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Rowmote app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 3264 ratings )
Utilities Productivity
Developer: Evan Schoenberg
0.99 USD
Current version: 5.0.1, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 30 Jan 2009
App size: 37.12 Mb

Rowmote lets you seamlessly control audio, video, and presentation applications on your Mac from your iOS device.

You love the remote control which came with your Mac - so simple yet elegant, with easy control of Front Row, iTunes, Quicktime, DVD Player, Keynote, and more.

Or, your Mac didn’t come with a remote control or doesn’t even have an infrared port. Buying a remote control, from Apple or a third party, would carry a significant cost!

You carry your iPhone or iPod Touch wherever you go... so why should you carry a second device just to control your computer? Furthermore, why should you need line-of-sight to do so?

Enter Rowmote! Rowmote is like your Mac’s remote control, but over the wireless network and even better! By tapping the Apps button, you get bonus abilities, switching between controlled programs, toggling the iTunes Visualizer, and more. Rowmote will even wake sleeping Macs.

FEATURES

- Control your Mac over a wireless network. No line of sight necessary.

- Functions just like the hardware Apple Remote Control in:
• Adobe Lightroom
• Airfoil Video
• Amarra
• Aperture
• BBC iPlayer
• Beamer
• Boxee
• Decibel
• DVD Player
• Ecoute
• eyeTV 3.x
• Firefox
• Front Row
• Hulu Desktop
• iPhoto
• iTunes
• Keynote ‘08 & later
• kJams Pro
• Kodi
• Last.fm
• Logic
• Microsoft Powerpoint ‘04 & later
• mPlayer
• Movist
• OpenOffice Impress
• Preview
• PandoraBoy
• PandoraJam
• PandoraOne Desktop
• Photos
• Plex, Plex Home Theater, & Plex Media Player
• Quicktime
• Rdio
• Safari
• Skim
• Songbird
• Spotify
• Squire
• The Tube
• VLC
• xbmc (Xbox Media Center)

- SWITCH: Access your Mac’s Dock, launching & switch between all controllable applications on the Mac, toggle the iTunes visualizer, and more. Order & display customizable.

- Click-and-hold works just like on the physical remote in applications; for example, holding the right button fast-forwards, while a single click is ‘next’. This is a feature no other iPhone remote control I know of does properly!

- Sleep on demand; wake the Mac automatically
- Pause the music or video automatically when you answer a call on your iPhone
- Proximity sensor support to automatically turn the screen off if the device is face-down
- Secure authentication
- Optional dark interface
- Connect via WiFi or Bluetooth (Bluetooth requires Personal Hotspot Bluetooth tethering)

REQUIREMENTS

• Mac OS X 10.4.0 or later.
• Mac: The free Rowmote Helper program must be running on the Mac to be controlled. Download at www.rowmote.com. Some features require later versions of Mac OS X.

Rowmote is a steal! Couple it with Apple’s free Remote app to turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into the ultimate controller for home stereo, mobile presentation, or casual video viewing.

The artwork of Rowmote was designed by Rik Schennink.

Pros and cons of Rowmote app for iPhone and iPad

Rowmote app good for

Easy to install and easy to use little piece of software. But the best is the great service. Had a little trouble with my ancient Snow Leopard and the new Version of the Rowmote Server. But it could be solved in a half day with the perfect service of the Programmer. Thanks a lot.
Works perfectly. I needed a remote control program for presentations and had no complications yet.
Yes you need a Mac and/or a jail broken Apple TV to run. Its in the description for the app. If you have either of these it is a fantastic app and with the pro version you have a keyboard for your Apple TV too!
Buy this app for your jailbroken Apple TV ! Just do it, flawless.
Works as it claims to work! Not as click noisy as the apple remote.
If only it had a sleep function. Id love to be warm in bed and know that the music will be off after I sleep. Its pretty flawless and has a lot of nice features over the apple remote. -Allan

Some bad moments

It cant "find" my computer, tried everything but it doesnt work.
Nice trick! I am quite disappointed with this app. Its not well pointed out that a jailbreak is required and an older generation of Apple TV is needed :(
You better install REMOTE as this app doesnt have keyboard nor touchpad!
Does not tell you you need a Mac computer or Mac book in order to work it wasted money on this one its useless
...and think you could have been clearer about that on this page. Might also have been good to mention that it only works with "jail broken" apple tvs. Would like a refund.
Dont buy this app waste of money would also like a refund!! I own a Mac and a jail broken Apple TV!

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