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TV remote on your phone
Remutto guides
- Free TV Remote App for iPhone: What Is Really Free (2026)
Which TV remote apps for iPhone are really free: the free app for each TV brand, and what the free universal apps cost once installed. Checked on the App Store.
- How to Control a Samsung TV Without the Remote
No remote? Control your Samsung TV with the button on the TV or with your phone over Wi-Fi, and learn how to turn it on from your phone.
- How to Control an LG TV Without the Remote
No remote? Use the button on your LG TV, a USB mouse, or your phone over Wi-Fi. Steps for LG webOS TVs, and how to turn the TV on.
- How to Turn On a TV Without the Remote
Turn on a TV without the remote: the power button, your phone over Wi-Fi, and HDMI-CEC. What Wake-on-LAN can and cannot do, brand by brand.
- How to Use Your Phone as a TV Remote
Use your iPhone or Android phone as a TV remote over Wi-Fi: how it works, which TVs answer, why an iPhone cannot send infrared, and the steps.
- Lost Your Fire TV Stick Remote? What to Do
Lost the Fire TV Stick remote? Use your phone over Wi-Fi, your TV remote through HDMI-CEC, or a new remote. Steps, and what to do if it is offline.
- Lost Your TV Remote? What to Do, for Any TV
Lost the TV remote? Use the buttons on the TV, your phone over Wi-Fi or another remote through HDMI-CEC, and pick the right replacement remote.
- Roku Without a Remote: Use Your Phone Instead
Lost the Roku remote? Control your Roku TV or streaming stick with your phone over Wi-Fi, fix buttons that do nothing, and know when you need a remote.
- Best TV Remote App for iPhone (2026): Which One Fits Your TV?
Official brand app or universal remote? A brand-by-brand guide with prices, ads and privacy labels of popular TV remote apps for iPhone. Updated October 2026.
PDF scanner and redaction
DocMint guides
- How to Black Out Text in a PDF So It Is Really Gone
A black box over text in a PDF often hides nothing: the text is still there. Why that happens, how to check a PDF, and how to remove text for real.
- How to Redact a PDF on Android
Redact a PDF on an Android phone so the covered text is removed from the file: why drawing over it is not enough, and the steps in DocMint.
- How to Redact a PDF on iPhone So the Text Is Gone
Redact a PDF on iPhone so the covered text is really gone, not just hidden: what Markup can and cannot do, and the steps in DocMint.
- How to Scan a Document to PDF on Your Phone
Scan paper to a clean PDF with an iPhone or Android phone: the built-in options, and how to scan, crop and share a searchable PDF with DocMint.
- How to Sign a PDF on Your Phone (iPhone and Android)
Sign a PDF on an iPhone or Android phone: the built-in ways, and how to draw your signature, fill in a form and send it back with DocMint.
- Remove Personal Data from a PDF Before You Send It
Before you send a bank statement, ID copy or contract: where personal data hides in a PDF, how to check it, and how to remove it for real.
Text messages to PDF
TextMint guides
- How to Export Text Messages from iPhone to PDF
How to save an iPhone text conversation as one PDF: the free ways with screenshots, and a clean PDF with dates, times and page numbers.
- How to Export iMessages from iPhone
Save an iMessage conversation from your iPhone, even a long one: forwarding, screenshots, a screen recording, and one dated PDF of the whole chat.
- How to Print Text Messages (iPhone and Android)
Print a text conversation from an iPhone or Android phone: the free screenshot way, and how to print every message with dates and page numbers.
- How to Save Text Messages from Android as a PDF
Save an Android text conversation: Google's backup, screenshots, an SMS backup file, and how to turn one conversation into a clean, dated PDF.
- How to Save a WhatsApp Chat as a PDF
WhatsApp exports a chat as a text file, not a PDF. How to export the chat, and how to turn it into a clean PDF with dates, names and page numbers.
- How to Turn Chat Screenshots into One PDF
Turn many screenshots of a chat into one PDF in the right order, without the overlap: how to take the screenshots and what to do with them.
- Keep a Record of Texts with a Landlord or Employer
Texts with a landlord or a boss can matter later. How to keep a clear, dated record as you go, so you can show what was said and when.
- Text Messages as Evidence: A Clean, Dated Record
How to make a clear, complete and dated record of text messages for a lawyer or court: what to keep, what to avoid, and what a PDF cannot do.
Baby monitor with two phones
Naptara guides
- Baby Monitor App on Two iPhones vs. a Dedicated Monitor
Two iPhones with a baby monitor app, or a dedicated baby monitor? An honest comparison of Wi-Fi, range, battery, privacy and cost.
- Baby Monitor Apps Compared (November 2026): Network, Features, Older iPhones
The baby monitor apps at the top of the US App Store side by side: paid or free download, home Wi-Fi only or also away from home, which iOS version they need and what they do well. Checked November 13, 2026.
- How to Use an Old iPhone or Android Phone as a Baby Monitor
Turn an old iPhone, iPad or Android phone into a baby monitor camera: what you need, which phones work, where to place it, power, home Wi-Fi and watching from away, and safety.
- How to Use an iPad as a Baby Monitor
Turn an iPad into a baby monitor camera or a big Parent Monitor screen: which iPads work, setup, night view, power, Wi-Fi and safety.
Dog camera with two phones
PupWatch guides
- Dog Camera App Without a Subscription
Ways to watch your dog without a monthly plan: free on home Wi-Fi, apps you pay for once, and what still needs a subscription.
- How to Check on Your Dog at Home with Two Phones
Use two phones as a dog camera at home: a quick video call, or PupWatch with live video and sound on your Wi-Fi. Setup, placement and tips.
- Puppy's First Nights in a Crate: Watching and Listening
Your puppy's first nights: where the crate goes, what to do when your puppy cries, and how a phone lets you watch and listen from another room.
- Separation Anxiety: What a Dog Camera Can and Cannot Do
A camera shows what your dog does when you leave, which vets and behavior experts ask about. What it can and cannot do for separation anxiety.