LocalCast - Cast to TV

Name: LocalCast - Cast to TV
Rating: 3.3 (12 reviews)
Author: Stefan Hurzlmeier

Stream Movies, Mirror Screen

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

12 Ratings
Age Rating

16+
Years
Category

Entertainment
Developer

Stefan Hurzlmeier
Language

EN
English
Size

176.6
MB

LocalCast is a casting app for iPhone and iPad that sends videos, music and photos from your phone, a website, your NAS, a cloud drive or an IPTV playlist to Chromecast, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Samsung, LG and other smart TVs, DLNA devices and 200+ receivers. No ads, no account. Made in Germany since 2013, trusted by more than 50 million downloads. CAST FROM ANY WEBSITE The built-in browser detects playable video on any page and shows a cast button. Movies, series, sports streams, news — tap and watch on your TV. Bookmarks and history included. CAST YOUR OWN FILES Videos, photos and music from your phone: MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, WEBM, HEVC, MP3, FLAC and more. When your TV cannot play a format, LocalCast transcodes it on the phone — no converting, no copying. CAST FROM NAS, CLOUD AND NETWORK SMB/CIFS shares (NAS, Windows, Mac), FTP, WebDAV, DLNA/UPnP media servers and Plex. Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and other cloud storage through the system file picker. IPTV AND LIVE TV Load M3U playlists, browse channels with the EPG guide and cast live TV to any screen. SCREEN MIRRORING Mirror your phone screen to Chromecast, Roku, Fire TV and DLNA TVs in HD — for presentations, video calls, games or anything without a cast button. SUBTITLES THAT JUST WORK SRT, ASS, SSA and VTT files, embedded MKV subtitles and automatic OpenSubtitles search. Styled, positioned and synced — including on Chromecast. REMOTE CONTROL, QUEUE AND PLAYLISTS Play, pause, seek, volume and skip from your phone. Line up episodes, loop, shuffle, photo slideshows, sleep timer, casting to several devices. WORKS WITH YOUR DEVICES • Chromecast — all generations, Chromecast with Google TV, Chromecast Audio • Roku — players, sticks and Roku TVs • Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick • Apple TV and AirPlay receivers • Smart TVs — Samsung, LG, Sony, Philips, Vizio, Hisense, TCL, Panasonic, Sharp, Toshiba • Google TV, NVIDIA Shield, Mi Box • Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation and any browser via the lcast.cc web receiver • Sonos, Google Home and other DLNA speakers • Any DLNA/UPnP device — 200+ in total HOW TO CONNECT 1. Connect your phone and TV to the same Wi-Fi 2. Open LocalCast — your TV appears automatically 3. Pick a video, photo or song and tap Cast No account, no setup wizard. PRICING, HONESTLY LocalCast is free to download and has no ads. Browsing your files, NAS, cloud storage, IPTV playlists and the web is free. Casting to your TV is LocalCast Pro: start with a free trial, then choose a weekly or yearly subscription or buy Lifetime once and never pay again. Prices are shown in your local currency. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your App Store account settings. QUESTIONS? Help and troubleshooting: https://localcast.app/faq Changelog: https://localcast.app/changelog Privacy Policy: https://localcast.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Ratings & Reviews

3.3

out of 5

12 Ratings

A Chromecast that actually works!
09/08/2020
Lundberg02
Four stars because I haven’t found a user guide, and because the app has not been updated for two years. I am amazed it actually works after so many iOS updates. There are some peculiarities, and if there is a user guide I need to read it. I won’t go into the incredible difficulty I have had trying to get iTunes onto my so called smart tv, but it has taken two years and 120 bucks. I hope iPadOS 14 doesn’t blow this app out of the water, because an app not updated for two years has been abandoned by its dev.
A Chromecast that actually works!
09/08/2020
Lundberg02

Four stars because I haven’t found a user guide, and because the app has not been updated for two years. I am amazed it actually works after so many iOS updates. There are some peculiarities, and if there is a user guide I need to read it. I won’t go into the incredible difficulty I have had trying to get iTunes onto my so called smart tv, but it has taken two years and 120 bucks. I hope iPadOS 14 doesn’t blow this app out of the water, because an app not updated for two years has been abandoned by its dev.
Useless
Apr 21
Releejr
Got your product to cast from iPhone using an VPN to cast to my ROKU device. Can not find any device. Even when I turn the VPN off. The product is completely useless

Developer Response
Hi, sorry for the trouble! VPNs almost always break device discovery — they route traffic off your local network so the app can't see your Roku. Even after turning VPN off, iOS sometimes needs the app force-quit + WiFi toggle to reset. Could you email support@localcast.app and I'll walk you through it? Solo dev here, happy to help.
Useless
Apr 21
Releejr

