What is the best TV remote control app for iPhone?

Universal Remote TV Control ·, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.7 by 142,829 people.

Which TV remote control apps are free?

40 of 40 are free to download: Universal Remote TV Control · (S), Universal TV Remote Control・ (S), Universal TV Remote · (S), TV Remote - Universal (S) and more. 27 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.

Which TV remote control app has the best App Store rating?

Universal TV Remote Control . at 4.8 from 10,726 ratings.

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Best TV Remote Control Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Universal Remote TV Control · is the top-ranked of 40 TV remote control apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 142,829 ratings.

1
Universal Remote TV Control ·S
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 142,829 ratings · score 96
2
Universal TV Remote Control・S
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 82,398 ratings · score 95
3
Universal TV Remote ·S
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 93,512 ratings · score 95
4
TV Remote - UniversalS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 59,569 ratings · score 95
5
TV Remote & Universal Control™S
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 150,032 ratings · score 94

What belongs in this list

Control a TV from an iPhone instead of the physical remote.

Not here: Smart home device control alone; Screen mirroring or casting to a TV alone; Remote desktop or terminal access to a computer alone; A streaming app that plays shows on the TV alone; A general chatbot that could be prompted to describe remote commands alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Universal Remote TV Control ·S
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 142,829 ratings · score 96 · best in class
2
Universal TV Remote Control・S
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 82,398 ratings · score 95 · best in class
3
Universal TV Remote ·S
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 93,512 ratings · score 95 · best in class
4
TV Remote - UniversalS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 59,569 ratings · score 95 · best in class
5
TV Remote & Universal Control™S
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 150,032 ratings · score 94 · best in class
6
TV Remote - Universal ControlS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 624,230 ratings · score 94 · best in class
7
Universal TV Remote Control*S
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 31,266 ratings · score 93 · best in class
8
Universal Remote・TV ControlS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 11,187 ratings · score 93 · best in class
9
Roku Remote (Official)S
Free · ★ 4.7 · 6,295,690 ratings · score 93 · best in class
10
Sam : tv remote for SamsungS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 116,476 ratings · score 91 · best in class
11
Universal Remote TV ControlS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 50,584 ratings · score 90 · best in class
12
VIDAAA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 13,651 ratings · score 90 · excellent
13
Smartify - LG TV RemoteA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 110,960 ratings · score 89 · excellent
14
Stick - Remote Control For TVA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 16,094 ratings · score 89 · excellent
15
Remote for Android TVA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 12,342 ratings · score 89 · excellent
16
Smart TV Remote for SamsungA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 8,577 ratings · score 88 · excellent
17
Smart TV Remote Control PlusA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 20,452 ratings · score 88 · excellent
18
Universal TV Remote Control .A
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 10,726 ratings · score 88 · excellent
19
TVRem Universal SmartTV RemoteA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,029 ratings · score 88 · excellent
20
Rokie - Remote for Roku PlayerA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 712,511 ratings · score 87 · excellent
21
Universal TV Remote™ ControlA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 33,009 ratings · score 86 · excellent
22
TV Remote Control Universal +A
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 12,619 ratings · score 86 · excellent
23
Smart TV Remote for ThinG TVA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 10,405 ratings · score 85 · excellent
24
Universal Remote | Smart TVB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 11,490 ratings · score 85 · good
25
RoByte: Remote for Roku TV AppB
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 256,121 ratings · score 85 · good
26
RemoTV: Universal TV RemoteB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 17,954 ratings · score 84 · good
27
Universal Remote - TV Remote ·B
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 12,864 ratings · score 84 · good
28
Bravia Controller for Sony TVB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 5,108 ratings · score 84 · good
29
Remote Control for Samsung-TVB
Free + IAP · ★ 3.8 · 26,941 ratings · score 83 · good
30
Remote for LG Smart TV+B
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 10,949 ratings · score 82 · good
31
Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TVB
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 49,117 ratings · score 82 · good
32
Remotie: remote for Samsung TVB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 26,937 ratings · score 81 · good
33
Remote Control for Roku TV ◦B
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 8,654 ratings · score 80 · good
34
Unimote : smart TV remoteB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.1 · 29,770 ratings · score 80 · good
35
TV Remote : Control Smart TVB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 15,491 ratings · score 80 · good
36
TV Remote ∙ Universal ControlC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 33,266 ratings · score 80 · situational
37
Remote for Samsung TV ・C
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,205 ratings · score 80 · situational
38
Universal Remote for TV SmartC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.1 · 7,214 ratings · score 79 · situational
39
Remote Control for Roku etc.C
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 5,025 ratings · score 79 · situational
40
UniRemote:Universal TV RemoteC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 7,850 ratings · score 78 · situational

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Questions people ask

What is the best TV remote control app for iPhone?: Universal Remote TV Control ·, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.7 by 142,829 people.
Which TV remote control apps are free?: 40 of 40 are free to download: Universal Remote TV Control · (S), Universal TV Remote Control・ (S), Universal TV Remote · (S), TV Remote - Universal (S) and more. 27 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which TV remote control app has the best App Store rating?: Universal TV Remote Control . at 4.8 from 10,726 ratings.
How many TV remote control apps reach S or A tier?: 23 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.