The Apple TV remote,at last not lostin the couch
A small silver slab that slips, always, into the cushions.
If you have ever crouched to the floor and lifted a sofa with one hand while patting blindly with the other, you already know why we made Itsytv. The Siri Remote is beautiful — and shockingly good at disappearing. Your phone, meanwhile, is in your hand. Always.
So we put the remote there instead.
Everything the silver slab does — and several things it does not.
Tap the d-pad. Hear the click. Scrub the seek bar with your thumb. Type a search query on a real keyboard. See what's playing, who's in it, and how long is left. Switch between the TVs scattered through the house.
One universal purchase. iPhone, iPad, and Mac included. No subscription, ever.
Small moves of
obvious intelligence.
Every app, one tap away.
Browse the apps installed on your Apple TV. Drag to reorder. Launch one and the remote slides back into view, ready for whatever happens next.
No more scrolling through a home screen made of billboard-sized icons with a thumbpad the size of a thumbnail.
Left hand, right hand — your choice.
Drag the remote to whichever side of the screen feels natural. Reposition it vertically until your thumb lands home.
We don't think handedness is a preference; we think it's a fact. Itsytv respects that.
Who's in this, again?
When something is playing, Itsytv looks it up — pulling artwork, plot, rating, genre, and cast straight into the remote.
Tap through for full credits with photos. That guy who looks familiar? He was in the other thing. Confirmed in two seconds.
One app, every TV.
Kitchen, bedroom, office. Itsytv knows them all, switches between them in a tap, and reconnects automatically to whichever you used last.
A house full of Apple TVs should not mean a drawer full of remotes.
Great success
on iPad.
Two panels, side by side. App launcher on one, remote on the other. Scrub, browse, and judge the cast — all at once, from the couch.
The iPad is the only device in your house that is both big enough to be useful and small enough to hold. Itsytv treats it that way — a proper desk for your remote, with room for the what's playing panel to actually breathe.
Flip it into portrait, switch hands, park it on your lap. The layout rearranges to suit the grip; nothing important ever ends up under your palm.
Right in
your menu bar.
On Mac, Itsytv is a menu-bar tenant. One click and it's there; one click and it's gone. Type into Apple TV search fields from your keyboard. Control playback without switching apps.
Free and open source, because menu-bar utilities should cost zero and run forever.
People are saying
kind things.
You have delivered the missing piece of my workflow when covering tvOS away from the office.
The app you've been waiting for. A perfect replication of the Siri Remote, and more.
Apple quality.
This is what Apple should have done from the beginning.
Not just a remote app — more like a viewing companion.
Simple, clean, and so useful.
Very intuitive layout, excellent background information, and just a great remote overall.
Love this app. It always works.
Does exactly what I needed, and expected.
Far better than the remote. Completely worth the money.
Looks and works great. Awesome job.
This is what the inbuilt remote should have looked like. Great work.
The perfect Itsyhome companion.
Already controlling your lights, locks, and thermostats from the menu bar?
Itsytv completes the picture. One tidy row of icons between your Wi-Fi and your clock — your whole house, your whole TV.
Requirements
and other details.
iOS 17
or later
Also iPadOS 17. Universal purchase.
macOS 14
Sonoma
Menu bar native. Apple Silicon or Intel.
4th gen
or later
tvOS 15 or later. Same Wi-Fi network. One-time PIN pairing.