Baton

What it does

• A big d-pad with OK, back and home — one screen, nothing to learn
• Volume up, volume down and mute
• Play, pause, rewind and skip
• Type with your phone keyboard instead of picking out letters on the TV screen
• Trackpad mode: swipe instead of tapping the arrows
• The TV sound can move into your headphones, so the room stays quiet
• Every app on your TV in one list, one tap to open it

Works with

One family of streaming TVs and players, not every brand. If the app can control your TV, the TV shows up in the app's list by itself. This is a network remote, not an infrared one, so the phone and the TV have to be on the same Wi-Fi.

Free, and quiet about you

No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Usage statistics stay off until you turn them on. Read the privacy policy — it is short and it is honest.

Need a hand?

There is a help chat right inside the app, and a person behind support@baton.tel.