# SYBU for Kodi — user reviews > 653 indexed App Store user reviews of SYBU for Kodi by Sybu Data, rated 4.20/5 from 341 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sybu-for-kodi/id567524653/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sybu-for-kodi/id567524653.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 213 · 4★ 54 · 3★ 27 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 33 ## What do users think of SYBU for Kodi? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use interface - 🚀 Reliable and stable - 💡 Useful remote control features - 🔒 Secure connection to Kodi - 🎨 Clean and modern design **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional connection issues - 🔍 Struggles with large media libraries - 🤔 Confusing layout changes - ⚠️ Compatibility problems with Kodi updates **Commonly reported bugs** - Fast forward and rewind not working - Duplicated movie entries - Crashes after Kodi 19 update **Most requested features** - Add mouse support - Improve media library browsing - Provide more customization options - Integrate with smart home devices ## Newest reviews (16 of 653) ### 4/5 — Lock Screen control *2025-02-06, version 4.31* Is there feature for Lock Screen player the video ### 4/5 — Favorite - but it doesn’t work well with large libraries. *2024-07-13, version 4.20* This is my favourite Kodi controller. It’s unfortunate that it tries to load all content at once, it simply is unable to load my library. One saving feature for me was that it loads “recently viewed” content, which is sometimes useful. The latest version now includes “in progress”, which is unnecessary, and has just caused Kodi to crash for me, I hope this isn’t the end of this app. Some improvements that would really help: - Load pages one at a time. - Option to group movies by first letter or something to reduce loading. - Filter / Search before attempting to load all content. - Ability to configure whether to include recent or in progress movies, rather than forcing these on users. - Splitting out recent or in progress lists not displayed inline with the full list, I am lucky this works at all at the moment. ### 2/5 — Great when it works *2024-02-03, version 4.13* Great when it works, however I have constant connection issues, Host not found. It will work one day, then randomly stop working. Very frustrating! ### 4/5 — Watch app? *2023-05-05, version 4.13* Awesome app wld like watch app ### 4/5 — No Movie Apps *2023-02-15, version 4.13* This App was my favorite remote control for 4 years until Kodi 20 and a new version of The app ame out andas we speak in 2/14/2023, this app does not show the movie thumbnails...Tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, pulling the screen down to update the contents and several skins in Kodi...Yes, the setup in the app has enabled all of the options...I tried the “Official Kodi Remote” from Apple’s store and that app shows the thumbnails but it is not as near an app as SYBU.... ### 4/5 — Love the app but UI change I don’t like *2022-10-10, version 4.12* Can you please give us the option on what UI we can choose from? I don’t like the icons on the new IU. Can you put back the option for us to use the IU interface icons before it was updated in Sept?. ### 2/5 — Lento *2022-09-15, version 3.63* Difficilissimo configurare. Finalmente funziona ma Kodi risponde solo lentamente. ### 3/5 — Movies are doubling up *2022-04-03, version 3.63* Works good but it doubles of everything. I could get 5 stars if the bug is fixed. ### 3/5 — iptv / tv simpletvrecorder not implemented yet *2022-03-23, version 3.63* good app but no TV channels implemented yet … :(( iptv difficult to remote very pity … no playlist to choose from any TV menu … ### 5/5 — Worth a 11 star rating *2021-11-20, version 3.63* Other kodi remotes are incompatible or if they are our library doesn’t show in remote. I have the option to go full screen with this app and it’s easy to fast forward or rewind. A complete remote IMHO ### 2/5 — Bağlantı kesintisi *2021-11-09, version 3.63* Son güncellemeyle beraber telefondan her bağlandığında kesinti yaşıyorum düzeltirseniz sevınırım ### 5/5 — Great no nonsense functional App *2021-08-26, version 3.63* …with no annoying ads. This App is straightforward, easy to set up, reliable and free! What more could you possibly as for? Great work, thanks to the developers! ### 5/5 — Просмотр плейлиста *2021-07-04, version 3.63* Добавьте просмотр плейлиста как у Remox, пожалуйста! ### 5/5 — By far the best Kodi remote I’ve tried *2021-05-27, version 3.63* This remote is super easy to pair, has a clean, modern look, and has plenty of useful features like intuitive scrolling using the mag buttons or gestures which is quite useful and the ability to close out of Kodi and turn off your device right from the app. ### 5/5 — Учитесь Kodi как делать пульт! *2021-05-12, version 3.63* Самый лучший пульт для Kodi который есть в AppStore, дальше даже не смотрите а оригинальный пульт даже близко не стоит!!! ### 5/5 — Nickel ! *2021-05-09, version 3.62* Appli très pratique et ergonomique. Testée sur rasPI4 et Libreelec bêta Kodi19, fonctionne nickel sans bug. Seul le WOL ne fonctionne pas mais c’est une limitation du Rpi4. En plus le développeur est réactif et sympathique. