Remote

Take full control, right from your phone

Seamlessly control your Cider Devices without interruptions or delays.

Native UI

Leverage the power and performance of native UI for iOS. Writing natively allows for a more seamless experience and a cohesive design language.

Multi-instance support

Have multiple Cider instances? No problem. Remote allows you to switch between instances with ease, so you can control all your music from one place.

Real-time control

No more delays or interruptions. With Remote, you can control your Cider instance with speed and precision, right from your phone.

Open Source

The whole codebase is open source, so you can inspect it, contribute to it, report bugs or ask for new features.

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Remote was built using these amazing frameworks and libraries

Features

Whatever you need, Remote has it

Live Activity

See your currently playing track right on your lock screen, without having to unlock your phone. And play or pause your music with just a tap.

Library Browser

Get a hold of your Apple Music library, including your playlists and albums. Tap a track to play it.

Horizontal Layout

Portrait or landscape, Remote adapts to your iPhone's orientation. Leave your phone on the side and it'll never turn off.

Queue Management

Manage your playback queue with ease. Remove and reorder tracks in your queue, all from the Remote app.

Sing along the lyrics

Remote supports Apple Music lyrics as well as 3rd party lyrics providers like Musixmatch. Use the Horizontal Layout to activate Immersive Lyrics.

Playback Control Center

With iOS 18, you can add playback controls to your Control Center. Play, pause, skip tracks, and more, everything you'd need to control your music quickly.

Liquid Glass

With iOS 26, Remote gets a fresh coat of paint with the new Liquid Glass design, offered by the latest operating systems.

Android

About Remote on Android

An Android version for Cider Remote is planned at some point, but we are currently focused on the iOS version.

Also, the team working only on Cider Remote only has iOS developers and would require Android developers for a potential Android version to come out.

Cider Remote requires Cider v2.5.0 or later, and iOS 17 or later.