Remote Droid 1: Control your Computer using your Droid

Remote-Control your PC: Keyboard & Mouse

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Unified Remote (4.6@109,028) Ǥ 14 / Unified Remote Full (4.7@48,210; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 13 (Video) Review 9/2012; Vorstellung 1/2014; Intro 1/2014; for Windows PC
Remote Mouse (4.4@66,752) Ǥ 10
Mouse Kit (Keyboard+Presenter) (4.4@23,893) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2016-12-21 Mac, Win; requires PC component; Video Howto
XMouse (4.4@225) 3 Github; Linux X11
Remote iT (4.1@58) 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@227; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 12
Mouse & Keyboard Remote (3.9@11,016) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2015-05-11 Testbericht 9/2012; Windows only
TouchRemote - PC Remote (3.9@1,326) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-10-19 / TouchRemote BETA (4.2@184) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-20 requires PC component
Ultimate Mouse Lite (3.8@5,817) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-01-08 / Ultimate Mouse (3.8@85; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2016-09-06 Video Demo 2/2012; Linux, Mac, Win
Remote Mouse Keyboard and More (3.6@5,642) Ǥ 13 Linux, Mac, Win; needs PC component
Remote Keyboard (3.6@166) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-20
Remote Mouse (3.6@70) Ǥ 4
Telepad - remote mouse & keyboard (3.5@3,334) Ǥ 10
Air HID :WiFi Mouse & KeyBoard (3.3@2,162) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-04
Wifi Mouse Keyboard (3.3@77) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-02-17
Advanced Touchpad Remote Mouse (3.2@1,134) Ǥ 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-26
USB Keyboard (3.1@3,080) 5 Github

Remote-Control your PC: Mouse

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WiFi Mouse HD free (4.2@11,981) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2017-12-27 / WiFi Mouse Pro (3.6@5,202; ~EUR 4.50) Ǥ 17 Testbericht 11/2012; Review 11/2012; Video Review 12/2012
My Mobile Mouse (4@169) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-12-20 requires PC component
WiFi Mouse(keyboard trackpad)control your computer (3.9@76,046) Ǥ 13 Video Howto 10/2017
Blink Linux Remote Control (3.8@29) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ 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@573; ~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

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spacedesk (multi monitor display and duet screen) (4.1@4,101) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Video Howto 2/2019; Windows only; requires PC companion
Splashtop Wired XDisplay Free (3.7@2,318) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Splashtop Wired XDisplay (4@783; ~EUR 7.50) 6 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@295; ~EUR 8.50) Ǥ 9 / Twomon USB - USB Monitor (2.8@1,101; ~EUR 9.50) Ǥ 9 Intro 3/2014; Mac/Win, requires server application
iDisplay (2.3@3,682; ~EUR 19.00) 12 Mac+Win
Air Display 2 (1.9@126; ~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@164) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2017-12-13 Powerpoint
Remote for PowerPoint Keynote (3.3@2,428) 11 / Remote Pro PowerPoint Keynote (3.2@648; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 12
Presentation Remote (3.3@1,261) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-12-28 PowerPoint, Prezi, Adobe Reader, Google Slides, OpenOffice/LibreOffice; Windows only
Remote Presenter (3@1,933) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-03-25
LibreOffice Impress Remote (2.9@1,448) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-07 Video Demo 3/2013; HowTo; Tutorial 8/2013 | 12/2013 (DE); Video presentation 2/2019 (w/ Wear support)

Monitor Torrents from Remote

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Transmission Remote (4.9@1,673) 6
Torrnado - Transmission Remote (4.8@2,917) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2017-03-18
Aria2App (open source) (4.7@288) Ǥ 10
µTorrent®- Torrent Downloader (4.6@3,902,037) Ǥ 15 / µTorrent® Pro - Torrent App (4.6@28,119; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 12 Review 9/2012
Vuze Remote (4.5@3,314) 9 LastUpdate: 2017-11-02 Video Howto 6/2015; Video Intro 4/2017
Tremotesf (4.5@65) Ǥ 7 Github
StickShift Transmission Free (4.5@51) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-04-09
TransmissionDroid (4.3@3) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-07-08
Remote Transmission (4.2@5,313) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2013-09-04
µTorrent Remote (4.1@27) 3 LastUpdate: 2013-12-23
Transdrone (3.8@3,642) 9 / Transdroid (0@0) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Review 10/2013; Github
youTorrent Controller (3.6@38) 5
Transmission GUI trial (3.4@382) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-06 / Transmission GUI (4.3@47; ~EUR 4.50) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-02-14
Synodroid (2.8@1,594) 7 / Synodroid Pro Key (4.4@345; ~EUR 2.00) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ for use with Synology NAS
qBittorrent Controller (2.8@1,132) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-12-16 / qBittorrent Controller Pro (3.9@225; ~EUR 2.75) 6 Github
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@38,460) Ǥ 5
Jump Desktop (RDP & VNC) (4.4@2,938; ~EUR 11.00) 4
Remote Ripple: Fast VNC Client (4.4@2,792) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2016-09-17 / Remote Ripple PRO (TightVNC) (4.4@635; ~EUR 4.25) Ǥ 8
bVNC: Secure VNC Viewer (4.3@2,745) 5 / bVNC Pro: Secure VNC Viewer (4.5@326; ~EUR 5.00) 5 Howto 5/2013 (DE); Github
akRDCFree VNC viewer (4.2@2,791) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2017-06-27 / akRDCPro VNC viewer (4.4@57; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2017-05-01
VNC Viewer for Android (3.9@12,899) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-15 Github
Remote Desktop Manager (3.9@858) 10 RDP, VNC, ARD (Apple), SSH
Mocha VNC Lite (3.9@823) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Mocha VNC (4.1@69; ~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) (4.6@374; ~EUR 10.00) Ǥ 10
TruVnc Secured Vnc Client (3.4@46) Ǥ 11 / TruVnc Secured Vnc Client Pro (3.8@6; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 11
VR Remote Desktop Free (2.9@172) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-20 / VR Remote Desktop (3.7@27; ~EUR 1.25) 7 LastUpdate: 2015-10-29
VR VNC (2.8@145) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-16

