Comparison

TV Remote vs Pinlet

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

Head to head
About

TV Remote

Control your television with a modern, intuitive interface. This app connects via WiFi to manage popular TV brands, offering smooth and reliable operation without clutter.

Highlights
  • WiFi network connection
  • Supports popular TV brands
  • Intuitive liquid-glass controls
  • Fast and reliable operation
  • Modern user interface
Features
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Clicker is a fast, intuitive TV remote built with fluid, liquid-glass controls for a modern feel.  It connects instantly over your local network (WiFi) and works with popular brands including Samsung, Google TV, Android TV, Panasonic, Sony, Roku, Philips, LG, Fire TV, and Vizio.  Designed for reliability and simplicity, it gives you smooth control of your TV without the clutter. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mileafy.com/privacy-policy-tv-remote-control-clicker Terms & Conditions: https://mileafy.com/terms-conditions-tv-remote-control-clicker

About

Pinlet

This app allows you to pin short text snippets to your iPhone's Dynamic Island and Lock Screen as Live Activities. It can extract text from screenshots, supports manual input, and keeps a history of your pinned items. Your data is private by default, with optional iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Pin text to Dynamic Island and Lock Screen
  • Extract text from screenshots
  • Manual text input up to 120 characters
  • History of pinned text with favorites
  • Quick Input and Shortcuts integration
  • Private by default, no ads or analytics
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Keep what matters right where you can see it. Pinlet turns a short piece of text into a Live Activity, so it can stay visible on Dynamic Island and your Lock Screen while you move through your day. Add a deadline, a pickup code, a short intention, or anything else you do not want to lose in a list. PULL TEXT FROM ANY SCREENSHOT Circle any part of a screenshot or photo and Pinlet reads the text for you. Fine-tune the result word by word or character by character, then pin exactly what you need — no retyping. WRITE AND PIN Enter up to 120 characters and pin them in one tap. Update the text whenever the important thing changes, or unpin it when you are done. STAY VISIBLE On supported iPhone models, pinned text appears on Dynamic Island. It also appears as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen. iOS controls Live Activity availability and may end an activity according to system policy. START FROM ANYWHERE Long-press the Pinlet icon for Quick Input, or use Shortcuts to pin text, unpin, or open a screenshot in Pinlet from anywhere on your phone. RETURN TO WHAT MATTERED Pinlet keeps a history of successfully pinned text. Mark useful entries as favorites, reuse them as a new draft, delete individual entries, or automatically clean up older nonfavorite history. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your content and any text recognition happen on your iPhone by default. Pinlet has no account system, advertising, third-party analytics, or custom server. OPTIONAL ICLOUD SYNC If you choose to enable iCloud sync, your history, favorites, and recent activity times are stored in your private CloudKit database and synced to devices using the same Apple Account. iCloud sync is off by default. Requires iOS 17 or later. Pinlet is designed for iPhone.

Screenshots

TV Remote4 screens
Pinlet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Pinlet at free against TV Remote's freemium. Pinlet also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 92%). TV Remote's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Remote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Pinlet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TV Remote against 5.0 for Pinlet. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TV Remote has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of TV Remote's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pinlet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TV Remote ships an update every 3 days, Pinlet weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TV Remote versus Pinlet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTV RemotePinlet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (13 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKostiantyn Nevinchanyi文峰 黄

Customer experience

TV Remote

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%

Pinlet

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TV Remote

Subscriptions1
  • Clicker Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Clicker Pro Lifetime$19.99
1 purchases

Pinlet

One-time1
  • Coffee$1.99

Questions

Is TV Remote free?
TV Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pinlet free?
Pinlet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TV Remote or Pinlet?
TV Remote and Pinlet are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 13 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do TV Remote or Pinlet have ads?
Neither TV Remote nor Pinlet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TV Remote or Pinlet?
TV Remote ships an update every 3 days, and Pinlet weekly. Most recently, TV Remote was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pinlet on October 25, 2026.

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