Comparison

TV Remote | Smart TV Control vs Glint File Transfer

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

Head to head
About

TV Remote | Smart TV Control

Transform your iPhone into a comprehensive smart TV remote. Easily discover and connect to various TV brands, control navigation, launch apps, and cast media from a single interface.

Highlights
  • Fast TV discovery
  • Complete remote controls
  • Touchpad and keyboard input
  • App and input access
  • Photo and video casting
  • Supports multiple TV brands
Features
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Turn your iPhone into an everyday TV control hub with Universal Control : TV Remote. Quickly discover nearby TVs, connect with minimal setup, and manage navigation, apps, inputs, and casting from one place. KEY FEATURES Fast TV Discovery · Supports LG webOS, Samsung Tizen, Roku, Fire TV, and many other TV brands. · Auto-scan for compatible TVs on the same Wi-Fi network · Manual “Connect via IP” mode when scan is limited by router settings Complete Remote Controls · Directional pad with OK, Home, Back, and Menu · Power, volume, channel, and mute controls · Smooth navigation designed for daily use Touchpad + Keyboard · Swipe touchpad control on supported devices · Send text to TV fields from iPhone · Quick Enter and Backspace actions for easier typing Apps and Input Access · View available TV apps on supported platforms · Launch apps from your phone · Switch input sources on supported TVs Photo and Video Casting · Cast photos from your iPhone gallery · Cast videos from your iPhone gallery · Stop casting anytime with one tap Whether you are switching channels, opening streaming apps, or sharing media on the big screen, Universal Control : TV Remote keeps everything in one simple interface. Download now and make your iPhone your daily TV remote. Built for homes using different TV brands and platforms. Premium access: Upgrade to Universal Control : TV Remote Premium to unlock full connection and advanced control capabilities. Subscription plans: Weekly and yearly options are available in-app. Final pricing is shown in the App Store at purchase and can vary by region. Terms of Services: https://divmultech.com/universal-control-tv-remote-terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://divmultech.com/universal-control-tv-remote-privacy-policy/ Universal Control : TV Remote support email: tvremote@divmultech.com LG, Samsung, Roku, Google TV, and Fire TV are trademarks of their respective owners. Universal Control : TV Remote is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any brands mentioned above.

About

Glint File Transfer

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Glint moves files between two phones using only light. One phone displays an animated code. The other watches it through its camera. That's the entire mechanism, no Wi-Fi, no Bluetooth, no cellular, no pairing, no account, and no server anywhere in between. WHEN THIS IS USEFUL Glint isn't trying to be faster than AirDrop. It's for the times when the usual ways aren't available, or aren't allowed: - Somewhere with no signal, a basement, a plant room, a plane, a remote site, or during an outage - Between phones that can't be paired, different ecosystems, a work device, a borrowed handset - Where network transfer is against policy, secure facilities, isolated industrial systems, sites where personal devices can't join the network - When you'd rather nothing touched a network at all HOW IT WORKS Choose a file on one phone. Point the other phone at the screen. Watch the progress climb, and the file appears, verified byte for byte. Because the code is sent as a continuous stream, dropped or blurred frames cost nothing but a moment. Shaky hands, glare and reflections are all survivable: the receiving phone simply keeps watching until it has enough. FROM A RECORDING You can also film the animated code and decode the video afterwards. The person filming needs nothing installed, any camera will do and the recording can be decoded later, on a different device, by someone else entirely. PHOTOS ARRIVE FASTER Photos are optimised before sending, typically to a fifth of their original size with no visible difference on a phone screen. Documents and text files are compressed too. You're always shown both options with the time each will take. PASSWORD PROTECTION Anything on a screen can be read by any camera pointed at it. For anything private, protect a transfer with a code: the file, its name and its size are all encrypted with AES-256, and the code is never shown on screen, you share it with the other person yourself. SEVERAL FILES AT ONCE Send a set of photos or documents together and they arrive as a single archive, ready to unpack on the other side. NOTHING IS COLLECTED Glint has no network code in it at all. There is no account, no analytics, no telemetry, and no server. Your files go from one screen to one camera and nowhere else. The only permissions it asks for are the camera, to read the code, and Photos, to save what arrives. REQUIRES TWO DEVICES One phone sends and another receives. You can also test it with a single device by screen-recording a transfer and decoding the recording.

Screenshots

TV Remote | Smart TV Control4 screens
Glint File Transfer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glint File Transfer at none against TV Remote | Smart TV Control's 4. Glint File Transfer also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 days). TV Remote | Smart TV Control's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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 | Smart TV Control sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Glint File Transfer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TV Remote | Smart TV Control ships an update every 2 days, Glint File Transfer daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TV Remote | Smart TV Control versus Glint File Transfer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTV Remote | Smart TV ControlGlint File Transfer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDivMulTechBenjamin Stanfeld

In-app purchases

4 purchases

TV Remote | Smart TV Control

Subscriptions3
  • TV Remote Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • TV Remote Monthly Premium$14.991 Month
  • TV Remote Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Purchase$49.99
None

Glint File Transfer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TV Remote | Smart TV Control free?
TV Remote | Smart TV Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glint File Transfer free?
Glint File Transfer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TV Remote | Smart TV Control or Glint File Transfer have ads?
Neither TV Remote | Smart TV Control nor Glint File Transfer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TV Remote | Smart TV Control or Glint File Transfer?
TV Remote | Smart TV Control ships an update every 2 days, and Glint File Transfer daily. Most recently, TV Remote | Smart TV Control was updated on November 9, 2026 and Glint File Transfer on November 6, 2026.

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