The worst moment in running a room is the walk. The track's about to end, the screen's showing the wrong slide, and the only fix is a thirty-foot trip back to a laptop on a table you can't reach without crossing the floor. WIFI Remote deletes that walk. The controls come to you.
WIFI Remote is a KEEPITIL utility app that turns your phone into a controller for the things you're already running — the KEEPITIL radio stream and your event screens — over your local WiFi network. Instead of being tethered to a laptop, you hold the room in your hand: skip the track, adjust what's on the display, drive the vibe from wherever you happen to be standing. It's the small, unglamorous tool that makes a live space run smoother, built by people who've actually had to run one.
What it does
At its core, WIFI Remote is a bridge. Your event screens and the KEEPITIL radio live on one device; your phone connects to the same local network and becomes the remote for both. That means the person actually working the room — the host walking the floor, the organizer greeting people at the door, the DJ mid-set — can make changes without breaking stride or handing control to someone parked at a keyboard.
Because it works over local WiFi rather than the open internet, the connection is direct and low-latency — you tap, the room responds, and it keeps working even if the venue's internet is doing what venue internet always does. The controls that matter for a live space are right there on your screen, sized for a thumb in a dark room, not buried three menus deep in software designed for a mouse.
You hold the room in your hand — skip the track, fix the screen, drive the vibe from wherever you're standing.
Who it's for
WIFI Remote is built for the people running the show, not watching it. If you're an organizer juggling the door, the floor, and the flow of the night, it keeps control on you instead of at a table you keep having to run back to. If you're a venue hosting KEEPITIL events, it lets whoever's on shift manage the screens and the sound without training them on a full software setup. If you're a host or DJ, it's the difference between staying present with the room and disappearing behind a laptop every time something needs a nudge.
It's a professional's tool with a hobbyist's ease. There's nothing to configure beyond getting on the same WiFi — no server to stand up, no account gymnastics, no manual. You open it, it finds the room, you're in control.
Standout features
It works when the venue's internet doesn't. Because WIFI Remote talks to your setup over the local network rather than routing through the open web, it keeps responding even when the building's connection drops out mid-night — the single most common failure point in any live room. Local-first isn't a limitation here; it's the whole reliability story.
It's sized for a dark room and a moving thumb. The controls that matter for a live space sit right on the first screen, big enough to hit without looking, instead of buried in menus built for a mouse and a quiet office. You can drive it one-handed while you're doing three other things.
Zero setup. There's no server to configure and no manual to read — get on the same WiFi as your event device and the app finds the room. That means anyone on shift can pick it up and run the screens without a training session first.
Why it exists
WIFI Remote came directly out of running KEEPITIL events and radio. Every live space has the same friction: the controls are always in the wrong place at the wrong moment. Rather than accept that as the cost of doing business, the KEEPITIL apps team built the fix — a purpose-made remote that assumes you're moving, not sitting. It's the kind of tool that only gets built by people who've felt the specific pain it solves.
It also reflects how the whole KEEPITIL ecosystem is meant to fit together. The radio, the events, the screens, the profiles — they're not separate products, they're one connected platform. WIFI Remote is a piece of glue between the live, physical side of the scene and the digital backbone that runs it.
How to get it
WIFI Remote is available on the Apple App Store — the first KEEPITIL app to ship there. Download it to your iPhone or iPad, get on the same local WiFi as your event setup, and you're running the room from your hand. Tap through below to grab it.
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The quick version
WIFI Remote turns your phone into a controller for the KEEPITIL radio and your event screens over local WiFi — direct, low-latency, no cables, no laptop babysitting. It's built for organizers, venues, hosts and DJs who need to run a live room while moving through it. It's the first KEEPITIL app on the Apple App Store; download it, join the same WiFi, and hold the room in your hand.