Comparison

Remote for Philips Hue Devices vs TV Remote

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

Head to head
About

Remote for Philips Hue Devices

Control your Philips Hue lights with your smartphone. This app offers an intuitive remote interface, eliminating the need for a physical remote. It provides a simple connection and a comfortable user experience for managing your smart lighting system.

Highlights
  • Simple connection to Hue devices
  • Intuitive remote control design
  • Smartphone replaces physical remote
  • Easy to use interface
Features
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** Disclaimer: Please notice that this app is not the official Philips app. It was build to try and give users a better experience to control their Philips Hue devices. ** Features and Functionality: - Simple connection to your Philips Hue device. - Easy and intuitive remote control design for comfortable experience. - No need for your real remote control to control your Philips Hue device. Now your smart phone can replace your remote control. The remote app is not working? Any other issue? Feel free to reach us through: ma.remote.apps@gmail.com * Hue is a registered trademark of Signify N.V., Eindhoven, Netherlands. Please note that this app is neither provided nor maintained or in any way endorsed by Signify N.V nor Philips Inc. but merely uses the API provided by Philips Hue / Signify to control the Philips Hue ecosystem products.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Control your TV
  • Wake on LAN support
  • Multi-device support
  • Quick access to TV apps
  • Device discovery
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Remote for Philips Hue Devices4 screens
TV Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TV Remote at 100% against Remote for Philips Hue Devices's 25%. TV Remote also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Remote for Philips Hue Devices's advantage is ratings volume (849 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Remote for Philips Hue Devices sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TV Remote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remote for Philips Hue Devices has 849 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Remote for Philips Hue Devices's written reviews are positive against 100% of TV Remote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote for Philips Hue Devices ships an update every 3 weeks, TV Remote fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Remote for Philips Hue Devices versus TV Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote for Philips Hue DevicesTV Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (849 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings849 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmir FleisherSerhii Blinov

Customer experience

Remote for Philips Hue Devices

All ratings847 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative70.8%

TV Remote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Remote for Philips Hue Devices

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Frequent crashes
  • Unreliable connection

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ad-free version
  • Better TV compatibility

TV Remote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Remote for Philips Hue Devices

One-time1
  • No Ads$3.99
3 purchases

TV Remote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly premium access$2.991 Month
  • Annual premium access3 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • TV Remote Premium Access$19.99

Questions

Is Remote for Philips Hue Devices free?
Remote for Philips Hue Devices is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TV Remote free?
TV Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Remote for Philips Hue Devices or TV Remote?
TV Remote is rated higher. Remote for Philips Hue Devices averages 4.6 out of 5 from 849 ratings, while TV Remote averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Remote for Philips Hue Devices or TV Remote have ads?
Remote for Philips Hue Devices shows ads; TV Remote does not.
Which is updated more often, Remote for Philips Hue Devices or TV Remote?
Remote for Philips Hue Devices ships an update every 3 weeks, and TV Remote fortnightly. Most recently, Remote for Philips Hue Devices was updated on October 27, 2026 and TV Remote on October 27, 2026.

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