Name: iTunes Remote
Rating: 4.5 (4679 reviews)

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iTunes Remote

Apple

Released: 2019-02-01

Free 0%

Version 4.5.1

Free 0%

Version 4.5.1

Released: 2019-02-01

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Description

iTunes Remote is the best way to control Apple Music, iTunes or the Apple TV app from anywhere in your home. Simply download the app to your iPhone or iPad, and connect directly to Apple Music, iTunes or the Apple TV app on your Mac or PC.

With iTunes Remote you can:

•Access your Apple Music, Apple TV or iTunes libraries

•Browse music by artist, albums and songs

•Browse movies, TV shows and podcasts

•Create and edit playlists

•See upcoming songs with Up Next

•Search your entire Apple Music, Apple TV or iTunes libraries

•Explore shared Apple Music, Apple TV or iTunes libraries

•Listen with AirPlay

•Send music to AirPlay speakers

•Group speakers together to play music in multiple rooms at the same time

•Set the volume on each speaker independently

Requirements:

•iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iOS 11.4 or later

•Wi-Fi connection to Apple TV, Apple Music or iTunes on a Mac or PC

•macOS 10.15.2 or higher for Apple Music and the Apple TV app

•iTunes 12.8 or later is recommended for use with iTunes Remote

What's New in Version 4.5.1

⁃ Support for Apple Music and the Apple TV apps in macOS Catalina

⁃ Support for Dark Mode with iOS 13 and later

Seller

Name

Apple Pty Limited

URL

http://www.apple.com/itunes/

Information

Developer

Apple

Version

4.5.1

Size

12.6 MB

Game Center

VPP Device Licensing

Yes

Rating

Rated: 4+

Compatibility

iOS 11.4 or later

Devices

iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)

Languages

English, Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

App Store: Customer Ratings

Ratings & Reviews

4.5 of 5 (4,679 Ratings)

App Store: Customer Reviews

2026-01-25

Broken since Tahoe - Please update!

This one of those apps that is an essential cog. We have a huge music library which we manage and access via the Music app. We also play from a Mac mini connected to our AV receiver. The audio quality can go much higher than via AppleTV. And we use this Remote app to control playback. If this isn’t fixed, we won’t be buying the next release of Mac mini as planned and will move across to Plex running on a *much* cheaper NUC.

2025-11-09

Worked brilliantly on iPad until iPadOS 26

My family have used this for many years to play music from a vast music library stored locally on a dedicated Mac-mini.

Using this app on either iPhone or iPad a visually impaired family member could play his favourite playlists to the many different audio devices located around the home. The interface is clean and uncluttered for a handicapped person.

It plays Apple DMR protected tracks downloaded using our Apple Family Music subscription.

Now the IPad version of the app on IPadOS 26.1 does not display a PLAY button at the top of playlists. The app will only allow double clicking a song to play just one track at a time. It is also not possible to add an album or multiple tracks to “Up Next”.

This has totally disrupted music enjoyment in our home. When I called Apple, the support people even questioned whether it was a “genuine” Apple product. Sadly, iTunes Remote app seems to be a “forgotten” Apple product.

2025-10-06

No lock screen support?

Up next not working with latest up everything gone bad!

2025-09-26

Good when it works

Like the title says, good when it works. I have to delete the connected library and reconnect it nearly everytime I use this app that it's become a joke, there has also been numerous times where it won't even let me connect to my itunes on pc. Don't know what the issue is as everything is up to date.

2025-05-29

Apple, you could do better

This app is functional, but why in 2025 can’t I control my music app in the music app UI and have to use this tech from the 90s? What would Steve say about this app?

2025-04-20

Yes, it’s good

I use this app to access my music library on a Mac Mini on our network. In some ways it is duplicated by the Apple Music app however this retains all the uploaded artwork.

2025-03-28

iTunes Remote

I’ve used this app for more than a decade. It’s a brilliant way to control any iTunes library. It works on both Mac, and PC with iTunes installed. It’s reliable, hardly ever crashes, finds the libraries reliably. It’s by far the best music playing App I’ve come across.

2024-11-15

Windows has zero support

Unfortunately my iTunes does not have music anymore because of Apple Music and the app does not support remote on Apple Music windows

2024-09-13

Great when it connects.

Far too often this will only connect to my music library AFTER I choose the music on my Mac.

