Comparison

TV Cast vs ClockKeepers

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TV Cast

Stream music, photos, and videos from your phone, PC, or NAS to your Smart TV or connected speakers. Enjoy media in up to 4K quality with support for various devices like Chromecast and Roku. Use your phone as a remote control for a seamless viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Music streaming to TV/speakers
  • Photo casting with slideshows (4K)
  • Video casting (Full HD & 4K)
  • Stream from PC & NAS
  • Stream from SMB share
  • Remote control functionality
  • Zoom & rotate photos
Features
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• Music streaming: play your favorite songs or playlists on your TV or connected speakers via WiFi. • Photo casting: display your photos on the big TV screen – single or slideshow – with 4K support. • Video casting: enjoy videos in Full HD & 4K quality on Smart TVs, Chromecast, Roku, Fire TV, and more. • Stream from PC & NAS: access and play photos, HD movies, and TV shows stored on your computer or NAS – no phone storage used. • Stream from SMB share: cast network-stored photos, movies, and music from SMB drives – easy setup. The easiest casting app for your media – music, photos, videos, and more! • New! SMB Sharing lets you stream files from network folders directly to your Smart TV. • Supports Chromecast, Chromecast Audio, Sonos, and many more devices. • Stream by category: select all files from a location or multiple albums at once. • Cast iCloud media directly to your TV. • Launch other Nero mobile apps from Nero Streaming Player. • Send feedback easily for improvements and issues. • Use your iPhone/iPad as a remote control: play, pause, stop, skip, and adjust volume. • Zoom & rotate photos with intuitive two-finger gestures while casting. • Sort your music by artists, songs, albums, or genres and stream to Sonos or supported devices. Supported devices: • Smart TVs from Samsung, Sony, LG, TCL, Panasonic, Sharp, and more • AV devices from Yamaha, Onkyo, Sonos, Bose, Pioneer, and others • Chromecast and other compatible streaming devices • Media servers from Plex, Serviio, Subsonic, Twonky, Windows Media Player, and more • NAS from Western Digital, Netgear, Synology, QNAP, Seagate, and more How it works: Install Nero Streaming Player to cast photos, videos & music from your iPhone/iPad to your Smart TV. No HDMI cable, cast hardware, or additional apps required. Connect your iPhone, PC/NAS, and Smart TV to the same WiFi network. Open the app, select media, tap the TV icon, and choose a target device to enjoy content on the big screen or audio system. PC & NAS streaming: Launch your media server on PC/NAS. Nero Streaming Player displays all available servers. Select one and stream all your media to your TV. No media server yet? Download and install Nero MediaHome (2016 or later) on PC. With one touch in Nero Streaming Player, access the timeline of your photos & videos. Enhanced features include: • Face recognition for viewing family & friends • Explore places you’ve visited • Browse your personal movie & TV show collection with poster thumbnails • Listen to favorite songs & playlists Note: Your mobile device, PC/NAS, and Smart TV must be on the same WiFi network. Use only in private, secure networks.

About

ClockKeepers

Features
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Put the workout clock on the gym TV. ClockKeepers runs your Tabata, HIIT, EMOM or boxing rounds on your phone and shows the same clock, live, on every TV, tablet and phone in the room. Start a countdown, stopwatch or interval program, tap Broadcast, and every phone, tablet or TV browser that opens your link shows the same clock, in sync, with the phase colour and round count. No mirroring, no cables, no app needed on the big screen: open clockkeepers-app.netlify.app on any TV browser and type the 5-letter code. BUILT FOR REAL ROOMS • Gyms and studios: Tabata, HIIT, EMOM, AMRAP, boxing and MMA rounds, "For time" with a cap. Work and rest flood the screen green and red so nobody has to squint. • Classrooms: 5, 10, 15 and 20-minute periods, focus sessions, a speech timer that turns amber and red as time runs out. Control it from your phone while you walk the room. • Courts and tournaments: round clocks with changeover breaks, "Round 3 of 8", one board for every court. • Home: kids' turns, cooking, board games. WHY COACHES AND TEACHERS SWITCH • Broadcast to any screen with a link, QR code or short code. Viewers never install anything. • Sound that actually plays: 3-2-1 beeps, segment tones, a spoken 10-second countdown and a finish alarm that keeps ringing until you tap, even with the silent switch on. • The screen never sleeps while a timer runs, and a notification fires if the app is in the background when time is up. • Let others control the clock (optional): pass the link to an assistant coach and either of you can pause. • Custom interval builder: up to 12 segments per round, 99 rounds, a get-ready period, labels and colours. • Presets for the programs people actually run. One tap and go. • Session log of what you ran and for how long. • On an iPad, run the timer and the controls side by side, or tap Present to fill the screen. • AirPlay or plug into a TV: the board fills the screen and the controls stay on your device. • No ads. No subscription. No account. CLOCKKEEPERS PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription, shown in your own currency) • Up to 8 timers on one board: stations, courts or groups, with Start all / Pause all, laid out automatically on the TV. • Your gym, class or event name, colours and logo on every screen. • A permanent code (like "ironworks") so the TV bookmarks one link forever. • Nine more display themes: LED, Stadium, Neon, Chalk, Minimal, Sunset, Aurora, Dot Matrix, Blueprint. • Sound packs: gym horn, ring bell, whistle, arcade. • Unlimited viewers, saved presets and session history. No watermark. From the makers of ScoreKeepers, RankKeepers, PickKeepers and QuizKeepers.

Screenshots

TV Cast4 screens
ClockKeepers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ClockKeepers at none against TV Cast's shown. ClockKeepers also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TV Cast sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and ClockKeepers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TV Cast ships an update every 2 months, ClockKeepers every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TV Cast versus ClockKeepers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTV CastClockKeepers
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (181 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings181 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNero AGJoseph Ting

Bugs and requests

TV Cast

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes immediately upon opening
  • Device detection fails despite being on same network
  • Video conversion hangs or never completes
  • Screen mirroring doesn't work
  • Network connectivity switches between different networks unexpectedly
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  • Blank or empty screens when opening app
  • Incompatibility with iOS 11 for certain file types
  • Connection drops after brief periods
  • Album art fails to display properly
  • Roku media player connection not supported

Requested features

8 requests
  • Playlist support for music playback
  • Ability to replay videos without reconverting
  • Better video conversion speed and quality
  • In-app tutorial or onboarding guide
  • Support for streaming web links
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  • Improved album navigation for large collections
  • Better handling of large media files
  • Clearer app description to avoid confusion about client vs server functionality

ClockKeepers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

TV Cast

Subscriptions7
  • VIP weekly subscription$2.997 Days
  • VIP monthly special offer$2.991 Month
  • VIP monthly subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • VIP Festival subscription$19.991 Year
  • VIP yearly subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • VIP promotion subscription$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Streaming Bundle$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • VIP Permanent License$49.99
1 purchases

ClockKeepers

One-time1
  • ClockKeepers Pro$7.99

Questions

Is TV Cast free?
TV Cast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ClockKeepers free?
ClockKeepers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TV Cast or ClockKeepers have ads?
TV Cast shows ads; ClockKeepers does not.
Which is updated more often, TV Cast or ClockKeepers?
TV Cast ships an update every 2 months, and ClockKeepers every 3 days. Most recently, TV Cast was updated on October 7, 2026 and ClockKeepers on October 8, 2026.

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