WDTV-Remote app for iPhone and iPad

4.8 ( 5608 ratings )

Utilities Entertainment
Developer: Martin Lobger

0.99 USD

Current version: 2.5, last update: 8 years ago
First release : 06 Jul 2011
App size: 1.6 Mb

Control your WD TV Live Hub with your iPhone/iPad over wi-fi. This is the app you have been looking for, ever since you installed your WD TV Live hub.

Now with keyboard feature, so you can use the keyboard on your iPhone/iPad instead (requires WD TV Live Hub v. 2.07.17 firmware or later).

Note: If you do not own a WD TV Live Hub, do not buy this app.

Disclaimer: This app has not been tested on other WD TV product but the WD TV Live Hub.

WD TV and WD TV Live Hub are registered trademarks of Western Digital
Technologies, Inc.

Pros and cons of WDTV-Remote app for iPhone and iPad

WDTV-Remote app good for

Very nice app. Just tried it with my new WDTV live (not the Hub one), and it works fine. Auto detects your WIFI connected devices at startup -> just select your WD device. Very convenient keyboard feature. One flaw according to me: when entering a login/password with the keyboard feature, need to press "submit" once on the in-app keyboard, and then once again on the WD device keyboard (cant submit directly from the in-app keyboard)

This app works fine now. The first time i bought the app it was crashing but the new update has fixed the problem. Anyone with wdtv should purchase this apple.

Works great after remove and installing twice. Very quick button response to unit, just about or at times faster than original issued remote.

This is a solid app. It works as advertised and the response to key presses is quicker than expected. However, replicating the crappy wdtv remote exactly means that it fails to take full advantage of the touch capabilities of the iPhone / iTouch. It would be great if they could follow a similar model to the Remote app for the Apple TV where you can simply use swipe gestures to control the device. This way you dont have to look at what youre doing. With this app you always have to be looking at the iPhones screen to make sure you are pressing the right button. Otherwise its a good app, especially since you can type using the keyboard on the iPhone I stead of using the onscreen keyboard / d-pad.

Thanks for the app. Bought it in order not to buy hardware keyboard, and use ipad as wireless keyboard. But, why do you disable Russian layout for use? Everything works fine in english, but i can not switch to russian! Wd tv hub successfully understands russian symbols in search fields, if used through official web interface of wdtv itself through safari. But, separate app fom you serves better... If supports russian. Add national keyboards, please. Then it will be 5 stars. Thanks in advance.

Some bad moments

This app only reproduces the remote, and I couldnt make it work anyway. Get the free official app instead. That one works very well.

When I try to load the app it automatically shuts down every time. It is unusable

This application does not work on iPhone 4 using IOS 4.3. When I try to access the app it shuts down right away. I have a WD Live TV Plus component hooked to my home network. I made sure the router provided an IP address... This is working OK but still the app does not run.

I downloaded this app and tried it on the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 (both with the latest os). App crashes every single time on both devices. Even tried turning both devices off and back on but still the app crashes. Tried to contact the developer but no response to date. STAY FAR AWAY from this bogus app.

This app does not start. Crashes on startup. I actually feel as tho I have been robbed by the developers. Im usually pretty easy going when it comes to bugs in apps because normally, a bug this large and obvious will be corrected immediately . You can see from previous comments that this has not been corrected , yet they are still accepting money for a known non functioning app. I HAD to give it one star to submit this review. It does not deserve one star.

This is not working for me on my iPad 3. I even put in the IP address and nothing. What a waste!

Write review