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Garbage. *2024-05-26, version 4.13* This app does not list tracks in order from your music libraries and when skipping tracks it randomizes your music by following this disorder. When trying to browse albums it shows recently played music in the track list instead of the album tracks in order. Absolute garbage. I have no idea how other people are using it but it is horrendous for music. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2022-11-22, version 4.13* Will not discover Kodi on my pc. Both connected to same network and http settings enabled on Kodi. Password checked, IP address checked! ### 1/5 — Check Kodi Setup? *2022-11-12, version 4.13* This app used to work great but for the longest time I’ve been getting an error message saying “check Kodi setup”. Not sure exactly when it started because I mainly used Sybu as a back up remote. Would love to get it working again but I’ve tried everything and haven’t had any success getting it to work. ### 1/5 — Fast forward and rewind do not work *2022-06-23, version 3.63* Fast forward and rewind do not work with the newest version of Kodi ### 1/5 — C’était mieux avant *2021-04-19, version 3.61* Depuis la mise à jour et le changement de nom plus rien ne fonctionne même en suivant les « tuto » c’est naze ### 1/5 — Same as below *2021-03-28, version 3.40* Updates to Kodi 19 and REW/FF functions no longer work. Makes watching Kodi practically useless until it gets fixed. ### 1/5 — Isn’t working with IOS 14.2 *2020-11-14, version 3.40* Worked great until the last IOS update. ### 1/5 — Foutmelding *2020-06-21, version 3.40* De app neemt of het IP-adress niet aan of de poort. Heeft dit te maken met de Serverpoort van een lang (België) ### 1/5 — Tacio *2020-06-14, version 3.40* Não sei pra que serve isso parece que o mundo só tem uma linguagem os desenvolvedores não são inteligente estamos na era digital todo o mundo usa o aplicativo mais nem todos fala todas as linguagens do mundo ### 1/5 — Not good *2020-03-12, version 3.40* I paid extra money for supposably better service and it was worse. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 2 buttons *2025-02-23, version 4.33* Hello dear, the ( i ) button is missing as information about the file being played, for example a movie... (or even by tapping the top image from the movie being played) and the next button “0” (zero), which switches the last two TV channels, so much from practice - two buttons could also be placed on both sides of the circular control. These buttons would be very practical, thank you. The remote control is great ### 5/5 — It’s Fixed!!! *2025-02-10, version 4.32* The release that debuted the new interface changes also completely broke the Sources functionality. It took a couple of months but it’s now fixed. As such it’s back to being my go-to for managing Kodi on my nVidia Shield. FIVE Stars. ### 5/5 — Widgets *2024-12-29, version 4.30* The widgets are very good, I wish there was a step forward/backward button. ### 5/5 — Best around *2024-08-03, version 4.21* The no fuss, easy to use interface is great. Everything is neatly organized and the setup couldn’t be easier with a handy tutorial. Support is also great, no hoops to jump. ### 5/5 — Неплохо *2023-09-28, version 4.13* Все хорошо, но в меню надо добавить список каналов, как в официальном пульте) ### 5/5 — This is the real deal *2023-08-08, version 4.13* The only remote for Kodi which actually supports HTTPS ### 5/5 — Perfecta *2023-06-28, version 4.13* La tengo para controlar varios kodi y va perfecta. Estaría bien poder cambiar el color de la skin. También se podría elegir los ítems del menú lateral ### 5/5 — Excellent Remote *2022-09-21, version 4.00* This is one of the best remotes for Kodi that I’ve tried, including the official Kodi remote. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ *2022-09-20, version 4.00* ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ### 5/5 — THE goto for Kodi *2022-09-06, version 3.63* Love the app, been using for years and touches almost all the simple daily bases for my watching needs. Suggestions for slight improvements would be to incorporate ability to view iMDb/TVDb/Trakt pages for movie/series/episode currently being watched if possible, and tiny niggling option for those who maybe use the app while half asleep to choose which options are available on the shutdown/close menu (e.g. disable the buttons for Sleep, Hibernate, Shutdown PC, etc!) But all in all, just a huge thanks for making this app in the first place and making it available. --- *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 2026-08-29.*