Remote control your Windows PC

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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@11,161) 10 LastUpdate: 2017-03-19 Kurzvorstellung 9/2012
Jump Desktop (RDP & VNC) (4.4@2,938; ~EUR 11.00) 4
Remoter RDP Client (4.4@286) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-09
aRDP: Secure RDP Client (4.2@653) 7 / aRDP Pro: Secure RDP Client (4.5@72; ~EUR 5.00) 7 Github
Microsoft Remote Desktop (4.1@100,893) 7 / Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta (4.1@4,144) 7 Kurzvorstellung 10/2013; Video Review 10/2013; Test 10/2013; Vorstellung 4/2014; Win XP and up, but not the "Home" versions
Remote RDP Lite (No Ad) (4@4,958) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-09 / Remote RDP (4.3@674; ~EUR 8.00) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Remote RDP Enterprise (4.5@238; ~EUR 16.00) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Wifi Computer + Touchpad (3.9@1,348) 12 requires PC component
Kinoni Remote Desktop (3.9@1,141) Ǥ 14 LastUpdate: 2017-06-23
Remote Desktop Manager (3.9@858) 10 RDP, VNC, ARD (Apple), SSH
RDP Remote Desktop aFreeRDP (3.9@783) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Alpemix Remote Desktop Control (3.9@233) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ requires PC component
AccessToGo RDP/Remote Desktop (3.8@1,742) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Tablet optimized
InnoRDP Windows Remote Desktop (3.7@125) Ǥ 11
TruRdp Rdp Remote Desktop All (3.7@25) Ǥ 12 / TruRdp Rdp Remote Desktop Pro (4@5; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 12

Remote control your Mac

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ReCtrl (4.8@5) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2016-12-13 Linux, Mac, Win
Splashtop Personal - Remote Desktop (4.4@103,806) Ǥ 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Splashtop Business - Remote Desktop (4.7@1,891) Ǥ 7 / Splashtop Enterprise (4.2@460) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-04 Video Review 3/2013; Vorstellung 9/2013; Mac/Ubuntu/Win
Remote Desktop Manager (3.9@858) 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

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WolOn - Wake on LAN (4.8@2,326) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-12-29
Easy WOL (with Sync) (4.6@43) 6
Wake On Lan (4.4@3,078) Ǥ 12
Wake On LAN (4.4@1,737) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
WOLdroid WOL Wake On Lan (4.4@563) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2017-03-13
Fusion WOL (4.4@186) Ǥ 6
WOL-Manager (4.4@170) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2017-12-04
WOL - Wake on Lan (widget) (4.2@644) 3 LastUpdate: 2015-04-07
Wake on Lan (4.1@24) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2016-01-11
Wake On Lan - Scan (4@88) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-24
Wake on Lan/Wan with Widget (4@28) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Wake My Lan (4@27) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-17
Depicus Wake On Lan Free (3.9@175) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-26 / Depicus Wake On Lan (4.6@17; ~EUR 1.25) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-07-13
Wol Wake on Lan Wan (3.8@2,486) 4 LastUpdate: 2014-11-04
Wake On Lan/Wan (with Widget) (3.8@313) Ǥ 6
Duorem (0@0) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github

Other apps to remote access your desktop machine

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KDE Connect (4.7@13,063) 16 Github; Vorstellung 9/2013; Intro 9/2013; Intro & Howto 2/2014; 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
Zorin Connect (4.5@129) 15 Github; Clone of KDE Connect for ZorinOS
Chrome Remote Desktop (4.2@176,480) 1 Vorstellung 4/2014 | 4/2014; Hands-On & Howto 4/2014
Remote Control Collection (4.2@37,697) Ǥ 9 Windows only: Mouse, Keyboard, Mediaplayer, Powerpoint
Remote Control PC[Open Source] (4.2@8) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-01-28 Github
myRemote (4.1@1,770) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-16
AnyDesk Remote Control (4@16,335) 13 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 3/2017; requires PC component; Linux/Win/Mac
Home Remote Control (4@1,369) 11 LastUpdate: 2017-04-20 / Home Remote Control Pro (4.3@147; ~EUR 1.50) 11 LastUpdate: 2016-05-14 Linux via SSH: mouse, keyboard, media control & more
TeamViewer for Remote Control (3.9@529,286) Ǥ 9 Review 9/2012; Linux/Win/Mac
Lazy Mouse - PC Remote Control ???? & Remote Mouse (3.9@847) Ǥ 12
Wifi Mouse - Remote Control for your Computer! (3.9@55) 8 mouse, keyboard, screen & more
Parallels Access (3.8@2,438) 13 Test 12/2015; MacOS & Windows; Account & nach 14 Tagen kostenpflichtiges Abo benötigt
Opaque oVirt, RHEV, and Proxmox Client (3.8@29; ~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@936) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-06-23
VirtualBox Manager (2.9@703) 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)

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