Here‘s my ratings out of 100 for devices to control Kodi:
Keyboard/Mouse: 30
Remote Control: 60
Smart Phone: 80
Tablet (iPad): 100
I’m Not sure how anyone could use a keyboard and mouse with Kodi, it’s pretty clunky.
IR or Wireless Remote is a huge improvement but interrupts the current concert or video when navigating on screen. Even navigation in Kodi using a Remote is not great.
Smart Phone/Tablets all allow full navigation of you music library on the device and does not interrupt the current playi back. Much easier to get around artist/albums etc as these apps have their own views on the library. With a normal remote You must click up and down lists (on everything), smart phone apps is a touch screen experience, faster and easier:
Take a look at the iPhone screen shots in This post:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...nstall-configure-on-windows.30683/post-570621
A tablet has bigger screen for easier navigation. IPad has an amazing Kodi Music Remote app ($5) that allows Queuing of tracks, changing que playback order, searches the internet for current artist etc. It’s another world again.