Computer 2: Control various Media Players on your Computer

Remote control iTunes with your Android device

2021-04-03

Remote for iTunes DJ&UpNext Trial (4.6@37) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Remote for iTunes DJ&UpNext (4.1@126; ~EUR 3.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Vectir PC Remote Control (4.1@4,662) Ǥ 12 1 LastUpdate: 2017-07-11 needs PC component (Win only); keyboard, mouse, many media players & more
Retune (3.8@11,900) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2014-02-27
Music Remote Control (3.6@104) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-14

Remote control WinAmp

2021-04-03

Ampwifi Winamp Remote (4.3@55) 9 1
Vectir PC Remote Control (4.1@4,662) Ǥ 12 1 LastUpdate: 2017-07-11 needs PC component (Win only); keyboard, mouse, many media players & more
Playa Control for Winamp(R) (4.1@1,704) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-10-06

Remote control VLC

2021-04-03

Remote for VLC (4.4@16) 5 LastUpdate: 2014-04-07
TVlc - Web Audio Player & Vlc/Kodi TV Remote (4.3@1,115) Ǥ 8 2 / TVlc - Vlc Web Radio TV DVD (4@303) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-03-21 VLC, Kodi
Remote for VLC (Fork) (4.3@939) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-07-09
Remote Media Manager for VLC (4.3@18) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
V-Direct (VLC Streaming & Remote) (4.1@43,414) 4 2 LastUpdate: 2018-10-21
VLC Mobile Remote - PC Remote & Mac Remote Control (4.1@18,121) Ǥ 13 8 Video Howto 3/2014 | 3/2018; incl. Wear support
Vectir PC Remote Control (4.1@4,662) Ǥ 12 1 LastUpdate: 2017-07-11 needs PC component (Win only); keyboard, mouse, many media players & more
CJ VLC HD Remote (+ Stream) (4.1@4,090) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-13
Gestural VLC Free Controller (4.1@490) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-12
VLC Stream and Remote (4@1,036) Ǥ 13 3 LastUpdate: 2019-05-05
VLC Remote Control free (4@440) 7 2 LastUpdate: 2016-09-13
Super Duper Remote for VLC (4@349) Ǥ 10 2 LastUpdate: 2017-09-24
Moon Remote (4@279) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-09 requires PC component (Windows only)
Wifi Remote Play (4@247) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-02-15
VLC Remote Free (3.9@5,061) 12 2 / VLC Remote (4.5@1,933; ~EUR 3.25) 12 2
Remote Media Controller (3.2@101) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-07
VlcFreemote (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Remuco (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-01-08 Supports Amarok, Audacious, Banshee, Clementine, Exaile, gmusicbrowser, MPD, MPlayer, Rhythmbox, Songbird, Totem, TVtime, VLC and XMMS2

Remote control Kodi (XBMC) / Boxee / Plex

2021-04-03

Yatse: Kodi remote control and cast (4.6@76,007) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Legacy Unlocker for Yatse (4.5@3,149; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-28 Kurzvorstellung 11/2014; Guide 7/2015; Review 10/2015; Video Anleitung 6/2016; Video Howto 3/2018
KmfR: Kodi XBMC Remote (4.5@4) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-24
TVlc - Web Audio Player & Vlc/Kodi TV Remote (4.3@1,115) Ǥ 8 2 / TVlc - Vlc Web Radio TV DVD (4@303) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-03-21 VLC, Kodi
Plex: Stream Free Movies & Watch Live TV Shows Now (4.2@192,068) Ǥ 12 6
Vectir PC Remote Control (4.1@4,662) Ǥ 12 1 LastUpdate: 2017-07-11 needs PC component (Win only); keyboard, mouse, many media players & more
SPMC (4@4,702) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-07 Video Intro 10/2018; Kodi fork
Remote for Kodi / XBMC (4@1,272) Ǥ 10 2 Video Demo 3/2014
4-Head, Kodi Remote (4@597) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Home Remote Control (3.8@1,428) 11 5 LastUpdate: 2017-04-20 / Home Remote Control Pro (4.3@157; ~EUR 1.50) 11 2 LastUpdate: 2016-05-14 Linux via SSH: mouse, keyboard, media control & more
Spooky XBMC (3.8@74) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-10
XBMC Remote (3.3@6) 15 LastUpdate: 2015-07-05 Github

