodroid (2.7@1,685) 7 / Synodroid Pro Key (4.4@367; ~EUR 2.00) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ for use with Synology NAS
Gear Shift (0@0) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-21 Github

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.

VNC Viewer - Remote Desktop (4.7@41,843) Ǥ 5
bVNC: Secure VNC Viewer (4.4@2,918) 5 / bVNC Pro: Secure VNC Viewer (4.4@346; ~EUR 5.00) 5 Howto 5/2013 (DE); Github
Remote Ripple: Fast VNC Client (4.4@2,792) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2016-09-17 / Remote Ripple PRO (TightVNC) (4.4@682; ~EUR 4.25) Ǥ 8
Jump Desktop (RDP & VNC) (4.3@3,095; ~EUR 11.00) 4
akRDCFree VNC viewer (4.2@2,956) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2017-06-27 / akRDCPro VNC viewer (4.3@60; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2017-05-01
VNC Viewer for Android (3.9@13,486) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-15 Github
Remote Desktop Manager (3.9@960) 10 RDP, VNC, ARD (Apple), SSH
Mocha VNC Lite (3.9@872) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Mocha VNC (4.1@73; ~EUR 4.75) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Remotix VNC RDP Lite (3.4@434) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-05-04 / Remotix VNC, RDP, NEAR (Remote Desktop) (4.3@428; ~EUR 9.00) Ǥ 10
TruVnc Secured Vnc Client (3.3@49) Ǥ 11 / TruVnc Secured Vnc Client Pro (3.8@6; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 11
VR Remote Desktop Free (2.9@183) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-20 / VR Remote Desktop (3.7@28; ~EUR 1.25) 7 LastUpdate: 2015-10-29
VR VNC (2.8@149) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-16

Remote control your Windows PC

2020-01-20

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).

PC Remote (Beta) (4.5@27,783) 7 LastUpdate: 2016-02-18
Parallels Client (legacy) (4.4@11,672) 10 LastUpdate: 2017-03-19
Remoter RDP Client (4.4@286) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-09
Jump Desktop (RDP & VNC) (4.3@3,095; ~EUR 11.00) 4
aRDP: Secure RDP Client (4.2@699) 7 / aRDP Pro: Secure RDP Client (4.5@77; ~EUR 5.00) 7 Github
Microsoft Remote Desktop (4.1@106,907) 7 / Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta (4.1@4,451) 7 Kurzvorstellung 10/2013; Video Review 10/2013; Test 10/2013; Vorstellung 4/2014; Win XP and up, but not the "Home" versions
RDP Remote Desktop aFreeRDP (4@813) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Remote RDP Lite (No Ad) (3.9@5,186) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-09 / Remote RDP (4.3@697; ~EUR 8.00) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Remote RDP Enterprise (4.5@249; ~EUR 16.00) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Wifi Computer + Touchpad (3.9@1,514) 4 requires PC component
Kinoni Remote Desktop (3.9@1,201) Ǥ 14 LastUpdate: 2017-06-23
Remote Desktop Manager (3.9@960) 10 RDP, VNC, ARD (Apple), SSH
Alpemix Remote Desktop Control (3.9@261) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ requires PC component
AccessToGo RDP/Remote Desktop (3.8@1,827) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Tablet optimized
TruRdp Rdp Remote Desktop All (3.8@26) Ǥ 12 / TruRdp Rdp Remote Desktop Pro (4@5; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 12
InnoRDP Windows Remote Desktop (3.7@135) Ǥ 11

Remote control your Mac

2020-01-20

ReCtrl (4.8@6) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2016-12-13 Linux, Mac, Win
Splashtop Personal - Remote Desktop (4.4@108,775) Ǥ 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Splashtop Business - Remote Desktop (4.7@2,098) Ǥ 9 / Splashtop Enterprise (4.2@484) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-04 Wikipedia DE | EN; Video Review 3/2013; Vorstellung 9/2013; Mac/Ubuntu/Win
Remote Desktop Manager (3.9@960) 10 RDP, VNC, ARD (Apple), SSH
gPad remote touchpad/keyboard (3.6@1,610) 7 LastUpdate: 2012-11-05 Mac+Win
Remote for Mac (3.6@863) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-03-27
Air Remote Desktop (3.6@419) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-07-04 Windows / Linux / Mac

