Comparison

TV Remote vs Universal TV Remote

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

Universal TV Remote

Features
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Universal TV Remote – Control Your TV remote is missing again. It's under the couch, the batteries are dead, or someone walked off with it. Universal TV Remote puts a full remote on your iPhone in seconds — no pairing hardware, no cables, no account. Connect your iPhone to the same Wi-Fi as your TV, pick your TV from the list, and you're in control. WORKS WITH YOUR TV Built for the TVs people actually own — Samsung, LG (webOS), Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Google Cast devices, plus Sony, Philips, Hisense, TCL and other DLNA-compatible sets. Your TV is found on your network automatically, so there is nothing to type in. EVERY BUTTON YOU REACH FOR Power, volume, mute, channels, input and playback — all laid out where your thumb expects them. Play, pause, rewind and fast-forward respond instantly, so you can pause a scene without hunting for a button. NAVIGATE WITHOUT LOOKING DOWN A large, responsive touchpad lets you swipe through menus the way you swipe through your phone. Prefer arrows? A full D-pad is one tap away, alongside Home, Back and Settings. STOP TYPING ONE LETTER AT A TIME Search for a show, sign in to a streaming app, or enter a Wi-Fi password using your iPhone keyboard. What you type appears on the TV as you type it — no more spelling words out with a D-pad. JUMP STRAIGHT TO YOUR APPS See the apps installed on your TV and open any of them with a single tap. Skip the home screen entirely and go straight to what you were going to watch. [SCREEN SHARE — remove this block if the capture engine is not in the submitted build] SHARE YOUR SCREEN Send your iPhone screen to the TV to show holiday photos, a recipe, a presentation, or a video worth watching bigger. Choose Saver, Balanced or High quality to match your Wi-Fi. BUILT TO FEEL FAST Commands travel straight over your local Wi-Fi, so the TV reacts as you press. The connection reconnects on its own when you come back to the app. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Afrikaans, Russian, Arabic, Urdu, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Filipino. HOW IT WORKS 1. Connect your iPhone and your TV to the same Wi-Fi network. 2. Open Universal TV Remote. 3. Tap your TV in the list of discovered devices. 4. Start controlling your TV. Some TVs will show a one-time confirmation prompt on screen the first time you connect. Accept it and you're paired for good. GOOD TO KNOW Universal TV Remote works over Wi-Fi only and does not use your TV's infrared receiver, so both devices must be on the same network. Available features vary by TV brand and model. This is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any TV manufacturer. Terms of Use: https://guruappproductions.github.io/VidTV_Remote/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://guruappproductions.github.io/VidTV_Remote/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

TV Remote4 screens
Universal TV Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Universal TV Remote at 3 against TV Remote's 1. Universal TV Remote also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

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 and Universal TV Remote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TV Remote ships an update every 2 weeks, Universal TV Remote every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
TV Remote versus Universal TV Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTV RemoteUniversal TV Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (15 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB110 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer相润 吴Dixit Kanpariya

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
2 purchases

Universal TV Remote

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription$6.997 Days
  • Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year

Questions

Is TV Remote free?
TV Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Universal TV Remote free?
Universal TV Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TV Remote or Universal TV Remote have ads?
Neither TV Remote nor Universal TV Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TV Remote or Universal TV Remote?
TV Remote ships an update every 2 weeks, and Universal TV Remote every 10 days. Most recently, TV Remote was updated on October 24, 2026 and Universal TV Remote on October 25, 2026.

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