Quick Remote for Alexa & Roku
Voice control your Roku from Alexa! No hub or additional hardware required!!
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3.28
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Potentially beneficial for disabled users, enabling independent control of the TV.
- Allows voice commands via Alexa for app launching and basic functions.
- Simplifies remote control needs by integrating multiple functionalities.
Cons
- Frequent crashes and instability, making the app unreliable.
- Heavy presence of ads, especially in the free version, leading to a frustrating user experience.
- Limited to 50 commands per month in the free version, leading to rapid depletion of usage.
- Complicated Alexa command structure and issues with recognizing commands.
Most mentioned
- App crashes and technical instability.
- Excessive ads in the app.
- Limited functionality and issues with voice command recognition.
- Issues with the monthly command limit and subscription model.
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-24 |  | | I've been a paying user since 2018, the app worked great for me for years to control my Roku TV via voice and Alexa. About 6 weeks ago it started throwing errors on an intermittent basis then completely stopped working about 4 weeks ago. I have reached out to support and sadly no response |
| 2022-12-05 |  | | This app has amazing potential for disabled people. It's a game changer for my daughter, who can't do things with her hands. For the first time ever she can navigate her own tv. Amazing. The trouble is it's not stable and randomly it says it's doing things but then they never happen. Then it starts working again for no known reason. The Google one does the same. When it works it amazing and life changing. I wish there was an iPad version. Having to have a phone makes it more complicated. |
| 2021-08-03 |  | | Having lots of trouble, I can get Alexa to open Hulu or Netflix or whatever. But then I have to choose a profile name. There are two to choose from. When I tell it to select it says that it is but nothing happens. When I open the app on my phone it wants me to pick which device which is stupid, I should just be able to say that out loud, but if I do pick the device it wants me to rename it which is great, but once I hit save the application crashes. Every single time I pick one and save it crash |
| 2021-06-30 |  | | I was going to try this app, but once I read all the issues of fighting to get a control action done, that the app is in a beta stage, that the free version limits you to only 50 commands when you need all 50 commands to do one or two actions, that if floods your phone with advertisements, and that the cost of the full version is not a One Time payment but a subscription (a disgrace, esspessially since the app is in a beta state) I immediately uminstalled it. Fix Bugs, no subscriptions! |
| 2020-11-04 |  | | I have three Roku's that every other program can find just fine. Tried this app and it can't locate any. Tried toggling wifi networks, data, location, and bluetooth. Every time I try to manually add a roku it crashes. Tried force closing, relaunching, etc. Useless and a waste of time. |
| 2020-10-17 |  | | Its okay, but the app is useless with the amount of ads on it, the subscription is a piss take, clearly the author thinks its okay to bombard the free version with ads so it forces you to take the subscription, which is way too expensive for a remote control app, would be better buying a real one of amazon. What would make this better ? a one off purchase. |
| 2020-02-15 |  | | Please fix bugs in app immediately! I write this as I am thoroughly testing this app. I do programming/automation for a living and will give as descriptive of information as I can. Btw, I installed the Quick Remote App on my android phone and it works great for those simple Up, Down, Right, Left, Select buttons. Using the Roku for Amazon app...after enablement/linking to my Amazon account I was able to make get my echo to launch Hulu by saying..."Alexa, Launch Hulu on Roku" and "Alexa, Return Home on Roku" to exit or "Alexa, Launch Prime on Roku" or "Alexa, Launch CBS All Access on Roku" without having to say..."Open Quick Remote" every time I want to run a command. I do understand these are two different apps and I guess the intent is for Quick Remote to offer more promise of functionality than the regular "Roku for Amazon" app. However, there seems to be something hinky about having to say "Alexa, Open Quick Remote" for each and every command. Every little single command. I know that saying the words "Select", "Go Right", "Go Down", "Go Left", "Go Up" individually to control buttons on the remote it will require you to first say "Open Quick Remote" each time before these basic commands just to get it to respond and you have to listen to the Prompt..."Hi, what is your command..you can say...blah blah blah.." If you attempt to say "Go Right" afterwards...it will do it most times (sometimes it will ask 'could you say that again'...or 'could you say that one more time').. However, you 'CANT' verbally say 2 button commands back to back as it will say..."Rock we can't do that on"...yes you read that correctly. Obviously, that statement makes no sense and neither does the behavior. If you want someone to pay $0.99/mo subscription for broken functionality...this is not going to happen with the app in this condition. Until you fix things I will sparingly use up 50 free commands each month. I'm also disappointed to know that despite how quick things work that do...the roku stick RF signal does not allow for remote key learning programmability from Harmony Hub or Broadlink RM Pro for these buttons despite being able to turn the Roku stick on/off. I'm sure someone may have figured out a work around but to me the app seems incomplete. Would it be unreasonable to have the "Quick Remote" menu stay active for a minute until no new commands are requested for those buttons and then it exits? |
| 2019-11-03 | | | Fantastic app for people with limited mobility! We are so happy the developers created this, there is really nothing better in the market. Also, the monthly subscription price is very reasonable. It still needs some improvements such as adding commands that would improve user experience (i.e. 'increase/decrease volume by 4 points' 'go to channel 33' 'go ahead/back 4 channels' are a few lacking commands), but overall a solid app. |
| 2019-10-14 | | | Ads, pop ups, and more ads. So far after some glitches (but no ads) from a free roku app, I downloaded this paid app... and I get nothing but ads and pop ups to rate the app! 5 pop ups to rate and 3 game ads before I can even use the search sucessfully. After every click, theres a pop up of one sort or another. Ridiculous. So here is your rating. So far nothing but ads and rating solicitations. Worse than free with the exception it is connecting to my Roku. |
| 2019-09-12 | | | Barely works half the time. And you have to keep logging back into Amazon. Meanwhile it uses up your free 50 command per month and you run out because it counts every command successful OR failed towards those 50. So when the app updates and doesn't log into your amazon account it stops working so you use up your commands. Also the command recognition sucks. I sometimes have to repeat 3 times launch Netflix for it to even register. |
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