Remote Droid 1a: Control various Media Players on your Computer

Remote control iTunes with your Android device

2019-04-23

Vectir PC Remote Control (4.3@4,090) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-07-11 needs PC component (Win only); keyboard, mouse, many media players & more
Retune (4@11,866) 5 LastUpdate: 2014-02-27 Vorstellung 11/2012 | 1/2013 | 11/2013
Remote for iTunes - Trial (3.9@2,678) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-09-03 / Remote for iTunes (4.3@4,731; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2013-10-31 Test 1/2013
Remote for iTunes DJ&UpNext Trial (3.8@308) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-08 / Remote for iTunes DJ&UpNext (4.4@116; ~EUR 3.00) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-08
Music Remote Control (3.6@104) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-14

Remote control WinAmp

2019-04-23

Vectir PC Remote Control (4.3@4,090) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-07-11 needs PC component (Win only); keyboard, mouse, many media players & more
Playa Control for Winamp(R) (4.3@1,671) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-10-06
Ampwifi Winamp Remote (4.2@502) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$

Remote control VLC

2019-04-23

Remote Media Manager for VLC (4.6@11) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
VLC Mobile Remote - PC & Mac, PC Remote - Windows (4.4@15,612) Ǥ 13 Video Howto 3/2014 | 3/2018; incl. Wear support
VLC Stream and Remote (4.4@752) Ǥ 13
Remote for VLC (4.4@16) 5 LastUpdate: 2014-04-07 Vorstellung 4/2012
Vectir PC Remote Control (4.3@4,090) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-07-11 needs PC component (Win only); keyboard, mouse, many media players & more
Remote for VLC (Fork) (4.3@939) 5 LastUpdate: 2014-07-09
V-Direct (VLC Streaming & Remote) (4.2@43,498) 4 Video Review 4/2015;
CJ VLC HD Remote (+ Stream) (4.2@4,076) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-13
TVlc - Web Audio Player & Vlc/Kodi TV Remote (4.1@1,096) Ǥ 8 / TVlc - Vlc Web Radio TV DVD (4@303) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-03-21 VLC, Kodi
Gestural VLC Free Controller (4.1@490) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-12
VLC Remote Control free (4@440) 7 LastUpdate: 2016-09-13
Super Duper Remote for VLC (4@349) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2017-09-24
Moon Remote (4@279) Ǥ 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-09 requires PC component (Windows only)
VLC Remote Free (3.9@4,820) 12 / VLC Remote (4.4@1,838; ~EUR 3.25) 12 Test 12/2013
Wifi Remote Play (3.9@241) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Remote Media Controller (3.2@101) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-07
VlcFreemote (0@0) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Remuco (0@0) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ 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

2019-04-23

KmfR: Kodi XBMC Remote (5@3) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Yatse: Kodi remote control and cast (4.7@70,219) Ǥ 13 / Yatse Unlocker (Legacy) (4.8@3,144; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 1 Vorstellung 8/2013 | 1/2014 | 8/2014; Kurzvorstellung 11/2014
SPMC (4.5@4,325) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Kodi fork
4-Head (XBMC/Kodi Remote) (4.5@511) 11
Remote for Kodi / XBMC (4.4@1,128) Ǥ 8 Video Demo 3/2014
Plex (4.3@140,405) Ǥ 15
Vectir PC Remote Control (4.3@4,090) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-07-11 needs PC component (Win only); keyboard, mouse, many media players & more
TVlc - Web Audio Player & Vlc/Kodi TV Remote (4.1@1,096) Ǥ 8 / TVlc - Vlc Web Radio TV DVD (4@303) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-03-21 VLC, Kodi
Spooky XBMC (3.8@73) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-06
Home Remote Control (3.7@1,370) 11 LastUpdate: 2017-04-20 / Home Remote Control Pro (4.4@144; ~EUR 1.50) 11 LastUpdate: 2016-05-14 Linux via SSH: mouse, keyboard, media control & more
Serenity for Android (3.7@56; ~EUR 1.50) Ǥ 11 Video Tutorial 4/2013; Video 6/2013
XBMC Remote (3.3@6) 15 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-07-05 Github; Video Howto 9/2011; Video Review 1/2012; Vorstellung 3/2013

Remote control Foobar 2000

2019-04-23

foobar2000 controller (4.4@2,935) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-09 / foobar2000 controller PRO (4.7@1,118; ~EUR 1.00) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-07-23 Video Demo 9/2012
MonkeyMote Music Remote Lite (4.3@75) Ǥ 6 / MonkeyMote Music Remote (4.5@78; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 4 foobar2000, MediaMonkey, Winamp, AIMP and JRiver Media Center
FoobarCon (4.2@181) Ǥ 12 / FoobarCon Pro (4.8@448; ~EUR 1.50) Ǥ 11
Retune (4@11,866) 5 LastUpdate: 2014-02-27 Vorstellung 11/2012 | 1/2013 | 11/2013
Music Remote Control (3.6@104) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-14

