Was “Horrible Update” – Simple Control Home Remote Review

Update: We’ve gotten used to the new interface (in fact my wife now prefers it) and since they’ve added the ability to now edit it - it’s better. I would prefer the ability to customize more, but honestly, that’s not that big a deal. Still doesn’t work in my home office as my TV and the remote (and Denon) all get out of sync, but I suspect that’s more my fault (and Samsung’s). However, I did want to comment on support. I had an issue with renewal of my subscription that was preventing the app from supporting our house any more. I submitted a support ticket. I had a response and the issue was fixed inside of 5 minutes. That earned a solid change in ratings from me. OLD REVIEW: It either turns off my Samsung TV when I just want to switch inputs, or won’t turn it on at all. It doesn’t appear to respect the track power state setting for a device (2017 Samsung Q7 QLED). This worked under version 4.x. My wife had a pop up activity with her favorite channels, that now doesn’t work the same, she basically has to use a favorite guide, which is a lot slower. New interface has a lot of buttons we’re not ever going to use and the activity panel editor is not available yet. This new interface has done nothing but confuse my wife, I’m going to have to roll back to version 4.
Review by MacIntyre on Simple Control Home Remote.