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Controlla TV LTD. · Utilities · Free · v1.0.31

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Review-rating drop
0.85

2024-Q2 2.78 → last 90 days 1.93, text reviews

Peak quarter
2.78

2024-Q2, text reviews

Last 90 days
1.93

text reviews

Store rating
4.24

all 13654 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
2.32

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$165k

#61 top-grossing, Utilities

store 4.24 · reviews 2.78 → 1.93 · gap 2.31 store 4.24 reviews 1.93

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 355 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2024-Q2: 2.78★ from 9 reviews 2.78 2024-Q2 2024-Q3: 1.95★ from 21 reviews 2024-Q4: 2.61★ from 31 reviews 2025-Q1: 2.50★ from 32 reviews 2025-Q2: 2.77★ from 26 reviews 2025-Q3: 1.70★ from 30 reviews 2025-Q4: 2.16★ from 37 reviews 2026-Q1: 2.51★ from 37 reviews 2026-Q2: 2.43★ from 35 reviews 2026-Q3: 1.99★ from 82 reviews 2026-Q4: 1.80★ from 15 reviews 1.80 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
2024-Q22.78 9
2024-Q31.95 21
2024-Q42.61 31
2025-Q12.50 32
2025-Q22.77 26
2025-Q31.70 30
2025-Q42.16 37
2026-Q12.51 37
2026-Q22.43 35
2026-Q31.99 82
2026-Q41.80 15

Recent 1–2 star reviews

Junk

★ · v1.0.31 · Oct 11, 2026

Might as well buy a remote on Amazon instead of paying a stupid subscription for a remote.

Can’t connect

★ · v1.0.31 · Oct 10, 2026

Can’t believe I bought the year subscription. If your modem switches between the 2.4Ghz band and 5Ghz, this won’t work. Evidently, can only work on 2.4Ghz. You can make your modem only operate on 2.4, but then you’re losing the benefits of 5Ghz

Samsung tv remote

★ · v1.0.31 · Oct 9, 2026

Does not work waste

Trash - Don’t Waste Your Time

★ · v1.0.31 · Oct 8, 2026

So worried about pushing payments in your face, you can’t even use the app. I pressed ONE button and it prompted me to start a subscription. Don’t waste your time downloading this app unless you wanna pay $10 a month to use it……….

Terrible

★ · v1.0.31 · Oct 7, 2026

Purchased the lifetime subscription and it just took my money. App does not connect and every time you try to redo the connection it tricks you into trying to purchase another subscription. This is a scam. Yes, I made sure it was the same WiFi network. All steps were followed. And tried asking but as said, when you try to reinitiate the connection, it tries to scam you into purchasing another subscription.

Useless

★ · v1.0.31 · Oct 7, 2026

ZERO STARS. Couldn’t get it to work with my tv, agreed to 3 day trial & wouldn’t connect to tv so cancelled & deleted. It must’ve not gone thru because I just realized I was charged weekly twice! Tried to get a refund from Apple & they denied, now I’m out $14 for an app that wouldn’t work.

DONT BUY!!!

★ · v1.0.31 · Oct 5, 2026

Paid and didn’t let me use the app tried to connect it manually and it didn’t even work. Just going to buy a new remote smh

This app sucks

★ · v1.0.31 · Oct 4, 2026

The tv is on and it keeps telling me to turn on my tv while the app is working on the tv but I can’t by pass it and it just keeps me to turn it on not just that though it keeps asking me to sign up for a subscription and I did and it still dose not work any better worse app ever

Force payment

★ · v1.0.31 · Oct 2, 2026

Don’t like how I’m forced to do a payment during a “free” trial”

NOT FREE

★ · v1.0.31 · Oct 2, 2026

did a free trial, said $8 and it took 16.99

Won’t connect

★ · v1.0.31 · Oct 1, 2026

Can’t get to connect after I used it for two days

Doesn’t work

★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 30, 2026

Doesn’t auto connect to the TV

Don’t do it

★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 30, 2026

Absolute trash! Feels like a scam to me.

Don’t like the pay requirement

★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 24, 2026

You shouldn’t have to pay for this…I’ve had many problems with their normal remotes and it feels like they make this their way of “solving” it when it’s actually just another money grab.

Should’ve looked at the reviews sooner!

★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 23, 2026

Honestly I couldn’t even get the app to work on my tv, before I even got to see how it functions, I was already getting subscriptions thrown in my face, I picked one and cancelled as soon as I seen it wasn’t working now they’re trying to make me pay 40 bucks a YEAR. The app isn’t even worth downloading yet being on an App Store. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE APP UNLESS YOU WANT MORE DEBT. Honestly just do better, this app is getting folks a run for their money. I’m still in hs! Who’s finna send me 40? With no good explanation but that “I’m in debt”!

Costly

★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 23, 2026

This requires a subscription

Freezing or dis connects

★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 22, 2026

To pay for a product that disconnects from tv every time I use it is not worth 10 dollars a week always having to reprogram

Pointless

★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 22, 2026

Trying to get this because my remote stopped working. The app requires a remote to work.

Not worth it

★★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 21, 2026

I’m just trying to watch tv, I already pay to watch my own tv, I’m not also paying to use my damn remote without ads. You can’t use the remote for more than 30 seconds without a pop up trying to get you to pay 6.99 just to use the remote. Bs scam.

Bait and Charge

★★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 20, 2026

No mention of the in app purchases required to use for more than 3 days. Cheaper to buy another remote.

Trash

★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 19, 2026

Charge to use not a free remote

Samsung Tv

★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 18, 2026

If You Need A Samsung Remote It Does You No Good To Download This Remote App Because You Need The Tv Remote To Find The IP Address Of Your Tv

Junk

★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 16, 2026

I obviously don’t have the remote or I wouldn’t be downloading an app and it wants me to use the remote to connect how dumb

Nothing but ads waste of time

★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 15, 2026

This app sucks. I wouldn’t even click one button with out it popping up an ad or asking me to pay.

Double dipping

★ · v1.0.31 · Sep 14, 2026

App wants to gather your data and make you pay for it. Nope. Edited: the rating on this app proves that you cannot trust the rating system.

The opportunity

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