# Remote for TV: Wake on LAN — Turn your TV on over Wi-Fi

> Turn your TV on over Wi-Fi (iPhone/iPad app by gen shinozaki.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/remote-for-tv-wake-on-lan/id6804098641 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [gen shinozaki](https://appshunter.io/developer/6804098643)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 24 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-09-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-07
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/remote-for-tv-wake-on-lan/id6804098641/reviews.md

## What is Remote for TV?

No subscription. No in-app purchases. No paid upgrade.

The remote is missing. The batteries are dead. Someone left it in another room.
When that happens, your iPhone becomes the remote, and unlike most remote apps,
it turns the TV back on, not just off.

It was built by someone who had tried a lot of remote apps and kept hitting the
same problems: slow to respond, the useful buttons buried, no way to type a
channel number. All of that is fixed.


■ It turns the TV on, not just off

This app uses Wake on LAN to wake a TV from standby, so turning the TV on from
bed in the morning actually works.
* Your TV must have "turn on over network" enabled. See the notes below.


■ No in-app purchases

Actions use "points": you start with 100 and each action spends one
(press-and-hold and rapid presses count as one). Watching a rewarded video adds
30. "Turn the TV on" never costs a point, so running out can never leave you
unable to switch the TV on. Points cannot be bought.


■ The buttons you use, where your thumb already is

- A large circular D-pad with OK in the centre, sized for one-handed use
- Volume and channel on rockers either side of the D-pad. Hold to repeat
- Home, input, back and exit in a single row under the D-pad
- The four coloured buttons (red, green, yellow, blue)


■ Captions, replay and search

Turn subtitles on and off from the app, on LG and Samsung sets and other
network-connected TVs. On Roku you also get instant replay and the options
button (*), as on the physical remote.


■ Pick an input from a list, not by cycling

The app asks your TV which inputs it has and shows them by name, including the
names you gave your devices. TVs that do not report a list get HDMI 1-4.


■ A keypad for typing channel numbers

Enter the number and go straight to it, including sub-channels like 12.1. Save
the channels you watch most and reach them in a tap.


■ Launch streaming apps on the TV

Open YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Apple TV, Spotify and others,
whichever are installed on your TV.


■ Type with your iPhone keyboard

Type on your iPhone and send it to the TV, instead of spelling a search out one
letter at a time.


■ Supported TVs (detected automatically)

- LG webOS (NANO, OLED, UHD and others)
- Roku TV and Roku streaming devices
- Samsung Tizen (Neo QLED, The Frame and others)
- Network-connected TVs from Sony, Sharp, TCL and other brands

Join the same Wi-Fi and the app finds the TV and works out its protocol. You do
not need a separate app for each brand.


■ Getting started

1. Connect your iPhone to the same Wi-Fi network as the TV
2. Open the app. It looks for TVs on your network
   (iOS asks for Local Network access the first time)
3. Pick your TV and approve the connection on the TV screen (first time only)


■ Before you buy in

- Your iPhone and TV must share a router. A TV on Ethernet is fine
- Everything goes over Wi-Fi. Infrared (IR) is not supported
- The first connection needs approval on the TV screen
- Turning the TV on requires a setting on the TV. On LG sets, enable
  "Settings > General > External Devices > Mobile TV On". Some power-saving
  options prevent it
- The app controls the television, not a cable or satellite set-top box. If you
  watch through a box, the app covers power, volume and input, but the channels
  are handled by the box's own remote
- The app controls the television, not a cable or satellite set-top box. If you
  watch through a Sky, Virgin or similar box, it covers power, volume and input,
  but the channels are handled by the box's own remote
- Some buttons are unavailable depending on your TV model and firmware. Buttons
  that cannot be used are dimmed
- The app shows ads
- Available in English, Spanish and Japanese, following your device language


* Product and service names are trademarks of their respective owners. This app
is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them; they are listed as apps that
can be opened on your TV.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2026-09-26

■ A rewarded video now gives 30 points instead of 10

I use this app every day myself, and 10 points meant watching ads far too often.
One video is now worth 30 actions, so the interruptions drop a lot.

The 100 points you start with, and the fact that "Turn the TV on" never costs a
point, are unchanged.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-22

■ A new remote layout

Volume and channel now sit either side of the D-pad, where your thumb already is.
Before, you had to scroll down to reach them. The buttons below the D-pad are laid
out in single rows, so more of the remote fits on one screen.

■ Buttons that match your TV

Outside Japan, the Japanese broadcast buttons are gone. In their place you get
captions, search and menu. On Roku you get instant replay and the options button
(*), the same as on the physical remote. Roku has no programme guide, so that
button is now correctly shown as unavailable rather than doing the wrong thing.

■ Captions

Turn subtitles on and off from the app, on LG and Samsung sets and on
network-connected TVs from other brands.

■ A shorter name

The app is now called TV Remote on your home screen.

■ Spanish

The app is now available in Spanish.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-18

The in-app Privacy Policy link now points to our new support site, and opens the
Japanese or English page to match the language the app is running in.

We have also put together a support page with setup steps and answers to common
questions. Nothing about how the app works has changed.

If anything is unclear, or you have a request, please get in touch from the
support page.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-13

No release notes.

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