Free Remote for Roku vs Verso
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Free Remote for Roku
Transform your iPhone into a universal remote for smart TVs. Effortlessly navigate, type text, and launch favorite channels wirelessly via Wi-Fi. Compatible with various smart TV devices.
- Automatic Smart TV discovery
- Wi-Fi enabled control
- Fast keyboard input
- Channel shortcuts
- Trackpad navigation
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Remote TV — Control your TV with ease! Turn your iPhone into a powerful remote control for all your Stmart TV devices. With a fast and stable Wi-Fi connection, you can control your TV effortlessly, type text quickly, and launch your favorite channels with a single tap. Key Features: • Automatic Discovery: Instantly find Smart TV devices connected to the same Wi-Fi network. • Smooth Navigation: Use the modern trackpad to easily navigate your TV interface. • Fast Keyboard: Type passwords, email addresses, or perform instant searches without using the tedious TV keyboard. • Channel Shortcuts: Launch your favorite streaming services (Netflix, Prime Video, YouTube, etc.) directly from your app. • 100% Wireless: Works entirely via Wi-Fi (no infrared transmitter required). How to Use: 1. Connect your iPhone to the same Wi-Fi network as your Smart TV. 2. Open the app and let it automatically detect your television. 3. You're ready! Control your TV with ease. Disclaimer: This app is not affiliated with Roku, Inc.
Verso
This app provides a dedicated space for reading and listening to fanfiction and EPUBs. It offers customizable reading modes, text-to-speech narration with highlighting, and automatic chapter update notifications. Importing content is free and straightforward.
- Text-to-speech narration
- Word-by-word highlighting
- Customizable reading modes
- Automatic chapter updates
- Import from web links
- Import EPUB and TXT files
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Verso is a quiet, beautiful home for fan fiction — and it reads to you. Paste a link to a public work on Archive of Our Own or Quotev — or tap Share right in Safari — and the whole story lands on your shelf: title, author, tags, and every chapter. Importing is free, always. LISTEN • Narration reads any story aloud, with word-by-word highlighting that follows along • Keeps reading with your phone locked — play, pause, and skip 15 seconds from the lock screen • Choose your voice and speed; a sleep timer stops when you drift off • Your place is saved to the word, in every story READ • Typography that takes long-form fiction seriously — adjustable size, margins, and line height • Scroll or page-turn mode, whichever your thumbs prefer • Light, sepia, dark, and high-contrast modes, free for everyone NEVER MISS AN UPDATE • Verso Premium watches your works-in-progress and badges them the moment new chapters arrive • Premium also unlocks the Hush and Codex themes, in every mode IMPORT • Fan fiction import — works with Archive of Our Own and Quotev links • Import straight from Safari: tap Share, choose Verso • One-tap import when a story link is on your clipboard • Paste any text — chapters are detected automatically • Open .txt and DRM-free EPUB files QUIET BY DESIGN • No ads. No accounts. No tracking. • Your library lives on your device. Verso Premium is $1.99/month, $19.99/year, or $29.99 once. Reading, narration, and importing are free forever. Unofficial — not affiliated with the OTW (Organization for Transformative Works) or Quotev or AO3.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Verso at none against Free Remote for Roku's shown. Free Remote for Roku's advantage is ratings volume (91 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Free Remote for Roku against 5.0 for Verso. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Free Remote for Roku has 91 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Free Remote for Roku ships an update every 2 days, Verso every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Free Remote for Roku | Verso |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (91 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 91 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mirai Skills & Knowledge | Tesoro Industries Apps |
Customer experience
Free Remote for Roku
Verso
In-app purchases
Free Remote for Roku
No in-app purchases
Verso
No in-app purchases
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