Limelight vs Smart TV Remote

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Limelight compared with Smart TV Remote
Detail	Limelight	Smart TV Remote
What it does	Movie and TV tracker app for discovering what to watch and where it's streaming	Turn your iPhone into a TCL TV remote over Wi-Fi
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	2025	Not given
Based in	US	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free to download. Limelight+ is $4.99 a month, or $24.99 a year with a 7-day free trial.	Free: core remote controls, automatic TV discovery, one paired TV. Pro Weekly: from $4.99/week - everything in Free plus keyboard search, app shortcuts, unlimited paired TVs. Pro Yearly: from $9.99/year - everything in Pro Weekly at best price per month.
Key features	Search movies and TV shows by title, actor, or director See streaming availability and pricing in your country Watchlist, Seen List, and Rated List with cross-device sync Ratings from Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, Metacritic, and TMDB Personalized Just For You recommendations feed Release notifications for theaters and streaming services with Limelight+ SceneSnap AI scene recognition to identify movies from video clips Streaming Top 10 charts for 107 countries Book adaptation discovery Custom lists with pinning and hiding	Remote for TCL smart TVs over Wi-Fi Directional pad and OK button Volume and mute controls Playback transport controls iPhone keyboard for TV search Automatic TV discovery Support for TCL, Roku TV, Google TV, Android TV, and Fire TV App launcher shortcuts for streaming services High-contrast layout for dark rooms
What makes it different	All-in-one app combining search, streaming availability, tracking, ratings, and recommendations without ads SceneSnap AI scene recognition feature not available in competitors Privacy-focused with no ads and no data tracking or selling Native Swift and SwiftUI app built for Apple devices Truly independent developer with no company behind it	Works over Wi-Fi without infrared or line-of-sight aiming One app controls all four TV systems TCL ships Full keyboard search instead of arrow-key pecking Automatic TV discovery with no pairing codes or dongles No account creation or ads required
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	36 no change since last check	1 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	18	3
Citation Flow (Majestic)	28	19
Referring domains (Majestic)	95	3

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