Smart TV - Remote Control Alternatives

Smart TV - Remote Control is described as 'Universal remote control for your TV, Fire TV, Roku or Android set-top box, with widgets and Siri Shortcuts' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to Smart TV - Remote Control for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android Tablet apps. The best Smart TV - Remote Control alternative is Lazy Binger, which is free. Other great apps like Smart TV - Remote Control are TVBuddy, irplus, HiRemote and Universal TV Remote Control.

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  1. LazyBinger turns your iPhone — and Apple Watch — into a universal smart TV remote, built for people who watch in bed and refuse to reach for anything. It also does something no plastic remote can: prop the phone facing the TV and it skips the intros for you.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • Apple Watch
    • iPad
     
  2. TVBuddy icon
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    Lost your TV remote? Broken? Stuck behind the sofa? TVBuddy is the fastest fix — download the app, open it, and your TV is detected automatically. No hardware. No setup.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
     
  3. irplus icon
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    An application which aims to support most devices with infrared-remote control.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  4. HiRemote icon
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    Transforms iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch into a full-featured remote for all Hisense smart TVs since 2018, including VIDAA, Roku TV, Google TV, and Fire TV, with local Wi-Fi pairing, privacy protections, touchpad, D-pad, keyboard, and app shortcuts.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
     
  5. A TV remote app that turns any Android or iOS smartphone into a full-featured remote control for 700+ TV brands. Supports both WiFi and IR Blaster.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
     
  6. TV KILL icon
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    Turn off supported TVs using your device's built-in IR-blaster. The app basically transmits a variety of off-patterns for different TVs successively, which will cause most TVs to power down.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  7. DIYRemote icon
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    The "Do-it-Yourself" Remote Control for Android Devices. You design your remote interface as a web page using standard HTML/CSS/Javascript, then open your web page in the DIYRemote app, which will will transmit hex codes on the device’s IR Emitter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8. Use your smartphone to control your TV, Cable / Satellite box and many more devices! Peel app can control all popular brands of :

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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