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TOGGLE APPS SP Z O O · Utilities · Free · v1.16

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Review-rating drop
0.35

2026-Q4 3.67 → last 90 days 3.32, text reviews

Peak quarter
3.67

2026-Q4, text reviews

Last 90 days
3.32

text reviews

Store rating
4.75

all 82269 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
1.43

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$288k

#29 top-grossing, Utilities

store 4.75 · reviews 3.67 → 3.32 · gap 1.43 store 4.75 reviews 3.32

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 500 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2025-Q4: 3.00★ from 7 reviews (small sample) 3.00 2025-Q4 2026-Q1: 3.66★ from 199 reviews 2026-Q2: 3.50★ from 115 reviews 2026-Q3: 3.26★ from 146 reviews 2026-Q4: 3.67★ from 33 reviews 3.67 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2025-Q43.00 7
2026-Q13.66 199
2026-Q23.50 115
2026-Q33.26 146
2026-Q43.67 33

Recent 1–2 star reviews

It’s a little annoying

★ · v1.16 · Oct 12, 2026

It’s really good with connecting but the subscription is really annoying because it keeps popping up even when I do the subscription

Not a review, just a user experience

★★ · v1.16 · Oct 12, 2026

What I was hoping to find was something that could replace my remotes, and this sorta did. While it was able to connect to my tv and also my fire stick remotes, I couldn’t control my TV volume simultaneously while using the fire stick remote, even tho it has a volume up and down. Instead I would have to switch back to my tv to control that. Plus, while I was gaming, I wanted to raise the volume, but the remote was on for the fire stick, when I switched over to tv to control the volume, the video switched on the tv as well and had to hit the PlayStation button to bring the video back to gaming. For those reasons this remote app is not for me.

IVE LOST ALMOST $120 TO THIS APP HAVING A SUBSCRIPTION I DIDNT EVEN KNOW ABOUT

★ · v1.16 · Oct 11, 2026

I have been charged $5 for this service since FEB of 2025 without even REALIZING I was subscribed. I used this app ONCE and it didn’t work with my TV so I uninstalled it after a day. This app hasn’t been installed on my phone since 2025. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY. DO NOT install this app - the subscription is SNEAKY

WTF

★ · v1.16 · Oct 11, 2026

This app sux!!! I tried to sign up only for the free trial period but it too out $25 out of my bank account. Now there’s no spot on the app to access my account info to cancel the subscription. It shouldn’t have taken the $ out until after the 3rd day. There’s not even a phone number to call customer service to even cancel that way!!! It’s a total POS!!!!

Impossible

★ · v1.16 · Oct 9, 2026

I’m not paying for an app that’s been free forever. Ads every three clicks. Bye.

title

★ · v1.16 · Oct 5, 2026

you need subscriptions for to do almost everything no body got time for that

SUBSCRIPTION MADNESS

★ · v1.15 · Oct 4, 2026

you literally have to pay to do anything it’s equivalent to having to pay to even turn your tv on its so stupid God will punish you for your greed.

DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!! HORRIBLE APP!!! HIGH RATING IS FAKE!!!

★ · v1.15 · Oct 3, 2026

A COMPLETE PIECE OF GARBAGE! Worst “free” app I’ve ever seen! You have to rate before you can use the app (only way it has such high rating), tries to trick you numerous times into paying $8.99/per week (yes, PER WEEK) for premium service in the setup process. And if you manage to make it past the gauntlet of attempts to trick you into paying, a popup appears again every 5-10 clicks of the remote to try and get you to pay. No words describe how horrible this “free” app is. Very limited usability and requires nonstop rejection of pay popups. If you want to pay $468/YEAR for this piece of garbage go ahead, otherwise avoid like the plague

Trash

★ · v1.15 · Oct 2, 2026

Free version doesn’t allow volume control. Just swipe only. If you are looking for a remote stay away from this one.

Pay to use a remote

★ · v1.15 · Oct 2, 2026

You want us to pay a monthly fee to use a damn remote be for real

Terrible

★ · v1.13.1 · Sep 29, 2026

Man don’t download this stupid app there’s no point unless you want to pay for a remote. Dumb asf!!!

$$$$$!

★ · v1.13.1 · Sep 25, 2026

Who wants to pay $9.99 per week for a TV remote? Absurd.

Don’t believe 5-star reviews.

★ · v1.13 · Sep 15, 2026

The app is misleading out of the gate—they coax you into writing a review for the app disguised as a required part of the initial set-up and they set the default rating to 5 stars. Only then do they reveal that the app actually isn’t free, and is based on a subscription model, for which they are asking way too much for what this app actually is. Sad part is this could be a decent app with better transparency up front, and more reasonable pricing model. And yeah there’s a ‘free’ version with very limited functionality, but it is presented as if required to pay. In short, the app is acting on bad-faith.

It’s horrible

★ · v1.13 · Sep 14, 2026

I thought it was free you can’t even text just for premium I hate spending money on stuff like that it’s terrible I want it to prank my brother but didn’t work I hate this app this is the first and the last time using it if the person who made reply to me because this app is trash who saw my review trust me !

Have to pay

★ · v1.13 · Sep 13, 2026

Have to pay to use smh. $40!!!! Might as well buy a remote on Amazon for $10.

It’s not free

★★ · v1.13 · Sep 11, 2026

You can’t even change the volume without paying for the app🫠

0 Stars

★ · v1.12.2 · Sep 8, 2026

It literally had to reconnect every 5 seconds and the volume buttons didn’t even work. Not worth $8 a week unfortunately.

Ripoff

★ · v1.12.2 · Sep 6, 2026

*** UPDATE*** it’s still ridiculous you can’t even turn up the volume unless you get a free 3 day trial then pay! 😂*** Seriously you won’t let someone have a trial? You won’t let anyone even turn the volume up without paying $9 a month?? Crooks, lemme guess you’re politicians???

Works half the time

★ · v1.12.2 · Sep 6, 2026

I purchased this app because we lose our remote so often. When my phone goes to sleep, I have to restart the app every time for it to work. Even then, it’s 50/50 if it will actually do anything. I regret purchasing the app.

Not good but not bad

★★ · v1.12.2 · Sep 3, 2026

Ts lowkey dumb, like why do I have to pay a subscription to turn my volume up??

Useless

★ · v1.12.1 · Aug 31, 2026

It requires a subscription. Roku remote app doesn’t make you do that. It allowed me to open it one time but wouldn’t let me control the volume. Then it wouldn’t let me open it at all without a free trial. Why would I pay $9 a month for a remote she. I can order one from Amazon for one $6 fee? Ever.

Useless

★ · v1.12.1 · Aug 27, 2026

Doesn’t work. At All

Rip off

★ · v1.12.1 · Aug 27, 2026

Controls are clunky, and almost everything is hidden behind a monthly subscription, which it will remind you of multiple times every session

Mierda

★ · v1.12.1 · Aug 26, 2026

Premium hasta para apagar y bajar volumen tremenda mierda

make it free

★ · v1.12.1 · Aug 26, 2026

make bs like this free let’s be real

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