Got your product to cast from iPhone using an VPN to cast to my ROKU device. Can not find any device. Even when I turn the VPN off. The product is completely useless
Developer Response May 30
Hi, sorry for the trouble! VPNs almost always break device discovery — they route traffic off your local network so the app can't see your Roku. Even after turning VPN off, iOS sometimes needs the app force-quit + WiFi toggle to reset. Could you email support@localcast.app and I'll walk you through it? Solo dev here, happy to help.
Nope, still won't connect after latest update!!
06/30/2017
LPC1
Under the tab "DNLA/Upnp" your app used to connect fine to my "WDMyCloud" drive it used to work great until you redesigned the look awhile back and broke something. Now under "DNLA/Upnp" it still sees my WDMyCloud drive and it shows icons of content including all the photos, videos & music on my drive. BUT it will NOT play anything anymore. When a video or music or photo there is clicked now it says "NOT connected, touch the amber button in the lower right to connect." So then I do that and it just forever reads "Scanning network for devices...". It stays stuck there forever & thus is not working now. It used to work fine & was great until the latest recent updates, (thank goodness your Apple TV app still works). The new iPhone app design looks very nice but since it broke the app from playing anything that it still sees and shows on my drive but will not play any of it then what's the point of having it if it shows the contents but won't play any of it anymore now. (Maybe go back to the simpler design at least it worked then.) Please fix ASAP and then I will reconsider the review, thanks.

Developer Response
To which device do you want to connect?
Nope, still won't connect after latest update!!
06/30/2017
LPC1

Under the tab "DNLA/Upnp" your app used to connect fine to my "WDMyCloud" drive it used to work great until you redesigned the look awhile back and broke something. Now under "DNLA/Upnp" it still sees my WDMyCloud drive and it shows icons of content including all the photos, videos & music on my drive. BUT it will NOT play anything anymore. When a video or music or photo there is clicked now it says "NOT connected, touch the amber button in the lower right to connect." So then I do that and it just forever reads "Scanning network for devices...". It stays stuck there forever & thus is not working now. It used to work fine & was great until the latest recent updates, (thank goodness your Apple TV app still works). The new iPhone app design looks very nice but since it broke the app from playing anything that it still sees and shows on my drive but will not play any of it then what's the point of having it if it shows the contents but won't play any of it anymore now. (Maybe go back to the simpler design at least it worked then.) Please fix ASAP and then I will reconsider the review, thanks.
Developer Response 06/30/2017
To which device do you want to connect?
Useless
10/24/2020
Hey_Andre
Two issues with the app:1) description says the app is free but the cost is $3.99 and a pro version is IAP for $0.00. So basically you have to buy the app to test it even though developer says it’s “free and fully functional” in the app description.2) the app has all sorts of issues. Confusing and hard to figure out. If not giving access to all pics but only select - it does not populate and doesn’t show any files even though I’ve selected several. Had to redownload just to give access to all pics/videos. Then all populated. However, when streaming a video it loops the same video over and over even though I’m selecting different videos to play. I had to restart the app just to play a different video and it happens every time. Developer claims you can play video files in only a couple of formats which is ok but there are zero instructions on how to play video files that are not in your camera roll. I would delete this app in a heart beat but man, having spent $4 just to see how raw and lousy the app is made just breaks my heart.
Useless
10/24/2020
Hey_Andre

Two issues with the app:1) description says the app is free but the cost is $3.99 and a pro version is IAP for $0.00. So basically you have to buy the app to test it even though developer says it’s “free and fully functional” in the app description.2) the app has all sorts of issues. Confusing and hard to figure out. If not giving access to all pics but only select - it does not populate and doesn’t show any files even though I’ve selected several. Had to redownload just to give access to all pics/videos. Then all populated. However, when streaming a video it loops the same video over and over even though I’m selecting different videos to play. I had to restart the app just to play a different video and it happens every time. Developer claims you can play video files in only a couple of formats which is ok but there are zero instructions on how to play video files that are not in your camera roll. I would delete this app in a heart beat but man, having spent $4 just to see how raw and lousy the app is made just breaks my heart.

Lots of improvements! Detailed changelog: Settings → About → Changelog or https://localcast.app/changelog

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Seller: Stefan Hurzlmeier
Size: 176.6 MB
Category: Entertainment
Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.

Apple TV
Requires tvOS 17.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 16+

16+

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In-App Purchases: Yes

Pro Version $13.99

LocalCast Pro Weekly $3.99

Yearly Subscription $17.99

LocalCast Pro $2.99

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LocalCast Pro Lifetime $49.99

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