Roku Remote

What Roku Remote stores, and what it sends

A remote app has no reason to know who you are, and Roku Remote does not. There is no sign-up, no email address and no server of ours in the path between your iPhone and your TV.

What it keeps on your iPhone

  • The Rokus you have added: their names, models and network addresses.
  • Your settings — the remote layout, the sound-sync correction for your headphones.
  • The channels you have opened recently, which is what the medium widget lists.
  • Whether you have a subscription, as Apple reported it.

Who else sees it

The app's own widgets and Control Center controls, on the same iPhone, through a shared storage area that iOS gives an app and its extensions. Nothing else. Deleting the app deletes all of it.

What leaves your iPhone

  • Commands to your Roku, over your own Wi-Fi, directly to the TV.
  • During private listening, the sound coming the other way. It is played as it arrives and never recorded or stored.
  • A small file from novaz.app, when you open the list of our other apps. Like any web request it shows the server your IP address; it carries no identifier, and we do not use it to identify you.
  • Purchases go to Apple, which bills them. We never see your payment details.

What it does not do

  • No analytics or crash-reporting services in the app.
  • No advertising and no advertising identifier.
  • No tracking across other companies' apps or websites.
  • No microphone access, during private listening or at any other time.

FAQ

What does the App Store privacy label say?
Data Not Collected. The app collects nothing about you, which is why the label can say so.
Can you see what I watch?
No. Which channel is on screen is read from your TV, on your network, and shown to you. It is never sent anywhere.
Is there a cloud backup of my Rokus?
No, and that is deliberate — it would need an account. Adding a Roku on a new iPhone takes a couple of seconds anyway.
Do I have to let it see my network?
Yes, for the app to work at all; that permission is the mechanism by which it reaches your TV without a server. The privacy policy covers it in full.

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.

The remote you never lose

Roku Remote gives your iPhone a touchpad, a keyboard for searching and signing in, your channels, private listening through your headphones and a sleep timer. It finds your Roku on your Wi-Fi — no account, and nothing through our servers.

Coming soon to the App Store for iPhone.

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