# Smart Remote For Samsung TV — user reviews > 53 indexed App Store user reviews of Smart Remote For Samsung TV by Color Tiger Limited, rated 4.39/5 from 5,005 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smart-remote-for-samsung-tv/id1348819264/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smart-remote-for-samsung-tv/id1348819264.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,711 · 4★ 489 · 3★ 262 · 2★ 117 · 1★ 426 ## What do users think of Smart Remote For Samsung TV? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Works well for basic TV controls - 🚀 Connects and functions quickly - 💰 Free to use without subscription - 🤩 Effective replacement for lost physical remote **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent connectivity and functionality - 📺 Unable to power on TV - 🤖 Buggy and unresponsive at times - 💢 Excessive advertisements and pop-ups **Commonly reported bugs** - Unable to connect to TV or detect it on network - Frequent disconnections and need to re-pair - Certain buttons/controls not functioning properly **Most requested features** - Add ability to power on TV - Improve reliability and consistency - Offer ad-free premium version ## Newest reviews (10 of 53) ### 4/5 — Finally *2023-09-17* I have been searching remotes for my smart tv and finally this one actually works and I don’t have to pay a subscription to use it! I mostly needed it to move side to side and up and down so I haven’t tried all of the controls. But since I can actually use it, I’m impressed! ### 4/5 — Other app remotes are garbage *2023-01-04, version 1.2* This one has worked for me (it’s been over a year) ### 3/5 — Not working *2022-11-27, version 1.2* Worked very well 1st time, does not respond anymore and connected to the TV ### 2/5 — RIDDLED WITH ADS ABD MALWARE *2022-06-16, version 1.2* This app works, but is barely usable due to how much advertisements there are. They will make you watch videos that you can’t close out of as well as other deceptive tactics. DO NOT CLICK ON THEIR ADS. Do not download this app. Simply a mockery. ### 1/5 — Absolute Garbage *2021-09-13, version 1.2* Thought I’d try this app because the Samsung smart things app is so annoying because it constantly disconnects, this is worse and it has advertisements. I couldn’t even get it to connect to the TV. Waste of time and I deleted almost as quick as I got it. ### 1/5 — Worst app ever do not recommend *2021-03-01, version 1.2* I’ve had so much remotes either they all brake or just stop working. So I decided to get a digital remote app this app didn’t work at all for me I don’t know how other people got it to work but it just didn’t work for me And the adds are Insane every time I try again it plays an add I do not recommend this app if you are looking for a digital remote. ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work after first try. *2020-11-14, version 1.2* When I finally set it up it worked but when I launched the app again it didn’t work. ### 1/5 — Horrible with Samsung *2020-11-05, version 1.2* This app takes make more work to get connected every time - delete reconnect etc than it takes to walk and find the buttons behind the TV and do it manually. I think I can train my dog with enlighten treats and time to be at least as good at operating TV as this app and probably net some time. ### 4/5 — Sorry. *2020-10-01, version 1.2* What’s the point of a phone remote if you can’t even power it on. ### 1/5 — Barely works *2020-07-01, version 1.2* It works well maybe 7% of the time, but other than that its disgustingly unresponsive. I’ve pressed the volume buttons or any of them and have sat there for 45 seconds waiting for it to do one little thing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Half works *2023-08-16* Sometimes it works but most times it doesn’t. Shut off your tv you have to re-add and then the app can’t find your tv. Spent 20 minutes trying to get this connected when yesterday it was fine. Just a gimmick to get you to buy other products ### 1/5 — If I could give this app zero stars, I would *2023-08-04* When I open up the app, it says scanning for devices on your Wi-Fi, but then it just says no devices found on your network, then I try tapping scan again, but it just says that the i need to remove the device from the black list even though i never even got the chance to try to allow or deny permission ### 1/5 — Scam *2023-02-08, version 1.2* The app has you put in credit card to use. Saying it is only for location purposes. Then they