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SW1TCH is a mobile app that lets users control playback on web-based music and video services including Pandora, SoundCloud, and Vimeo directly from their phones. The app simplifies media control by eliminating the… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Control websites like Pandora, SoundCloud, and Vimeo with your phone launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Swysh▲71

   Control your music without touching your screen.

   2016 · lycheelabs.com · its alternatives →

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   Simplify for Mac▲220

   The simplest way to control Spotify, Music, iTunes and Vox

   2015 · mmth.us · its alternatives →

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   Swysh 2.0▲64

   Control your music without touching your screen

   2016 · swysh.app.link · its alternatives →

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   Sidepod▲144

   A Spotify widget to control your music from anywhere

   2023 · its alternatives →

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   PlayTray▲82

   Control the Spotify web player with your macOS media keys

   2018 · cleverthings.io · its alternatives →

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   VLC Mobile Remote▲97

   Control your computer right from your smartphone, be lazy

   2021 · vlcmobileremote.com · its alternatives →

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   BeardedSpice▲108

   Control web based media players with your keyboard keys

   2014 · jevons1.com · its alternatives →

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   Plyr▲235

   A simple, accessible and customisable HTML5 media player

   2016 · plyr.io · its alternatives →

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   Ampache – Web-based audio/video streaming and file manager▲60

   A web based audio/video streaming application and file manager allowing you to access your music & videos from anywhere, using almost any internet enabled device. - ampache/ampache

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Netclicker▲79

    Control your browser with your Phone

    2020 · netclicker.tv · its alternatives →

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    iShuffle▲103

    Listen to your favorite music, in perfect harmony.

    2019 · i-shuffle.netlify.com · its alternatives →

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    YTMP▲104

    Play YouTube videos as audio in background without ads

    2021 · ytmp.itsvg.in · its alternatives →

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    SplitCloud▲106

    Play two different songs on each side of your headphones

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Tuneful▲115

    Native way to control your music on macOS

    2025 · tuneful.app · its alternatives →

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    Play This▲119

    Create a club and let people control your playlist

    2018 · playthis.netlify.com · its alternatives →

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    PTube▲91

    Video lite, block ads

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Youtube Control▲72

    A simple and ready to use remote controller to youtube

    2017 · augustnmonteiro.github.io · its alternatives →

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    TuneTab▲68

    Command-line interface for watching YouTube with friends

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Ampache – Self-hosted personal music and video streaming server▲58

    2015 · ampache.org · its alternatives →

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    Beoplay App▲71

    Control your music on your iPhone

    2016 · bang-olufsen.com · its alternatives →

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    Flutter HP Redesign + Play/Pause Spotify, WMP via Gesture on Windows7▲74

    2012 · flutterapp.com · its alternatives →

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    MusicView Pro▲91

    Interactive music widgets for Spotify & Apple Music

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    MediaFetch▲6

    Tiny, self-hosted video downloader. No nonsense.

    Jan 2026 · its alternatives →

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    Presto Music▲83

    Control your music with gesture

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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