Remote control Foobar 2000

2021-04-03

MonkeyMote Music Remote Lite (4.3@230) Ǥ 7 3 / MonkeyMote Music Remote (4.3@171; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ foobar2000, MediaMonkey, Winamp, AIMP and JRiver Media Center
foobar2000 controller (4.2@3,063) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-09 / foobar2000 controller PRO (4.3@1,288) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-07-23
FoobarCon (4.1@209) Ǥ 14 4 LastUpdate: 2018-12-15 / FoobarCon Pro (4.5@489; ~EUR 1.75) Ǥ 11 4 LastUpdate: 2018-12-15
Retune (3.8@11,900) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2014-02-27
Music Remote Control (3.6@104) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-14

Remote control MediaMonkey

2021-04-05

MMRemote (4.4@943) Ǥ 8 1 LastUpdate: 2017-07-30
MonkeyMote Music Remote Lite (4.3@230) Ǥ 7 3 / MonkeyMote Music Remote (4.3@171; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ foobar2000, MediaMonkey, Winamp, AIMP and JRiver Media Center
Retune (3.8@11,900) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2014-02-27
Music Remote Control (3.6@104) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-14

Remote control Spotify

2021-04-03

Timote for Spotify (4.1@17,299) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2017-12-20
SpotCommander for Spotify (3.9@631) Ǥ 5 1 LastUpdate: 2018-08-20
SpotController (3.8@22) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2016-07-16

Music Player Daemon (MPD)

2021-04-03

aMPD (4.5@99) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-01
MAFA – MPD client for Android™ (4.5@58; ~EUR 6.00) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
MPDroid (4.3@2,764) 9 1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-03 Github
M.A.L.P. - MPD Client (4.3@457) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
MPD Remote (4.2@109) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
MPD Control (3.9@211) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Music Player Daemon (3.7@62) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Remuco (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-01-08 Supports Amarok, Audacious, Banshee, Clementine, Exaile, gmusicbrowser, MPD, MPlayer, Rhythmbox, Songbird, Totem, TVtime, VLC and XMMS2

Control AIMP

2021-04-03

MonkeyMote Music Remote Lite (4.3@230) Ǥ 7 3 / MonkeyMote Music Remote (4.3@171; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ foobar2000, MediaMonkey, Winamp, AIMP and JRiver Media Center
AIMP Remote Control (4.1@8,659) Ǥ 10 2 LastUpdate: 2019-04-22
Vectir PC Remote Control (4.1@4,662) Ǥ 12 1 LastUpdate: 2017-07-11 needs PC component (Win only); keyboard, mouse, many media players & more
Aimp Control (4.1@3,289) 1 1 LastUpdate: 2013-02-25
AIMP Remote BETA (4.1@1,157) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2016-12-05

MythTV / VDR

2021-04-03

Mythling (4.5@81) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-20 Github
VDR Manager (4.4@129) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Mythmote (4.1@757) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
AndroVDR (3.9@374) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-10-13 Github; note: v1.5 (Play Store/Aptoide) doesn't work with Android 5+; v1.7 (IzzyOnDroid) does up to Android 8 (built by different dev and so uses different signature, though)
MythTV Player (3.3@42) Ǥ 8 3 Github; Android client for accessing content from a MythTV Backend
MythDroid (0@0) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-10-10

Remote Controls for other media players

2021-04-03

SageTV MiniClient (4.9@71) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-23 Github
Gmote (4.5@25,275) 7 LastUpdate: 2012-11-02 Howto 1/2014
Mopidy Mobile (4.5@114) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ for Mopidy music server running on Linux or Mac
Remote for MPC LITE (4.4@2,103) Ǥ 8 2 LastUpdate: 2015-05-06 Win only, MPCHC
Remotedy (4.3@96) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-03 for Mopidy music server running on Linux or Mac
MusicBee Remote (4.2@1,660) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Demo 12/2016
ServiiDroid (4.2@1,044) Ǥ 8 4 Serviio
Remote for MPC (4.2@347) Ǥ 7 2 LastUpdate: 2019-08-18
WPR Wave Players Remote (4.2@53) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Clementine Remote (4@3,292) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Howto 6/2020; control for Clementine Music Player
Remote Kit - Controller (3.8@463) Ǥ 5 5 LastUpdate: 2016-12-21 misc players on Mac and Windows;
Remote for GPMDP (3.4@493) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-02
Remote Media Center HD (3.3@944) Ǥ 8 5
LMS (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Logitech Media Server
MSM (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Media Server Manager for emby, jellyfin, kodi, plex … to manage your media files
Tauon Remote (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
ClemRemote (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Clementine Music Player
mpv remote (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Further Readings:

Turn Your Android Device Into A Universal Remote With These Apps (3/2014 - 1/2018)

2021-04-09

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