“Winner winner chicken dinner — Great option but way too many ads”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 500 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.5 ★109,676 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
66 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Reforo app is the best free iPhone/iPad remote control unit for your Roku TV. Simple design, intuitive interface, no pileup of buttons or complex settings. All you need is connect your iOS device and TV to the same Wi-Fi network.
Main features: - Automatic detection of Roku TV in the Wi-Fi network; - A large touchpad for convenient menu and content navigation; - Launching of channels directly from the application;
Compatibility: - App is compatible with all TV models with Roku OS. - Some applications like YouTube and Hulu+ have their own screen keyboards and do not take input from the iOS keyboard;
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Disclaimer: Kraftwerk 9, LTD is not an affiliated entity of Roku, and "Reforo" application is not an official product of Roku.
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 1.4.5 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.4.5, updated 2025-10-01.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Raised by 35 distinct reviewers — 7.0% of the 500 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 1.99 to USD 39.99 — a 20x spread across 5 items
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Too many adds — There are so many adds that you can’t even fully start a movie without having to navigate thru multiple. It’s too much”
“Meh — It’s to many adds and it cuts off your phone quickly meh app”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.4.5.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown5
Lowest$1.99
Highest$39.99
Weekly Pro Roku Remote$6.99
Monthly Pro Roku Remote$14.99
Year$39.99
Lifetime Pro Roku Remote$14.99
Remove ad$1.99