Ok, so I thought Snatch didn't look polished enough on my iPad and maybe Rowmote might be able to be my new best remotecontrolfriend. Boy was I wrong.
After the 4,99$ download and setting up I was greeted by a friendly screen with controls for adjusting volume, skip forward/backward buttons, a menu button and a play/pause button.
That's all. Every button in multiple incarnations, presumably to fill up some space on the iPad screen, which would otherwise look either rather empty or like a home for very large buttons. And these buttons don't even relate very well to the Apple remote control, because the left/right and top/down controls are quite separated.
Naturally I started looking for a way to control the Plex media center application on my Mac mini, which needs a few more keys to function best. I came across a very nice and big trackpkad, which pushes the pointer on the Mac screen highly reliable to where you want it to go, a keyboard which overlaps half the trackpad when active and an application launcher to start your favorite applications with a single tap instead of mousing to the Applications folder to fire up your programs.
But different remote layouts? Customizable buttons? Nada. Rowmote is a very simple remote, and a good trackpad/keyboard replacement. If you need a programmable remote for your Mac, go get Snatch.
I would say, for the money they charge, Rowmote is A big FAIL. However, considering that all that I wrote above already seems to be public knowledge (I should have read some reviews), I'm willing to take the blame and half the FAIL.
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