2024-05-31

Glitchy

The screen on my iPhone is blank with no arrows when I’m scrolling through the menu

2024-05-26

Love

2024-03-30

iTunes remote

The best thing ever, I blue tooth off my laptop but control with my phone. Game changer

2024-02-24

Why did they make this bad?

Like the iOS music app you used to be able to queue music and see the queue. Can’t anymore. No album view either. It’s the worst. Especially after I banked all my music in iTunes, now it’s sunk and annoying to use.

2023-07-24

Not sure what happened…

This used to be a great app. Now it refuses to connect to my devices all of a sudden. It freezes on a blank screen, and it’s on an IPhone 14 Max Pro so they can’t even say my device is out dated.

2023-05-09

It’s ok - not great

The app works ok - it’s a bit limited - I.e. when I browse by artist I can’t then browned by album for that artist - all the artist’s albums are simply shown as a list - which means if I start playing one album it keeps playing on into the next one. I’m happy to work with Apple if any assistance is required. Thanks

2023-03-06

Desperately needs updating

Doesn’t even show all the music in library. So for every other song you still have to manually change on the Mac.

2023-01-27

Stable and constant

Remote is one of those apps that has always been there and doesn’t change much or get huge upgrades. I use it to manage my local music library on a dedicated retired Mac to play music throughout the house on various AirPlay devices.

Three stars because it’s average, not awful, not great. It always connects, and it’s consistent in its behaviour. The UI is OK, a bit sluggish in album view loading all those album covers, but it’s familiar and functional and free.

There are other music managment apps and platforms to play with but this one has hung around and not developed needlessly or got bloated with ads and junk, so I’m keeping it.

2023-01-07

Does the job but could be better

It does the basic job. But…

It would be nice if it had more of the functionality of the Music (FKA iTunes) app such as list albums by artists when in album view and show the recently added albums.

It also needs a faster way to load album artwork (perhaps offer the option of maintaining a local cache?). The current process is slow especially with large libraries and only ever shows a handful.

2023-01-04

No options or lyrics

Currently no options to sort the order albums are displayed in. By year would be nice. No option to view lyrics of songs. Above issues are basic functionality that is lacking. Not updated in a decade. Yawn.

2022-10-09

I’m happy with this remote

Life saver lol

2022-07-17

Hello?👋

Do apple update this app or know it exists?

2022-05-19

It’s really a big help but it keeps disconnected

2022-03-26

Terrible

Terrible, constantly losing connection with Apple TV

2021-12-07

Hopeless

Fails to connect or work.

2021-11-29

Apple TV

This remote app helps me with my Apple TV so much.

2021-11-23

Easy fixes would make big improvement

1. When using on iPhone SE 2, the now playing screen doesn’t fit the display at all, big white bars on either side. Seems like an obvious oversight for a company with only a handful of phones to test.

2. I want to be able to tap the song I want to play and have it play.

When music is playing, I can’t simply tap another song to play it, I need to go to up next, clear, clear, then play the song I want. Or go to up next, clear, and then add the song I now want to play to up next.

3. I want to be able to add a specific album to up next from the artist menu. Instead I can only add the specific song or all songs by the artist to up next but not the specific album.

4. The three dots at the bottom right of the now playing screen only show one option, defeating the point of hiding that option behind the three dots. Just make the dots a button for the visualiser, or add some useful features to the three dot menu such as: shuffle, loop, repeat, enter fullscreen, start genius playlist from song, etc. Better still, ditch the three dots and just have glyphs for the controls across the bottom in the currently large empty space that does nothing.

5. Haptic feedback when scrolling through albums is broken. Scrolling past one album triggers several vibrations which feels disjointed and buggy. Why not just use the alphabet scroller from the artist list or even the regular scroll bar used across iOS?

6. In the up next menu it should be possible to rearrange songs without tapping edit, seems redundant to press edit just to bring up the rearrange glyph that could easily fit on screen all the time. More taps for no reason. Maybe allow press and hold to rearrange just like tabs can be rearranged in safari.

7. Please make the album art go edge to edge in the now playing screen. The empty white space on either side takes away from the bigger artwork that could be displayed instead.

8. Automatically connect to last used iTunes library. It would be safe to assume that 99% of users would like to connect to the last used library on app launch. Just one less tap to get going would make things smoother for everyone.

