TV Casting vs Virtual Gamepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TV Casting
Wirelessly connect your smartphone to a smart TV or projector to display content on a larger screen. Enjoy media, mirror files, and use your phone as a remote control for a more immersive viewing and productive experience.
- One-tap screen connection
- Mirror images and videos
- Mirror documents and presentations
- Fast and secure connection
- Smartphone as remote control
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TV Casting is a multi-functional screen mirroring app. With TV Casting, you can wirelessly connect a compatible smartphone to a smart TV or projector. It's a super convenient way to enjoy all the things on your phone right on a large screen. Features -One-tap to connect Cast a small phone screen to big TV screen, enjoy online courses, films, and more immersive viewing experiences. -Mirror all the media Mirror images, videos, or other media from your phone to the big screen. -Mirror your files File formats that are supported include doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, txt, pdf, etc. Save your time at meetings and improve work efficiency. -Fast and secure Make sure your smartphone and devices are running off the same wireless network. -Remote control Smartphone can be used as wireless mouse, air mouse, keyboard, touchpad, gamepad and remote control for TVs.
Virtual Gamepad
Control cloud games on your Samsung Smart TV directly from your iPhone. Connect seamlessly through the SmartThings app and Gaming Hub by scanning a QR code. Enjoy a gamepad-free experience for supported titles.
- Gamepad-free cloud gaming
- Connects to Samsung Smart TV
- Uses SmartThings mobile app
- QR code connection via Gaming Hub
- iPhone compatibility (iOS 15+)
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With the Samsung Virtual Gamepad app, enjoy gamepad-free cloud games on your mobile by simply connecting to your Samsung Smart TV. 1. Easy to use in the SmartThings mobile app Try using Virtual Gamepad with the SmartThings TV plug-in. 2. Simply connect to Gaming Hub on your Samsung Smart TV To connect your Virtual Gamepad, just scan the QR code in Gaming Hub. (Availability and supported devices may differ by country.) ※ The Virtual Gamepad is available on iPhone (iOS 15 or later). ※ Availability may vary across cloud games and countries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Virtual Gamepad at 2.4 against TV Casting's 1.9. Virtual Gamepad also leads on review sentiment (16% vs 5%). TV Casting's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Virtual Gamepad holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of TV Casting's written reviews are positive against 16% of Virtual Gamepad's.
| Parameter | TV Casting | Virtual Gamepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (53 ratings) | 2.4 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.0% of reviews | 15.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Zeasn Info Technology Co., Ltd. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
TV Casting
Virtual Gamepad
In-app purchases
TV Casting
No in-app purchases
Virtual Gamepad
No in-app purchases
Questions
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