Wake-on-LAN

2020-01-20

WolOn - Wake on LAN (4.8@2,754) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-12-29
Easy WOL (with Sync) (4.6@47) 6
Wake On Lan (4.4@3,294) Ǥ 12
Wake On LAN (4.4@1,839) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
WOLdroid WOL Wake On Lan (4.4@595) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2017-03-13
WOL-Manager (4.4@184) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2017-12-04
Fusion WOL (4.3@203) Ǥ 6
WOL - Wake on Lan (widget) (4.2@644) 3 LastUpdate: 2015-04-07
Wake on Lan (4.2@26) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2016-01-11
Wake on Lan/Wan with Widget (4.1@33) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Wake On Lan - Scan (4@98) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-24
Wake My Lan (4@28) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-17
Depicus Wake On Lan Free (3.9@180) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-26 / Depicus Wake On Lan (4.2@20; ~EUR 1.25) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-07-13
Wol Wake on Lan Wan (3.8@2,594) 4 LastUpdate: 2014-11-04
Wake On Lan/Wan (with Widget) (3.8@322) Ǥ 6
Duorem (0@0) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-05-27 Github

Other apps to remote access your desktop machine

2020-01-20

KDE Connect (4.7@14,354) 18 Github; Vorstellung 9/2013; Intro 9/2013; Intro & Howto 2/2014 | 2/2019 | 11/2019; Ausführliche Vorstellung & Howto 4/2014; detailed intro 6/2015; Video Walk-Through 3/2017; more videos; works desktop agnostic, e.g. with LXDE as well; also share files, use as touchpad
Remote Control PC[Open Source] (4.4@10) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-01-28 Github
Chrome Remote Desktop (4.2@186,656) Ǥ 2 Vorstellung 4/2014 | 4/2014; Hands-On & Howto 4/2014
Remote Control Collection (4.2@39,714) Ǥ 9 Windows only: Mouse, Keyboard, Mediaplayer, Powerpoint
Zorin Connect (4.2@188) 16 Github; Howto 7/2019; Clone of KDE Connect for ZorinOS
AnyDesk Remote Control (4.1@20,608) 13 Vorstellung 3/2017; requires PC component; Linux/Win/Mac
myRemote (4.1@1,770) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-16
Lazy Mouse - PC Remote 💻 & Remote Mouse (4.1@915) Ǥ 12
Home Remote Control (4@1,386) 11 LastUpdate: 2017-04-20 / Home Remote Control Pro (4.3@151; ~EUR 1.50) 11 LastUpdate: 2016-05-14 Linux via SSH: mouse, keyboard, media control & more
Wifi Mouse - Remote Control for your Computer! (3.9@64) 8 LastUpdate: 2018-07-09 mouse, keyboard, screen & more
TeamViewer for Remote Control (3.8@559,355) Ǥ 9 Linux/Mac/Win
Parallels Access (3.8@2,540) 13 Test 12/2015; MacOS & Windows; Account & nach 14 Tagen kostenpflichtiges Abo benötigt
Opaque oVirt, RHEV, and Proxmox Client (3.8@30; ~EUR 5.00) 6 Github
Remote Control PC (3.8@12) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-28 Github
VirtualBox Manager 4.0+ (3.7@82) 1 LastUpdate: 2014-01-07
XServer XSDL (3.6@1,037) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
VirtualBox Manager (3@755) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github

Further Readings:

The best remote desktop tools for Android (2/2019)
Fernwartung in Android: Chrome Remote Desktop vs. TeamViewer vs. Splashtop 2 (7/2014)
6 Apps to use Android as your wireless Mouse & keyboard (1/2013 - 2/2014)

2020-01-22

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