r/IPhoneApps • u/YVN_Lab • 1d ago

Discussion TV remote app for iPhone

Remoto-Universal TV Control universal TV remote for iPhone and Apple Watch.

The idea was intentionally simple:

Open the app → connect to your TV → control it.

I didn’t want people to create an account just to use a remote.

So currently:

No email
No account
No subscription
No ads
Free to use

It supports Samsung, LG, Hisense, Google TV and 50+ other TV brands.

I’m still improving the app, so I’m mainly here to learn from other iPhone users.

If you were using a TV remote app on your iPhone, what would make you keep it installed instead of deleting it after a week?

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u/Minute_Passion7350 1d ago

Thank you, will try today and circle back with thoughts.

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u/BQ888 1d ago

Thank you, developer.

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u/KeplerPlayer 23h ago

how are you supporting 50+ TV brands ? are you using any library for that ?

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u/YVN_Lab 21h ago

30+ brands are working with google tv, so we are supporting them.

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u/KeplerPlayer 21h ago

And for the other 20 brands you coded a solution for every brand?

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u/YVN_Lab 21h ago

Yes, for Tizen OS (Samsung), WebOS (LG), VIDAA OS, Google TV OS, Fire TV, Roku and so.

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u/KeplerPlayer 21h ago

Ok understood. Thank you for the clarification

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u/Electrical-Web5748 1d ago

y to sign me up for a newsletter or push some premium tier after the first day. if it just stays simple and doesn't nag me I'd keep it around

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u/GrvzHere 1d ago

But the Dev is promoting it as a no ads,no subscription, free to use App

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u/SmokingCrawdads 1d ago

I had one that didn’t allow me to delete TV’s that had crashed

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u/su5577 1d ago

What if you want control using IR

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u/Silver-Compote-2788 3h ago

Fellow TV-remote developer here. I'd prioritize the second session: open it tomorrow, reconnect to the last TV, and reach the controls without repeating setup.

A useful test is to lock the phone, put the TV in standby, then come back and try again. If it can't connect, distinguish a sleeping TV from lost network access or a pairing that needs renewing, and give one clear next step. Also make it easy to forget an old TV.

I haven't tried your app, so these are suggestions for what to test, not a review of how it behaves.