Rovio Control 4+
Remote for Wowwee's Rovio
digitalsirup GmbH
Designed for iPhone
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- £4.99
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Description
This is a remote control application for Wowwee's Rovio. Of course it is only useful if you already have the Rovio hardware.
Keyfeatures:
Now also available for your Apple Watch. You can play existing paths forwards, send Rovio to the dock and take photos from your wrist.
Full auto configuration in your network or in ad hoc mode. Don't hassle around with IP addresses.
Supports different setting profiles for local network / public access.
Always know the status of your Rovio: docked, roaming, going home, executing path, recording path.
Take photos with a tap of a button.
Easy to use joystick control movement in 8 directions.
Let Rovio talk: send funny audio files to your Rovio.
Set home location, enable / disable IR Radar, reboot Rovio and more!
Shows strength of navigation signal and wifi.
Allows adjusting camera position quickly.
Guard mode.
Turn on / off LED light. AGC and night mode.
Play and record paths.
Shows battery status.
All graphics are optimized for the retina display.
This application is not endorsed by Wowwee and Wowwee is not offering support for the app. If you are experience any problems please use www.digitalsirup.com to get in touch with me.
What’s New
Version 2.0
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
The app received a complete overhaul with a simplified design. Please read the most important changes:
Introducing the "drag to turn"-button. You can drag this button in 4 directions for quick and precise turns: drag it left for a 90 degrees turn left, drag it right for a 90 degrees turn right, drag it down for a 180 degrees turn right and drag it up for a 180 degrees turn left.
Added offline modus - explore the app without being connected to your Rovio.
Added full LED control and light animations. In the upper right Menu there is a new button. You can cycle through a bunch of LED presets like: all on, all off, circle animation, runner animation, KITT (do you rembember Knight Rider?) and other animations. Very sweet and works without hardware modifications. Please note that you can not change the LED while charging on the dock, but when charging is done you can for example turn all LED off. (night mode)
Bigger joysticks, tweaked controls, optimized UI for all screen sizes.
Sound selection menu changed.
User names and passwords can now contain characters like ':', '@' or '&'.
Added sound preview for guard mode.
Requires iOS 9.3 or higher.
Smaller improvements and a lot of under the hood optimizations.
Ratings and Reviews
Impressive UI but...
Dusted off my Rovio the other day and rediscovered this app - now updated. Amazing for an old bit of kit. Really impressive UI and tweaks but sound button just gives white noise (even rebooted and reinstalled firmware) and can’t action paths. Video is a bit slow compared to a PC connection. Lots of settings to play with too. Would be nice if Wowee updated the product too... ahead of its time.
Additional comment after using for a month... still like the UI but the video is crap - slow to update and jerky even on a local connection. I’m sure the previous version of this app was better. Bought Rovio Chat app for comparison. Not as slick interface but video is superb and quick even remotely. Sound system works too. Switched to this app and uninstalled Rovio Control. Oh and bugs reported to developer though appear not really interested.
Nice app, lots of potential if updated
If this app worked properly and received some updates it would be brilliant. Technically the app does everything advertised however after about 10 seconds of use the video stream becomes unusable due to bad stuttering. Movement of the robot remains perfect however.
If this app got some updates, for example the addition of two way audio capabilities it would be better than the browser interface (as long as the bugs like meantioned above are fixed too)
Rovio controller
Great App for the rovio robot. Could do with more development to get turn off those darn blue lights!
App Privacy
The developer, digitalsirup GmbH, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple.
No Details Provided
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Information
- Provider
- digitalsirup GmbH
- Size
- 16.1 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 9.3 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 9.3 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 3.2 or later.
- Languages
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English, German
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2015 digitalsirup GmbH
- Price
- £4.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.