I don’t think any of these would be particularly difficult to implement and they’ve been left unchanged for years. Could take this app from merely functional to great. Hope Apple takes a minute to freshen this app up, it’s been a while.

2021-09-11

Great

Great it’s excellent for controlling and selection of music remotely.

2021-07-04

Disappointing

Poorly maintained, with basic bugs unfixed for ages. Not worthy of Apple’s usual reputation.

2021-05-16

Can’t seem to use on latest update

Since the most recent update, my remote will only work with older aTV’s

2021-05-15

Great but needs issues addressed

It’s a great app but needs some issues addressed. First: when adding songs/albums to the queue it used to add them at the end. Currently it adds them as the next block and pushes out the rest of the queue. Very annoying! Also support of HomePod mini should be working. Currently HomePod mini is mostly not available when picking the destinations for airplay and can only be added through iTunes. That really needs fixing.

2021-05-10

Rmote

This app works well for me, and does as described. Simple and easy to use.

2021-04-18

Fix the bugs!!

The old ATV app worked great, but this app is buggy as hell. Frequently forgets the ATV, just drops off the radar completely. So you end up spending 20 mins restarting, unplugging the ATV cord, checking wifi, restarting the app. So much worse.

2021-04-17

Glitchy

Library keeps dropping out making the app frustrating to use. Always requires to be reset up every use.

2021-04-15

iTunes remote

Absolute rubbish I’ve had to reinstall it every time I want to use it , glitch after glitch

2021-04-02

Bear minimum

There are many features in iTunes that you cannot control, such as AirPlay.

They could’ve made the remote into a really awesome app where you can control much more than just the basics such as being able to edit song information or change certain settings, which would make it a very appealing app.

2021-03-05

Perfect

Make using Apple TV and audio devices so easy from a phone, especially when kids have lost the remote!

2021-02-19

Not working

Wrong Id and won’t let me change it

2021-02-03

The most helpful App

As I’m an aged Apple Music listener I use Remote on my iPhone/iPad to control my iTunes music from my iMac with attached Bose Speakers.

2021-01-28

Just work hey?

Why do I need to connect to an iTunes library to connect to a new Apple TV and use the remote. Not a big ask. Also when I go through the hassle of opening a computer no jumping through hoops, why then be temperamental and forget the connected ‘library’ every now and then. When I buy a fridge it doesn’t ask to ‘connect’ to the kettle before it works. No, it just works? Maybe connecting to the ‘library’ is important to some but I think a big chunk of people buying Apple TV just want to be able to use their lpad or phone to hit up Netflix or Stan without having to check if their fridge is feeling ok..... I mean ‘library’. Do you think that might be a lofty aim you could strive for? I mean don’t prioritize it over going to the moon or even Mars or anything, but I think you should put that on your blue sky thinking ultimate aims list. Thanks for your consideration.

2021-01-26

Annoying

Search keyboard on phone disappears

2021-01-03

It functions how it used to, but not how it should now.

This App was great for controlling a computer with iTunes or an old AppleTV. You could even control Audio Output to different devices.

Things have changed a lot. Since then; we have have new Apple TV’s and HomePods. AirPlay 2 means you can control different devices together or independently.

New AppleTVs can be controlled using the AppleTV remote App, and HomePods can be controlled using the clunky Home App.

It would be great if this app was resurrected so you could have the control we used to have, but take advantage of the new devices too!

2020-12-28

Indispensable

Such a simple, yet logical little app that belies its usefulness. I love the ability to control my iTunes music server in my MacBook with this app and to be able to stream music anywhere in the house. Typical Apple design: lean, mean, simple, and as easy and effective as it gets.

2020-12-27

My most-used app.

I’ve been using this thing since day one and I find it indispensable. I do miss the party features and wish it was a bit more stable, but it still runs my home audio system.

2020-12-26

Some limitations but still essential

I use this app very often, though I wish it could be updated to better integrate with Apple Music.

2020-12-13

Terrible

Doesn’t connect to all Apple devices, useless piece of garbage

2020-12-11

Not very good

It doesn’t work

2020-10-16

Needs updating

The app rarely connects to my Mac first time, I usually have to force quit the Remote app first. It’s in desperate need of a update to fix bugs. Also needs updating to match the Apple Music Play Next and Play Last commands.

2020-08-30

Needs full functionality

2020-08-30

Excellent

Great app allowing me to control the operation of my music and media library from my BBQ and entertaining area.

