[002]Worth trackingiPhone × Android TVOne-time / remote in-app purchaseData as of 2026-11-08
iPhone remote for Google TV owners, one-tap ad cleanup as a paid feature
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Worth doing, but don't sell 'cleaning' alone: build an iPhone remote for Android / Google TV, with one-tap ad cleanup, home screen swap and re-checks after updates as paid featuresAssumes you have several Google TVs of different brands to test on, and that you ship before 11-27 Black Friday unboxing season; the cleanup itself is already free on Android and desktopMaybe · grade and title derived from the full text · next review 11-15
| Background | 10-17 Indian engineer used Claude Code to wipe his parents' TV ads; cleanyourtv hit 49k stars in two weeks |
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| Upside | No iPhone app does one-model-at-a-time cleanup plus home screen swap; iOS tools that speak ADB have been approved for ages |
| Demand | Targets home screen ads, speeding up old TVs, privacy; stuck on developer options and ADB; firmware updates bring the preinstalls back |
| Competition | Free on Android: TidyTV (10-22 on Play), F-Droid community edition; free on Mac/Win: CleanMyTV; iOS has ADB toolkits like atvTools |
| Revenue | Cleaning barely earns money (39 tips); Projectivy ranks in the top 10 for personalized bestsellers in 24 stores; a UK iPhone remote control made $6,392 in October |
| Growth | Daily star growth fell from 7,120 (10-22) to 1,131 (11-02); Projectivy 10-29→11-02, +56,531 installs |
| Window | Until Christmas: the wave is receding; the new-TV unboxing season is the last push; a free iOS port could drop any time |
| Who it's for | Solo dev who knows Swift and ADB and has several Google TVs to test on; TV / IoT side projects a plus |
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- 11-08Roku Photo Stream Screensaver hit the US Lifestyle Top Grossing chart at #19 on just 5,835 installs. Small TV screensaver and home-screen tools have a lower paywall than expected. Projectivy added 68,868 installs in a week over the same period, so demand hasn't dropped. There's still no iOS tool that clears and reskins the home screen per device model in one tap.