subscribe you to a fee of 35$ a month. When you try to cancel there is no easy way to do it. I am glad my cc recognized the fraudulent charges. ### 1/5 — Steals your clipboard data *2023-02-05, version 1.2* Once Apple added the feature that requires you to allow or disallow an app to paste data it became evident this app is constantly trying to access your clipboard data. Super shady. BEWARE. ### 1/5 — Poor reviews are correct! *2022-10-21, version 1.2* Needed a virtual replacement for my Samsung Remote. I researched remotes in App Store and decided this one would be my best choice by reading reviews. Decision makers, few ads, easy access, reliability etc. but, then there were also negative reviews to consider. Consider I did but ultimately downloaded the app. Reviews were correct. I never got past the set up. App would not recognize the IP address. Every negative review rhetoric came to light. After attempting to get this app to work for half hour I finally gave up. ### 1/5 — Never connected but showed lots of ads *2022-10-04, version 1.2* Couldn’t get it to connect to the my tv but it showed lots of ads and I had to watch them before attempting to connect. Snot sure I want to watch ads before I can turn down the volume. ### 1/5 — Didn’t work for me *2022-07-09, version 1.2* Finally was able to “connect” but could not get anything to work at all. No good. At least no in app purchases, although lots of pop up ads ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time !! *2022-06-05, version 1.2* did not work at all and just kept showing ads, after the ads I tried to sync the remote but it just kept giving more ads. Basically clickbait lol ### 1/5 — Don’t Download *2022-03-29, version 1.2* Garbage app. Make sure you check last updated before downloading any app. In this case app hasn’t been updated in nearly 4 years. Apple needs to do a much better job keeping this store up to date. If you want to monopolize the market at least do your job. Exhibit A of what happens when our government ignores the law and allows monopolies. ### 1/5 — ad-ridden junk *2022-01-24, version 1.2* Shows an ad every button click. I couldn’t even troubleshoot connection issues because I had to see a 5 second ad between every connection attempt. Gave up eventually to try one of the other 50 remote apps. Haven’t found a good one yet. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great free remote *2022-12-02, version 1.2* Looked at a lot of remotes. This one by far gets my recommendation ### 5/5 — The best remote app ever! *2022-09-27, version 1.2* Use this app!! The developers really know their stuff… no flash or other crap… just a functional remote. ### 5/5 — Honest, Simple, free keyboard!! *2022-01-05, version 1.2* Thank you my friends at this app place. Great little app you got here ### 5/5 — Great Remote *2021-10-27, version 1.2* I lost my physical remote but this has been a great replacement. I can’t turn on the tv with it but once I power on the tv I can operate the tv perfectly by phone remote. Great news is it is free! ### 5/5 — Yaaay it works *2021-08-15, version 1.2* My child lost our remote and all the other apps I looked at required hefty (for my budget) subscription fees without even letting me try them to see if they worked first. I was getting so frustrated but then tried this one and it worked immediately with zero hassle. ### 5/5 — AMAZING *2020-05-25, version 1.2* This app really works we use it when we loose the remote we use it and it works great I really recommended this app. ### 5/5 — Very Good *2020-05-18, version 1.2* I have not had any problems but I would like to change one thing that it would hook up on to my amazing remote and go to that home screen. ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2020-04-30, version 1.2* Kids broke our remote for our really nice Samsung tv. Thank goodness for this app! Bought a universal remote but it royally sucked. This is amazing, easy to use, fast and is just an app on my phone! Very impressed ### 5/5 — Work fine *2019-10-25, version 1.2* No problems yet ### 5/5 — The best , most effective Samsung remote app!! *2019-08-09, version 1.2* I don’t usually write reviews but I had to for this one because this remote really helped me out! My Samsung smart tv stopped responding to my remote for some Reason so I downloaded a remote app. It took me 4 apps of trial and error to finally find this one. One that actually works with no freezes, no issues and no ADS !!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*