It uses the same remote control and on the screen it looks and works just like the other Roku versions. The Roku Streaming stick is slightly slower to respond than the bigger Roku's, but it's really no big deal on my kitchen TV. Go ahead and get one, you won't be disappointed.
Already had Roku 3 which was awesome, thought we would try the Roku Stick (less wires). Not as impressed. Remote only works 50% of the time and when it does work it seems to lag behind the commands. Downloaded the Roku app to my phone for the remote feature and works fine enough. In my opinion, shouldn't have to do that. Wish they hadn't "upgraded" the remote, Roku 3 remote worked great.
I am not techno savvy at all and just plugged this into my tv and voila! I had so many choice of things to stream! I was already a subscriber of Netflix and Daily Burn and now it is so easy to stream them through on my not so smart tv...