# SmartCast for LG TV — user reviews > 54 indexed App Store user reviews of SmartCast for LG TV by TINAC Inc., rated 2.81/5 from 227 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartcast-for-lg-tv/id1469208049/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartcast-for-lg-tv/id1469208049.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 82 · 4★ 14 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 104 ## What do users think of SmartCast for LG TV? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Works for basic casting - 👍 Works for specific use cases (e.g., taking pictures of TV content) - 👍 Can be a good alternative to buying additional hardware **Cons** - 👎 Requires payment for full functionality - 👎 Frequent connection issues - 👎 Slow and glitchy performance - 👎 Limited media support (files/photos only for some) - 👎 Difficult to cancel subscriptions - 👎 Poor customer support - 👎 Incompatible with certain TVs/devices - 👎 Paid upgrade doesn't improve functionality - 👎 App is often useless without upgrade - 👎 Subscription auto-renews without easy unsubscribe - 👎 Currency issues (dollars required) - 👎 No orientation control - 👎 Cannot cast certain content (e.g., Dish Network) - 👎 Broken links to support pages **Commonly reported bugs** - Does not connect to TV - Only shares files and photos - App stops working after initial use - Paid upgrade does not work - Cannot connect to TV after paying - App won't budge after first use - Slow and glitchy performance - Subscription management broken - Cannot cancel subscription - App cannot find TV connection - Keeps cutting out - App is slow and laggy - No option for slideshow for pictures - Typos in the app **Most requested features** - Allow casting of all media types without upgrade - Improve connection stability - Provide better support and clear instructions - Offer a straightforward way to cancel subscriptions - Fix broken support links - Add orientation control - Improve upload speed for movies - Allow casting of live TV/streaming services ## Newest reviews (10 of 54) ### 1/5 — Hate this app *2022-06-24, version 1.0.9* It only worked once than it stopped working after I became a subscription member. ### 1/5 — Will not cast picture only sound *2022-02-12, version 1.0.9* There is no real straight forward solutions ### 1/5 — Always slow, and often upside-down *2022-02-06, version 1.0.9* No orientation control. How does every other video player know what the orientation should be - while this app seems to guess and you get what you get? A 25% success rate! Absolute trash and an embarrassing touch point for LG. Fix it, LG! ### 1/5 — Lg OLED55c7p trash *2022-02-01, version 1.0.9* Cant share from an ios phone or tablet without apple tv. Sorry but a $3k tv should do this and this app is just junk. Taking back to go get a Samsung as their apps and interconnectivity rocks! ### 1/5 — Dosent work *2021-12-24, version 1.0.9* Useless help ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2021-12-24, version 1.0.9* This app is pointless. You can mirror your phone for free. ### 1/5 — Scam *2021-12-04, version 1.0.9* Renews monthly with no option to unsubscribe ### 1/5 — App has a smell *2021-11-12, version 1.0.9* It stinks.I downloaded app to play music from my phone to the TV, continuously. It won’t do it. I have to go to the iphone and tell it what song to play. App support leaves much to be desired. GW ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work for me. *2021-07-30, version 1.0.9* Doesn’t work for me. ### 1/5 — If you want to draw on your tv *2021-07-05, version 1.0.9* I want to cast my dish network through this app but nope it will only do photos music and drawing. I’m sure if you pay for pro version you get it screw that. What a waste of time ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not very useful w/o paying for upgrade. *2024-01-08* Can do only basic casting at relatively low image quality unless you pay for an upgrade. Unless you do absolutely everything from your cell phone, the upgrade cost is too high. ### 1/5 — Generally does not work *2023-06-03* Does not work. Does not connect and only shares the media you have on your phone - opting you may be streaming on your phone. Just files and photos. Have tried multiple times and simply is a waste of an app. ### 1/5 — Waste of time! *2023-04-30* This app should be free for having a $2000 tv! It will allow you to connect to your tv, but won’t mirror unless you pay for a subscription! ### 1/5 — Poor service *2023-03-04, version 1.0.9* Paid for the upgrade and ever since I cannot connect to my tv to watch my downloads ### 1/5 — STINKS *2023-02-12, version 1.0.9* I can’t connect ### 1/5 — Garbage Disposal *2022-11-11, version 1.0.9* Waste of money ### 1/5 — MACHHGheisvsidbd *2022-11-06, version 1.0.9* This app is terrible. I paid for the upgrade, and nothing new really worked. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on my computer *2022-10-26, version 1.0.9* Would like to cancel ### 1/5 — Thought I was getting an app to cast my device to the LG TV. *2022-10-04, version 1.0.9* Not so good, I got an app that only looks at my device’s media and wants to sell me an upgrade. How do I know if it ever works after I buy it. No thanks, I’ll go elsewhere. Deleted ### 1/5 — Very slow and glitchy app *2022-08-25, version 1.0.9* I used this app to show vacation photos to my grandparents on their LG smart TV. The free app wasn’t working great, it was slow and I had trouble switching to the next photo. I kept getting pop ups for the full paid version of the app - so I purchased it, assuming it would improve the function. After spending $7 the app still worked as terrible as the free version. Disappointed and wish I could get a refund. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Programar *2022-11-15, version 1.0.9* Tb LG ### 5/5 — Excellent *2022-10-27, version 1.0.9* Works Execellent Exactly what I needed and I didn’t have to buy an Apple TV ### 5/5 — TV *2022-08-23, version 1.0.9* Can ### 5/5 — Awesome *2022-08-19, version 1.0.9* Sometimes I need to take a picture of what's on my television for a certain reason, and most don't let you have something casted to your television and then open your camera because it's screen mirroring, this way you can it's pretty awesome ### 3/5 — Many casters don’t work on my LG TV *2023-11-20* I have tried several casters and have yet to see this one work yet ### 3/5 — Smart cast *2022-01-10, version 1.0.9* I’m just hoping for the options to be better ### 3/5 — GOOD APP BUT.. *2021-08-15, version 1.0.9* I enjoy this app , the only thing is when I try to upload movies it takes too long and In the process of uploading it just stops completely by itself. If this could be fixed it would be highly appreciated . Other than that don’t see much needing to be fixed ### 2/5 — Worked only once. *2023-01-05, version 1.0.9* When I downloaded the app I wanted to make sure that I could cast a video onto the TV, and it worked the first time, but after that I tried to add a picture and the app just wouldn’t budge. I would close the app and open it back up but it wouldn’t let me cast a picture or any other video. I didn’t want to pay the premium because I didn’t want to spend money on an app that's not working right. ### 2/5 — Payment currency *2022-06-21, version 1.0.9* Currency requirement in dollars ### 2/5 — Smart cast is a bit slow and wonky *2022-01-10, version 1.0.9* While it works, it is slow and timing is an issue at times. May be my inexperience. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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