RoByte vs TV Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RoByte
Control your Roku device with your iPhone or iPad. Easily navigate channels, adjust volume, and use your keyboard for text entry. Offers a touchpad for seamless navigation and pairing with multiple Roku players.
- Automatic network scanning for Roku devices
- One-tap channel changing
- Volume adjustment
- Keyboard for text entry
- Touchpad navigation
- Pair with multiple Roku players
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RoByte is a simple and easy to use Roku remote control that works with your Roku Player or Roku TV. Features: • Setup is a breeze. RoByte automatically scans your network to find your Roku. • Easily change channels with one tap • Adjust volume of your Roku or Roku TV • Use your keyboard for quick text entry for channels like Netflix or Hulu • RoByte is designed for iPhone as well as iPad • Easily navigate without looking at your phone using the touchpad • RoByte pairs with multiple Roku players. RoByte Free features: • Roku remote control • Play/pause, fast forward, rewind • Pair with multiple Roku devices RoByte Premium features: • Channel Switcher • Volume Control • Keyboard & Voice Search • Touchpad Help Guide: If you are having issues, please do the following on your Roku TV: Go to Settings -> System -> Advanced System Settings -> Control by mobile apps, and select "Enabled" In order for RoByte to talk to your Roku, the following must be true: 1. Your Roku must be connected to your home's wifi network. 2. Your iPhone or iPad's wifi must be turned on and connected to the same network as the Roku. Quick Tips: • Most problems connecting to your Roku can be resolved by simply reinstalling RoByte. • RoByte can only connect if you are on the same wifi network as your Roku device. In most cases, RoByte will automatically scan and find your Roku device but there is a small case where if you have a more complicated setup, you may need to manually enter your Roku's IP address to connect. If you're still unable to connect to your Roku, theres a good chance there's an issue somewhere within your network. Most common cases are Roku devices getting disconnected from your home wifi if it gets unplugged. You can also try reinstalling RoByte to do a fresh scan. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Roku is a registered trademark of Roku, Inc.
TV Remote
This application allows you to control your television and access its applications and settings quickly. It supports a wide range of TVs, including Philips, and offers features like wake-on-LAN and multi-device management.
- Control your TV
- Wake on LAN support
- Multi-device support
- Quick access to TV apps
- Device discovery
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Your phone becomes the remote for the television you already own. Point it at a Samsung, an LG, a Sony BRAVIA, a Roku, a Philips or anything running Android TV or Google TV. The app works out which remote protocol your set speaks and opens the keypad for it: arrows, OK, back, home, volume, channels, playback and power. FINDING YOUR TV IS FREE Searching your Wi-Fi costs nothing, so you can see whether this app finds your television before you decide anything at all. Most sets turn up by themselves. If yours stays out of sight, type its IP address — it is in the television's own network settings — and the app reaches it anyway. WHAT THE REMOTE DOES • The full keypad for your brand, drawn from what your set actually answers — no keys that do nothing • Type into the TV's search box with your phone's keyboard, instead of pecking out letters with the arrows (Samsung, LG, Roku, Android TV and Google TV) • Open an app from the list the television itself reports • Wake a set from standby over Wi-Fi, which its own remote is usually the only thing that can do • A number pad for channels, and the red, green, yellow and blue keys for teletext and set menus • A trackpad for televisions with a pointer • Every television you own, remembered and one tap apart WHICH TELEVISIONS Samsung — 2016 and newer (Tizen), and the encrypted 2014–15 and pre-2014 protocols. LG — 2014 and newer (webOS), including the on-screen keyboard and the pointer. Sony BRAVIA — the four-digit code the set shows you, or a Pre-Shared Key. Roku — every model, and no pairing at all. Philips — over JointSpace, which is what reaches the sets that speak nothing else. Android TV and Google TV — any make: Philips, TCL, Hisense, Xiaomi, the NVIDIA SHIELD, and Google's own Chromecast with Google TV and Google TV Streamer. An Apple TV and an Amazon Fire TV cannot be driven by another app on the network at all. This app says so rather than pretending otherwise — and the compatibility screen inside it tells you what has been tested on real televisions and what has not. PAIRING, ONCE Some televisions show a PIN, some ask you to allow the phone on their own screen, and a Roku asks for nothing. Whichever yours does, it happens the first time only: the app keeps the key and reconnects by itself afterwards. The phone and the television have to be on the same Wi-Fi. This app is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Samsung, LG, Sony, Roku, Philips, Google or Amazon; those names appear only to say which televisions the app can drive. THE SUBSCRIPTION Finding televisions is free, and so is the compatibility list. The remote itself is the full version, opened by a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription — or by a one-off lifetime purchase for anyone who would rather not subscribe. The free trial opens every part of it. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before that. You can manage the subscription and turn auto-renewal off in your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is bought. Privacy Policy: https://sblinov.com/applications-privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://sblinov.com/applications-terms-of-usage/ Support: https://sblinov.com/contact-us/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TV Remote at 100% against RoByte's 53%. TV Remote also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). RoByte's advantage is ratings volume (256K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. RoByte sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and TV Remote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TV Remote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RoByte has 256K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of RoByte's written reviews are positive against 100% of TV Remote's.
RoByte ships an update every 5 weeks, TV Remote fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.
| Parameter | RoByte | TV Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (256K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 256K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Tinybyte Apps LLC | Serhii Blinov |
Customer experience
RoByte
TV Remote
Bugs and requests
RoByte
Reported bugs
3 issues- Upgrade purchase not working
- Keyboard not functioning properly
- Volume controls not working consistently
Requested features
4 requests- Add channel support
- Ability to customize TV names
- Improve keyboard functionality
- Add power on/off button
TV Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RoByte
- RoByte Pro3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- RoByte Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- RoByte Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- RoByte Pro3 Days trial$23.991 Year
- premium feature: Keyboard$0.99
- premium feature: Channels$1.99
- premium feature: Volume+Swipe$1.99
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- RoByte Premium$3.99
TV Remote
- Monthly premium access$2.991 Month
- Annual premium access3 Days trial$11.991 Year
- TV Remote Premium Access$19.99
Questions
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