“Js to much — It’s way to many ads for no reason and the app keeps lagging”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 503 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.3 ★110,846 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
53 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Smartify is an easy-to-use remote control unit with a keyboard, a touchpad and a list of channels for your LG smart TV. Just connect an iPhone and a TV to the same Wi-Fi network and you will be able to control the TV using a mobile device after a simple pairing routine.
Compatibility: the app supports all WebOS models of LG Smart TV as well as Netcast models of 2012 and later.
Text input limitations: Text input is only available in the TV apps which support LG keyboard. The keyboard will appear on mobile device screen automatically after you activate the input field on your TV screen. Some services, like Netflix, YouTube and others, have their own keyboards and are not supported by Smartify.
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Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 1.43 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.43, updated 2026-10-02.
What we measured
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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
2 themes 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
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The catch list 1
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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 31 distinct reviewers — 6.2% of the 503 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 503 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Too many ads — Awful, won’t connect to the TV anymore and too many ads compared to how many clicks you get (only 1-2 clicks before you have to watch about 3 ads). This app is terrible, download something else.”
“So many ads!! — I can’t click this 3 times without having an ad. I had to close out of it 4 times just to click 3 times to get a show on. It’s 2026. Please let me know what other app won’t have me leaving it that much!”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.43.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.