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About R-Cast
R-Cast is an entertainment app developed by Appestry.
How many times has R-Cast been downloaded?
R-Cast has been downloaded 910 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 110 times.
What is the rating of R-Cast?
R-Cast is rated 2.61 out of 5 stars, based on 3.9 thousand ratings.
Is R-Cast free?
R-Cast is free to download. The APK download size is 1.73 MB. The latest version available is 1.14. The last update was on May 2, 2019.
What are the requirements for R-Cast?
R-Cast requires Android 2.3+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play April 2014.
Description
Cast online videos from your Android device to Roku! This app is intended to help cast videos embedded in websites that don't have a Roku channel.
Install the R-Cast channel and R-Cast app in your Roku and Android devices respectively. Once you connect the devices to the same Wi-Fi network, this app will detect your Roku devices.
Browse the web for videos in the Android app and cast them to the Roku channel. It's that easy!
Please note that not all videos can be cast including HTTPS, Flash videos, live streams. If you see R-Cast channel load the video and return to the home screen it is usually because of incompatible video format. Roku doesn't play all video formats that play in Android devices.
Videos in the web that are not in high definition, might not look the same on your HD TV as they look in a small screen. If the video website already has a Roku channel, please use its channel.
YouTube videos will not cast in Android 4.4 and newer devices, please use the YouTube app.
Quick Start: * Install R-Cast channel in your Roku device: https://my.roku.com/add/rcast * Install R-Cast app in your Android device * Connect your Android device to the same Wi-Fi network as your Roku device * The app will detect Roku devices in your network * Browse the web for your favorite entertainment * In Android 4.3 or earlier, play videos in full view for the cast menu * In Android 4.4 or later, just start videos to launch the cast menu * Select the Roku device to cast and voila! * Enjoy videos on the big screen!!
Upgrade to the RADICAL edition to watch videos longer than 10 minutes and resume previous video casts. The upgrade removes the ads at the bottom of the browser. It doesn't remove the ads hosted by the websites you visit.
Please make sure the websites you frequent play in R-Cast channel before upgrading to the RADICAL Edition. R-Cast channel only works with the R-Cast app.
R-Cast Channel information: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/41530/r-cast R-Cast App Help & FAQs: http://www.appestry.biz/rcast
Recent changes: 1.14: • Fixed Google Play issue. • Removed ads from the bottom of the browser. ---- 1.12: • Removed websites and bookmarks with incompatible video formats. • App optimizations, bug fixes and support for more devices. • New settings to block popup message dialogs and background tabs. ---- Thank you all for your feedback!
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★★★★★
Works great with my Roku box. I use it daily.
★★★★★
The app works some time, but it keeps shutting off.
★★★★★
I paid for radical and it keeps cutting off
★★★★★
Inverse taste, honor total of burr beast an.answers.
★★★★★
Working great would love to try vr live dating ect...
★★☆☆☆
What a waste of money and storage space. I paid for the upgrade. Videos only played for a few seconds then it would stop casting. As far as I can tell this app is a web browser disguised as a screencasting app.
★★☆☆☆
Wow, no option at all to cast. Upgrade to cast for more than 10 minutes.
★★☆☆☆
Here's another at haplessly created app. That did not work with my Roku 2 XD streaming box. This app will probably work with newer Roku streaming boxes but not older legacy streaming boxes. I put this app to the test on my Roku 2 XD streaming box, and it failed, miserably. It is actually best to stick to the webcasting tv streaming app, or an Roku approved a mirror/casting app.
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Technologies used by R-Cast
R-Cast is requesting 3 permissions and is using 3 libraries.
Permissions
Network communication
view network connections,
full network access,
Google Play billing service
Each subscription will automatically renew 3 days before the expiration date for
the same time period. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time before the renewal.
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