Guests chose their favourite tunes to add to the playlist

2020-07-26

Doesn't work after IOS13.6 update

App no longer picks up apple TV.

2020-05-07

Great remote

Better than the remote that came with the unit

2020-04-15

When are you going to update this???

Almost useless since Apple Music came along - can’t control most things I use in iTunes

2020-04-12

Great Apple remote Hack.

So much easier to type with. Thank You

2020-03-03

GUI updates required

- too much white space on ipad screen

- please support split screen & slideover on ipad os

- a widget would avoid the above issues

thanks!

2020-03-03

No Browsing

This would gain another star or 2 if it allowed you to browse Apple Music.

2020-02-08

Works ok

It’s good having the remote for Apple TV on my phone. But it doesn’t always show or register my Apple TV even when I have it on, meaning I can’t use the remote if it doesn’t register my Apple TV in app. Works great when it registers.

2020-01-29

Rate me! Rate me!

Really don’t like the way apps are allowed to bug you to rate / review them. Surely the App Store can collate the data in relation to how many users download an app, keep using it, update it and don’t delete it. Statistically, these people are happy with your app! :| So an app in the store could have stats listed, such as 1,162,814 downloaded this app last year - 1,851 people deleted it within 12 months. I’d call that a successful and popular app. Job done. Don’t bug me for ratings if I’m still using your app. Obviously I like it. If I feel inclined to give you suggestions (that you’ll likely ignore) I’ll go to the App Store and take the time to write down what I think and what has motivated me enough to give you my valuable time, as I have done today ;)

2020-01-16

Erratic keyboard after last update

I’ve love the Apple Remote for my Apple tv3 but after the last update I can use the keyboard to login to apps but then fails to respond on the Password same with other iPhones in the house. :(

2020-01-11

5 stars, I said.

What else do I need to say? Doesn’t 5 stars say enough.

2020-01-04

Glitchy

Great when it works but it often tends to flash and I’m unable to use the app unless I close it and start it up again. Happens frequently.

2019-12-31

Has bug with latest iOS on iPhone X

Using to navigate Apple TV as a remote:

When you open another app, (or the phone turns off) then come back to the remote app - it can not be used.

It flashes between playlists and the remote control screen incessantly.

Very disappointing that an Apple App needs to be force restarted every time to use it.

2019-12-26

Ms s. H

Lately it has been lagging a lot I wish it would work faster

2019-12-22

New Update Still Buggy And Complicated

After updating the remote and turning on home sharing again I was hoping the remote usage would be seamless like it used to be. It still isn’t, and the workarounds being suggested on the apple support pages are ridiculously complicated. Many of them stop working as soon as you unplug your device from the console (which kind‘ve defeats the purpose).

Keep trying Apple, you’re not there yet. What a shambles.

2019-12-20

It’s back and still smooth

Thx apple for restoring this. To think I even started loosing faith in the eco-system. I am controlling my ex-iTunes on my iMac into Bluesound, Ikea’s Symfonisk (Sonos), and my old Airport. So sweet. Thx

iTunes Remote

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What's New in Version 4.5.1

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Ratings & Reviews

Broken since Tahoe - Please update!

Worked brilliantly on iPad until iPadOS 26

No lock screen support?

Good when it works

Apple, you could do better

Yes, it’s good

iTunes Remote

Windows has zero support

Great when it connects.

Glitchy

Love

iTunes remote

Why did they make this bad?

Not sure what happened…

It’s ok - not great

Desperately needs updating

Stable and constant

Does the job but could be better

No options or lyrics

I’m happy with this remote

Hello?👋

It’s really a big help but it keeps disconnected

Terrible

Hopeless

Apple TV

Easy fixes would make big improvement

Great

Disappointing

Can’t seem to use on latest update

Great but needs issues addressed

Rmote

Fix the bugs!!

Glitchy

iTunes remote

Bear minimum

Perfect

Not working

The most helpful App

Just work hey?

Annoying

It functions how it used to, but not how it should now.

Indispensable

My most-used app.

Some limitations but still essential

Terrible

Not very good

Needs updating

Needs full functionality

Excellent

Doesn't work after IOS13.6 update

Great remote

When are you going to update this???

Great Apple remote Hack.

GUI updates required

No Browsing

Works ok

Rate me! Rate me!

Erratic keyboard after last update

5 stars, I said.