Alfred Remote

Alfred Remote turns an iPhone or iPad into a remote for Alfred on a Mac, so the person who already uses Alfred’s workflows gets a little control panel in their hand. By our assessment, it is strongest at quick launcher actions and custom commands, because it trims the trip back to the keyboard when a task is already set up inside Alfred. The trade-off is obvious: it only matters if Alfred is already part of the setup, and it asks for some patience to configure buttons and actions the way you want them. In use it feels like a compact companion app rather than a full app on its own, with a narrow job done cleanly. Compared with more general remote tools, it is much more specific and much less confusing, which is exactly why it is useful. Alfred Remote stays for people who live in Alfred workflows, and it adds little if the Mac side is not doing real work already.