Media Remote vs RCA Smart Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Media Remote
Control your E-LEAD head unit from your iPhone. Adjust volume, change radio stations, and select music or videos to play, even from the back seat. Requires specific E-LEAD products and an iPhone personal hotspot.
- Connect to E-LEAD head units
- Volume adjustment
- Radio station control
- Select songs and videos
- Backseat control
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Download Media Remote to your iPhone to connect to specific E-LEAD head units. This app supports volume adjustment, radio station control, etc. Choose songs, video and play them easily even you are in the backseat of vehicle. ** Support specific E-LEAD products ** How to use Media Remote: Turn on personal hotspot on your iPhone and connect E-LEAD head unit to it.
RCA Smart Remote
Control your entertainment devices with ease. This app provides access to a comprehensive code library for programming remotes and includes a helpful feature to locate your misplaced remote.
- Program remote controls
- Access extensive code library
- Control entertainment devices
- Find misplaced remote
- Support for major brands
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Programming your remote has never been easier with the RCA Smart Remote app. Just connect and download from RCA's full code library of all the latest entertainment devices from all major brands. The RCA Smart Remote app also offers a find-me feature so you will never misplace your remote again. RCA makes entertainment easy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Media Remote at 3.7 against RCA Smart Remote's 2.2. Media Remote also leads on iOS requirement (7.1 vs 15.0). RCA Smart Remote's advantage is ratings volume (103 vs 3) and review sentiment (15% vs 0%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Media Remote holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RCA Smart Remote has 103 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Media Remote's written reviews are positive against 15% of RCA Smart Remote's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Media Remote ships an update every 2 months, RCA Smart Remote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Media Remote | RCA Smart Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 2.2 (103 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 15.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 103 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | E-lead Electronics | Voxx international Corp |
Customer experience
Media Remote
RCA Smart Remote
Bugs and requests
Media Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
RCA Smart Remote
Reported bugs
17 issues- Loses pairing frequently
- Requires constant re-pairing
- Stuck on one app/won't move
- TV/Fire stick rejecting pairing
- Menu button not functioning correctly
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- Bluetooth connection issues
- Incompatible with newer phones
- App searching endlessly
- HTTP request failed (502)
- Random disconnections
- App not working altogether
- Remote dies and won't connect again
- App stops at last pairing step
- Doesn't work with Apple TV, BT or IR
- Doesn't control Roku as advertised
- App continues searching and never finds remote
- App still searching after restarts
Requested features
4 requests- Improve app understanding for new users
- Ensure remote compatibility with more devices (Apple TV, Roku)
- Fix menu button functionality for Fire Stick
- Provide clear TV support information before purchase
In-app purchases
Media Remote
No in-app purchases
RCA Smart Remote
No in-app purchases
Questions
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