TV Remote Terms of Use

Effective: September 23, 2026

Apple's standard terms apply too

Your use of TV Remote is also governed by Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/. These terms add to that agreement for this app specifically; where the two conflict on a point this document covers, these terms control.

What TV Remote is

TV Remote finds a supported TV or streaming device on your local Wi-Fi network and lets you control it from your iPhone - power, volume, navigation and more, depending on what the device supports. It supports Roku players and Roku TVs, Amazon Fire TV (Fire OS, with ADB debugging turned on), Google TV and Android TV, Samsung TVs from 2016 on, LG webOS TVs and Vizio SmartCast TVs. Modern iPhones have no infrared transmitter; this app is not an infrared remote and does not control anything over IR.

Support for Google TV, Samsung, LG and Vizio is new in this version and not yet confirmed on every model. Not supported: Fire TV models running Vega OS (for example, Fire TV Stick 4K Select), which are not Android and do not support ADB, and Samsung TVs from 2014-2015, which use an older pairing method.

No guarantee every TV, network or firmware works

TV Remote is built against each platform's local control interface - the Roku External Control Protocol, the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) for Fire TV, the Android TV Remote protocol for Google TV, and the local remote-control interfaces of Samsung, LG and Vizio TVs - and checked against the devices, firmware and reference implementations available to us. We do not warrant that it will work with every model, every firmware or operating-system version, every router or network configuration, or that discovery or control will succeed in every case. Home network conditions - Wi-Fi client isolation, guest networks, VPNs, firewall rules - can prevent the app from finding or reaching a device that is otherwise supported. Some features depend on the TV itself: for example, an LG TV cannot be turned on from the app, a Samsung TV may turn on from standby but not when fully off, and volume through a soundbar depends on the TV's HDMI-CEC setting.

Pairing with your TV

Each TV decides which phones may control it. Depending on the TV you may choose Allow on the TV screen (Fire TV, Samsung, LG) or type a code the TV shows (Google TV, Vizio); an LG TV also needs its "LG Connect Apps" setting turned on. You can remove the app's access in the TV's own settings at any time; the app then stops controlling that TV until you pair again.

ADB debugging is your choice. Connecting to a Fire TV requires turning on Developer options and ADB debugging on that TV, and approving this app's pairing request on the TV screen. That is a developer setting you choose to turn on, at your own discretion, and you may turn it back off in the TV's Developer options at any time; doing so will stop this app - and any other ADB tool - from controlling that TV until it is turned on and approved again.

Free and Premium

The base app is free: it saves one TV and gives you the basic remote - power, volume, mute, the D-pad, OK, Back, Home, Play/Pause and channel keys, wherever the device supports them. Replacing or removing that one saved TV is free, and there is no daily or session limit on using it.

TV Remote Premium is an auto-renewing subscription that adds: unlimited saved TVs, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center buttons (iOS 18 and later), Siri, Shortcuts and Action Button support, the swipe touchpad, keyboard text entry (Roku, Fire TV, Samsung and LG), extra keys (rewind, fast-forward and options, plus instant replay on Roku) and five more color themes, each with a matching Home Screen icon. Premium never adds support for a TV brand or model the free app cannot already control.

TV Remote Premium is offered as:

• A monthly subscription - the default plan - with a free trial where one is offered.
• A yearly subscription, with a free trial where one is offered.
• A weekly subscription.

The exact price, and whether a free trial is offered and for how long, are shown in the App Store before you buy. They can vary by country and may change, so this document does not state them as fixed numbers.

• Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, or at the end of a free trial if one applies.
• A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in the Settings app on your iPhone: tap your name, then Subscriptions.
• Where a free trial applies, any unused portion of that trial is forfeited if you purchase the subscription before the trial ends.
• Use Restore Purchases in the app to restore a subscription on a new device or after a reinstall.
• Refunds are handled by Apple under its own policies, not by us.

Acceptable use

Use TV Remote only to control devices you own or otherwise have permission to control. Do not use it to try to access, disrupt or control a device or network you do not have permission to use.

Third-party names

Roku, Amazon, Fire TV, Google, Google TV, Android TV, Samsung, LG, webOS, Vizio, SmartCast and any other product names mentioned in this app and its documentation are trademarks of their respective owners. TV Remote is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Roku, Amazon, Google, Samsung, LG, Vizio or any TV manufacturer.

Service changes

We may change, add to or discontinue features in a future release. This document describes the app as it ships today.

Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, TV Remote is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, and our total liability arising from your use of the app is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim.

Contact

support@gettvremote.com