The app is back to normal function except for the lack of fast forward or back as noted below. I am revising my rating from 4 stars to 1 star. Since the latest app update, the app is a total fail. You have. The app loses its connection every time the phone goes to sleep or you do anything else with your phone outside of this app. You have to either force quit the app and restart it or disconnect the TV and reconnect. The only response from the developer is the boilerplate delete and reinstall the app and restart your phone, which I did to no avail. I informed them and have heard nothing new. So in the trash it goes as well as my lifetime premium. What follows is my first review. If it were a little cheaper I would give it 5 stars. It works great. Nice layout. Practically no response lag time. I purchased a replacement remote for my TV which lasted all of 3 months. I wish I had bought this app then rather than wasting that money. P.S. one deficiency I have found is the lack of fast forward or reverse. If I push and release forward or reverse on my Samsung remote, the program moves 15 seconds, or something like that. If I push and hold it continuously moves in those 15 second increments moving faster and faster as I continue to hold. I can find no similar function with this app. If you want to move forward or backward more than the 15 seconds, you have to keep tapping time and time again.

The Only reason I’m giving this 3 stars is because I paid for full access (A one time purchase) so I would not have to feel as though I’m wasting money every month.sometimes, this remote app will do certain things, such as, when I try to turn up my volume, or use the power button to turn the TV on, it will say “one time purchase for full access”, as if my remote was not already paid for. 🤨 I am sure they are aware how much money was taken out of my account for this remote. They try this year after year as if I did not pay. Haha. If someone didn’t know any better they would keep paying, sending this remote company money- when the truth is-they have already paid for full access. Am I bashing this company? Nope! But they sure can improve on certain things & stop certain things all together!! Also, when I try to turn the TV on I have to press the power button many times for it to come on even when directly pointed at the tv. This remote will Also will drain your battery. So after you put on your show, exit off the remote app and lock your phone.

I’m writing this review because I’m getting the run around so to the people that look at the reviews here is my honest opinion! I downloaded this app a year ago. It didn’t work for what I needed it too and originally gleaned with a free trial. So I downloaded it agreed to the free trial realized within that same hour that it wasn’t what I needed and cancelled the subscription (same day) and undownloaded the app. It never showed up in my subscription menu after the free trial so I thought nothing of it. Now here we are a year later and I’m being charged $40 for a yearly subscription to something I cancelled a year ago, did not use or even have on my device longer than an hour, and haven’t even seen in my subscriptions tab. And now because I haven’t paid it I’m no longer allowed to download apps until I update my payment method and pay this $40. I was instructed by Apple to pay the balance and then request a refund to resolve my problem (with no guarantee that I would actually get a refund!) the problem is I don’t have $40 to pay it/ or loose if it’s not refunded even if I was able to get the $40. So now my Apple ID is not usable to download anything because this app will not remove the charge that isn’t supposed to be there in the first place. I tried contacting support and couldn’t even find it. So if I could give negative stars I would. Be cautious with downloading this app unless you want unwarranted charges to your account.

It’s COMPLETELY FREE so 5stars on that. Every time it asks me to pay I just hit the X button & continue using it for free like it’s nothing, So I’m confused on why so many people are paying subscriptions, the free 3 day trial than deleting it, or LIFETIME subscription; it’s crazy a lot of y’all pay when y’all could use it for free. I’m all about saving money😂 I use this as a back up; every time we lose the remote. It works for all the T.V’s in the house so it’s very handy & useful. But, using it, after so many clicks (pushing the buttons to scroll) it asks to upgrade. No you don’t HAVE to upgrade but it gets annoying. So after like 10 clicks the add pops up every single time. That’s the only bad thing. Other than that it’s Free, works good, & is accurate with all T.V’s. I’d give it 5stars if the “subscribe now 3 day free trial” add wouldn’t pop up after every 10+ clicks

Wish I read the reviews because I am now seeing that numerous people have been charged during the free trail just like I was. I cancelled my subscription during the free trail because the remote DOES NOT work and they charged me $40 immediately. Do not get this app even if you break your remote by sitting on it because you’ll be scammed out of your money. Just go for a walk or buy a new remote I promise it’s not worth it. And before they reply saying cOntAct aPpLe fOr a rEfuNd I did and they denied my refund twice so now i’m stuck with a tv remote app that can’t even turn my tv on and a unfair charge to my account.EDIT: The developers of this app are crooks and won’t even own up to what they did. No, the price of this app is not reasonable when you’re charging your users during the free three-day trail. It’s also not reasonable when the remote doesn’t even work even when both your TV and phone are connected to the same WiFi. Instead of downplaying what people are saying after you take their money maybe take the criticism and actually fix your app.