Remote control MediaMonkey

2019-04-08

MMRemote (4.6@910) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-07-30
MonkeyMote Music Remote Lite (4.3@75) Ǥ 6 / MonkeyMote Music Remote (4.5@78; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 4 foobar2000, MediaMonkey, Winamp, AIMP and JRiver Media Center
Retune (4@11,866) 5 LastUpdate: 2014-02-27 Vorstellung 11/2012 | 1/2013 | 11/2013
Music Remote Control (3.6@104) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-14

Remote control Spotify

2019-04-23

SpotCommander (4.4@634) Ǥ 8
Timote - Remote for Spotify (4.1@17,299) Ǥ 11 Video Demo 7/2012; Test 4/2013; Vorstellung 5/2013
SpotController (3.8@22) 4 LastUpdate: 2016-07-16

Music Player Daemon (MPD)

2019-04-23

MPDroid (4.6@2,717) 9 LastUpdate: 2017-09-03 Github; Howto 2/2011 (EN) | 3/2012 (DE) | 3/2013 (EN)
M.A.L.P. - MPD Client (4.6@298) 3 Github
aMPD (4.5@99) 4 LastUpdate: 2014-06-01
MPD Remote (4.4@65) Ǥ 5
MAFA – MPD client for Android™ (4.3@20; ~EUR 3.75) 9
MPD Control (4.1@202) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-12-16
Music Player Daemon (3.6@43) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Remuco (0@0) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-01-08 Supports Amarok, Audacious, Banshee, Clementine, Exaile, gmusicbrowser, MPD, MPlayer, Rhythmbox, Songbird, Totem, TVtime, VLC and XMMS2

Control AIMP

2019-04-23

AIMP Remote Control (4.5@8,168) Ǥ 10
Vectir PC Remote Control (4.3@4,090) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-07-11 needs PC component (Win only); keyboard, mouse, many media players & more
MonkeyMote Music Remote Lite (4.3@75) Ǥ 6 / MonkeyMote Music Remote (4.5@78; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 4 foobar2000, MediaMonkey, Winamp, AIMP and JRiver Media Center
Aimp Control (4.1@3,289) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2013-02-25
AIMP Remote BETA (4.1@1,157) 2 LastUpdate: 2016-12-05

MythTV / VDR

2019-04-23

mythmote (4.5@756) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-07-24
VDR Manager (4.5@124) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Mythling (4.5@69) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
AndroVDR (4.2@373) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-03-14
MythTV Player (3.2@41) Ǥ 8 Github; Android client for accessing content from a MythTV Backend
MythDroid (0@0) 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-10-10

Remote Controls for other media players

2019-04-23

SageTV MiniClient (4.9@68) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Remote for MPC (4.6@207) Ǥ 6
Gmote 2.0 (4.5@25,278) 4 LastUpdate: 2012-11-02 Video Review 7/2009 | 6/2012; Howto 1/2014
Clementine Remote (4.5@3,123) Ǥ 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-20 Github; Einrichtungs-Tutorial 4/2013; Test 1/2014; control for Clementine Music Player
ServiiDroid (4.5@1,002) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-03-24 Serviio
Mopidy Mobile (4.5@80) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ for Mopidy music server running on Linux or Mac
WPR Wave Players Remote (4.5@31) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Remote for MPC LITE (4.4@2,103) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2015-05-06 Video Overview 5/2011; Win only, MPCHC
MusicBee Remote (4.3@1,492) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-25 Github; Video Demo 12/2016
Remote Kit - Controller (4.3@446) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2016-12-20 misc players on Mac and Windows;
Remotedy (4.3@91) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-12 for Mopidy music server running on Linux or Mac
Remote Media Center HD (4@942) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-03-10
Remote for GPMDP (3.9@448) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-03

Further Readings:

Best android apps for controlling pc (4/2014)
Turn Your Android Device Into A Universal Remote With These Apps (3/2014)
App-Fernbedienungen für das XBMC-Mediencenter (8/2013)
AIMP unter Windows mit Android fernsteuern (6/2013)
XBMC Android Remote Comparison - Yatse & The Official XBMC Remote (Youtube 2/2013)
Android Remote Control Apps for Popular Linux Media Players (3/2012)
5 Android Apps for Remotely Controlling Banshee, Amarok, VLC, XBMC, Boxee in Linux (11/2011)

2019-04-24

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