Roku Remote for iPhone
The Roku remote you never lose.
Your iPhone already does everything the plastic remote does — and a few things it cannot. A real keyboard for searching. The TV's sound in your headphones. A sleep timer on your Lock Screen. It finds your Roku on your Wi-Fi; there is no account and no server in between.
- ✓ No account
- ✓ No ads
- ✓ Works on your own Wi-Fi
- ✓ iPhone, iOS 18 and later
- ListenTV sound in your headphones
- TypeSearch with a real keyboard
- SleepOff in 45 minutes
The TV is named the way you named it on the Roku.
Everything a Roku remote should do
Touchpad or D-pad
Swipe to move and tap to select, or keep the arrow keys you know from the plastic remote. Both are there; pick one in Settings and change your mind whenever.
Type on the TV
Search for a film or sign in to a streaming app with your iPhone's keyboard — and its autocorrect and dictation — instead of steering a cursor around an alphabet.
Private listening
Your Roku sends its sound to your iPhone and its own speakers go quiet. Watch a film at two in the morning without waking anybody, with a slider for the delay.
Sleep timer
15 minutes to 2 hours, with the countdown on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Add 15 more from there, or cancel, without opening the app.
Your channels, searchable
Everything installed on the Roku in one searchable list. Tap a channel and it opens on the TV — no walking across rows of tiles.
Inputs and power
Jump to the console on HDMI 2 and back to the Roku home screen, and switch a Roku TV on and off from the key at the top.
Widgets and Control Center
Arrows, OK and power in a Home Screen widget; recent channels, volume and play/pause in a bigger one; Power and Mute one swipe away in Control Center.
No account, no server
It finds your Roku on your Wi-Fi and talks to it directly. No sign-up, no analytics, no ads, and nothing about you to collect.
Connected in about a minute
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Same Wi-Fi
Your iPhone and your Roku on the same network. No pairing code, nothing to set up on the TV.
- 2
Tap your Roku
The app looks around the network and lists what it finds, by the name you gave the TV. Or add it by IP address.
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You have the remote
Touchpad, keyboard, channels, volume and the rest — and the widgets, once you put them on your Home Screen.
Private by design
There is no server between your iPhone and your TV
Every key you press goes straight to the Roku over your own Wi-Fi. The Rokus you add, your settings and your recent channels stay in the app's own storage on your iPhone, and deleting the app deletes them. No account, no analytics, no ads — the App Store privacy label says Data Not Collected.
Read the privacy policy →Why it needs your local network
Because it talks to your TV, not to us
iOS asks once whether the app may see devices on your Wi-Fi. That permission is the whole mechanism: it is how your Roku is found and controlled, and it is why nothing you do here needs an account.
What a subscription covers
Free to download
- Find your Rokus, or add one by IP address
- Touchpad and D-pad, Back and Home
- Volume, mute and the playback keys
- Power, and HDMI inputs
- Your channels, searchable, and what is playing now
- The sleep timer for a Roku TV
Roku Remote PRO
- Private listening — the TV's sound in your headphones, with the sound-sync slider and Lock Screen controls
- The keyboard — typing and dictation straight into the field on the TV
- Widgets and Control Center — the Home Screen widgets, the Lock Screen button, and the Power and Mute controls
An auto-renewing subscription — weekly, with a three-day free trial for eligible new subscribers, or yearly. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. After the trial, the app asks you to subscribe before it sends commands to your TV.
Guides
Getting connected, and what to check when the TV will not answer.
How to use your iPhone as a Roku remote
Your iPhone and your Roku on the same Wi-Fi is all it takes: open Roku Remote, pick the Roku it finds, and the touchpad, keyboard, channels and volume keys are there.
Connect your iPhone to your Roku TV or player
How Roku Remote finds a Roku on your Wi-Fi, what to do when there are several, and how to rename or remove the ones you have added.
Add a Roku by its IP address
When your network blocks device discovery, type the Roku's address in by hand. Find it on the TV under Settings › Network › About, then add it in the picker.
Touchpad or D-pad: choosing how you steer
Swipe to move and tap to select, or keep the arrow keys you know from the plastic remote. Both are in Roku Remote, and you can switch whenever you like.
Frequently asked questions
- Which Rokus does Roku Remote work with?
- Roku TVs from any brand that makes them — TCL, Hisense, Sharp, Philips, Onn, RCA and the rest — and Roku's own players: Express, Premiere, Streaming Stick, Streambar and Ultra. The app talks to the Roku's software, not to a particular model.
- Do I need the original remote, or a pairing code?
- No. Nothing has to be entered on the TV. If the Roku is set up and on your Wi-Fi, the app finds it — and if your network blocks discovery, you can add it by its IP address.
- Does it work away from home?
- No. It talks to your Roku directly over your own network, the way the physical remote does. Away from that network there is nothing to reach.
- How does private listening work?
- The Roku streams its sound to your iPhone over your Wi-Fi and mutes its own speakers. You listen through wired or Bluetooth headphones, set the level with the iPhone's volume buttons, and nudge the sound-sync slider if lips and voices are out of step. It keeps playing with the screen locked.
- Is it free?
- It is free to download, and Roku Remote PRO is an auto-renewing subscription — weekly, with a three-day free trial for eligible new subscribers, or yearly. PRO covers private listening, the keyboard and the widgets, and after the trial the app asks you to subscribe before it sends commands to your TV. Prices are shown in the app before you buy.
- What does it collect?
- Nothing. There is no account, no analytics and no ads, and the App Store privacy label says Data Not Collected. Your saved Rokus and settings stay on your iPhone.
- Which languages does it speak?
- Fourteen: English, Arabic, German, Spanish (Spain and Latin America), Filipino, French (France and Canada), Italian, Punjabi, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Vietnamese and Simplified Chinese. It follows the language your iPhone is set to.
Roku Remote is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Roku, Inc. Roku is a trademark of Roku, Inc.
Put the remote in your pocket
Free to download. No account, no ads, and nothing between your iPhone and your TV but your own Wi-Fi.
Coming soon to the App Store for iPhone (iOS 18 and later).