When I first purchased the lifetime one time purchase I thought all my remote problems were gone but this remote gives the option for voice control but does not work at all !!! Also when you leave your house or where ever and come back your WiFi will connect but the app will not find your WiFi even tho the phone is connected to WiFi and you have to always unplug your router to start it back and guess what get used to it because it’s going to be a everyday thing you may get one solid week maybe with you able to leave home and come back and use it but after you have to put the pin from the tv back into your phone and don’t think it’s easy to just turn your phone off and on no you have to interrupt the internet for the entire house so thank you universal remote for more problems added in 2025 oh and I came here looking for an update or something but guess what there isn’t one so I have to keep unplugging my router like a A- hole getting my wife upset with me thinking I’m not paying the bills on time

Im in the 1st hour of my 3 day free trial period. It works with my Samsung, but what I think that’s a little annoying, regarding the 3 TV apps that appear on the main remote display, I don’t want those apps. I would like to be able to select my top three app. I know you can click the app button and select and there, but I want the three apps of my choosing on the main screen. I don’t think it’ll be too difficult for the programmer to Program this. Also, I’d be more willing to keep my subscription if there was a more reasonable pricing plan. $30 is not that much per lifetime but I just don’t know I want to keep the app. And the other plans are almost nearly as much money. You should offer, say, a five dollar for the 1st month. Even if that’s a one time offer introductory offer. A five dollar per the first month gives the users a good amount of time to get familiar with the app with no Huge monetary commitment. I bet you would get more subscribers that way.

I’ve been using this app for a while now, hoping it would get better, but it’s been nothing but frustrating. The app rarely connects to my TV on the first try, and even when it does, the connection is unstable and often drops after a few minutes. It’s incredibly annoying to have to reconnect multiple times just to change the channel or adjust the volume.What makes it worse is that the app pushes you to subscribe almost immediately, even though it doesn’t work reliably. I tried the free trial, but the app kept freezing and wouldn’t respond to basic commands. It’s frustrating to pay for something that doesn’t even deliver on its basic functionality.Overall, this app feels like a money grab. It’s unreliable, glitchy, and not worth the subscription fee. I’ve given it plenty of time to improve, but it’s only gotten more frustrating to use. I regret downloading it and would not recommend it to anyone. Save yourself the hassle and look for a better alternative.

I decided to try this a second time… The first time I downloaded it and accepted the free trial, then I couldn’t properly try and troubleshoot so I cancelled it before it charged me the yearly fee. I was in real need of a TV remote and focusing on the good reviews this TV remote app has, I downloaded it again. The app offered me a trial again, so this time with more time to troubleshoot, I accepted the trial and there I go trying it again only to find out my TV is not compatible and it does not even work to turn the thing on!!!! Here I am thinking “I have a trial, I didn’t lose any money for a something that didn’t work” so very obviously I cancel it right after I found it isn’t compatible. Come to find out the day after with an email it charged the the annual fee for something completely useless!!!!! I am so angry and upset with this app and the way it falsely advertised a free trial for a second time user! How can I get my money back???? If I could Id give this app a double zero 00!

This app caused me to loose 40 dollars for absolutely nothing. You cannot open the app and click on much of anything until you get the notification that you have to pay for an unlimited service. It’s 5 dollars a week 10 dollars a month or you can have a three day free trial. When I saw this I obviously knew which one I would chose however I didn’t see the very small fine print that said 40 dollars for a year after the free trial. As you can imagine I forgot to cancel the subscription and was very alarmed to see that it had taken 40 dollars out of my account. I make 15 dollars an hour. Going back and reading the fine print I felt extremely upset with the sneakiness of this app. After I swiftly cancelled my subscription it said that I would still be able to use the app for a year, which makes sense given the FOURTY DOLLAR EXPESE but the next time I opened the app it wouldn’t let me use premium features. I have never been this frustrated at an app.