Couchmate

The remote for movies on your Mac.

Play, pause, skip and turn up the volume from the sofa, with a trackpad and a keyboard for everything else. On your iPhone or iPad.

Coming soon to the App Store

Needs the free Couchmate Helper for Mac.

• The buttons you reach forPlay, pause, skip and volume, also from the Lock Screen and with Siri.
• Trackpad and keyboardMove the pointer, scroll, click and type on your Mac from your iPhone.
• Skip Intro, from the sofaWhen a streaming site offers to skip the intro, Couchmate shows it as one big button.
• Sleep timerPauses playback when you nod off, and can put the Mac to sleep.
• Your iPad, tooYour iPhone becomes a Bluetooth remote for your iPad.
• PrivateNo account, no tracking. The remote talks only to your own devices, encrypted.

Free to download, with every feature free for 14 days. After that, play/pause and volume stay free, and a one-time unlock adds the rest.