Comparison

TV Remote vs Remotes

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 Roku devices easily from your phone on your home network. Offers direct connection, frequent action shortcuts, and scene sequences for seamless daily use. Includes gesture control and camera preview features.

Highlights
  • Roku device discovery and connection
  • LAN scanning and manual IP entry
  • Core navigation and playback controls
  • Scene shortcuts for action sequences
  • Motion gesture control
  • ONVIF camera preview
Features
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This is a local TV remote app designed for living-room use on a home network. It supports discovering and connecting Roku devices on the same network, with an emphasis on everyday local control rather than one-time setup. The goal is to make device discovery, connection, and frequent actions feel more direct and reliable in daily use. The app supports both LAN scanning and manual IP entry, making it easier to locate devices in real home network environments and reconnect them when needed. Compared with basic remote utilities that only present a grid of buttons, the app focuses more on connection flow, action paths, and continuity across high-frequency use. For remote control, it provides core navigation, select, back, home, menu, and playback actions, along with long-press behavior and faster shortcut access designed to reduce repeated taps and improve continuous control efficiency. In addition to core remote functions, it includes scene shortcuts that let users save common action sequences as reusable command flows. It also offers motion gesture control that maps phone movement to common commands, and supports quick viewing and preview for some ONVIF network cameras. Overall, the app is designed as a dependable local control entry point for Roku use on a home network, with an emphasis on stable connection, faster interaction, and practical day-to-day control. Some advanced features are optional paid content. Pricing, subscription duration, and included benefits are clearly shown before purchase, and users can decide whether to activate them. Subscriptions are managed through the Apple ID account and can be managed or canceled at any time in App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.zhugui202603.link/pp/6760695589/ Terms of Use: https://www.zhugui202603.link/tou/6760695589/

About

Remotes

Features
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Remotes turns your iPhone into a beautiful universal remote for the smart devices in your home — no extra hardware, no clutter. Everything works over your Wi-Fi network. CONTROL YOUR TV • Power, volume, channels, arrows, OK, back, home, menu and media keys • Number pad for quick channel entry • Wake your TV over the network (Wake-on-LAN) WORKS WITH THE BRANDS YOU OWN • Samsung (Tizen) and LG (webOS) smart TVs • Philips TVs (JointSpace) • Roku and Roku TVs • Android TV & Google TV — Sony, TCL, Vestel, Arçelik, Grundig, Hisense, Toshiba, Xiaomi and more • Android TV boxes, Fire TV, Chromecast with Google TV, NVIDIA Shield CONTROL YOUR AIR CONDITIONER • Temperature dial, mode (cool, heat, dry, fan, auto), fan speed and swing • Daikin and Gree / Tuya-based Wi-Fi air conditioners DESIGNED TO FEEL PREMIUM • A gorgeous dark, glass interface • Instant, tactile buttons with haptic feedback • Automatic device discovery on your network — one tap to add PRIVATE BY DESIGN Remotes talks directly to your devices on your local network. No account required. We don't collect your data. Note: Devices must be on the same Wi-Fi network as your iPhone. Some TVs show a one-time pairing prompt the first time you connect.

Screenshots

TV Remote4 screens
Remotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Remotes at none against TV Remote's 4. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Remotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
TV Remote versus Remotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTV RemoteRemotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (14 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer相润 吴Ali izmirli

In-app purchases

4 purchases

TV Remote

Subscriptions3
  • VIP Membership$9.997 Days
  • VIP Membership$29.991 Year
  • VIP Membership$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • VIP Membership$39.99
None

Remotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TV Remote free?
TV Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remotes free?
Remotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TV Remote or Remotes have ads?
Neither TV Remote nor Remotes shows ads.

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