Remoter VNC - Remote Desktop App Reviews

I use Remoter VNC to access my MacBook Pro thats usually half a house away. It is fast and full-featured with a great interface. If you need a reliable VNC, I recommend giving this one careful consideration.

Ive used this app for a few years and its never let me down. Love it! I only ever use it for VNC and RDP, but I like the interface and its stable.

The best VNC app I have tried. Works great with UltraVNC multi screen. The best on screen key shortcut bar of any client

This client is so buggy it seems like an alpha version, or a proof-of-concept rather than a fully-developed and tested piece of software. The keyboard functions are unpredictable. The screen updates are slow. It puts a weird black bar at the top of the screen that never goes away. It overlays the standard iOS Wifi/Time/battery overlay on the full-screen VNC setting. The trackpad tracking is either too-slow or too-fast (ie., mouse jumpy). Id report feedback to the developer, but there are so many problems with this software, it would be a complete waste of my time. Ive never requested a refund for iOS software until today. Avoid.

His support site seems void of recent answers from him. Its like hes no longer interested in coming there to reply to support requests by people. Even though a recent update may have been made in the last few months, most recent posts go unanswered at his RemoterLabs .com site from Raf, personally. Hey, Raf... If you dont want to bother with this venture any longer, why not just shut it down and move on already, instead of trying to make excuses and falsely giving the illusion you really still care? During your mid 20s, when you first started this RemoterLabs company, you were on your support site every day, asking your customers to help give you bug reports for the App. Now, in your early 30s, its rare to see you there at all, any longer. I think 5 years is about the limit to your attention span, on any project...right? Really sad, and insulting, ...to anyone giving any free help there..! Not to mention having it become a complete waste of time for the people helping him, when he just ignores all they do, and did for him, over the years.

The function keys (which is why I bought the app) are located in the middle of the screen, above where the on-screen keyboard would be (if I didnt have a Bluetooth keyboard). From the forums, turns out this is a known issue -- one poster even pointed out to the developer how he could fix it! But -- no love. This is an old app, not updated, that shouldnt be on the App Store at all.

I have tried many, perhaps all, of the iOS & Mac OS X remote desktop clients of which Im aware. (I look anew from time to time.) I have spent almost two thousand dollars for such software over the years. I routinely use Remoter VNC (mostly from my iPhone, but occasionally from an iPad) to access Macs from cellular data connection (including fast moving cars (while others are driving!) and 3G settings) and random WiFi settings. I am able to rapidly access a desktop, take actions (some very complex) and disconnect with assurance. I dont recall being disappointed or surprised. I have used Remoter VNC for 5+ years across many, many versions. I find the keyboard UI good-to-great and the pointer control excellent. The SSH Tunnel works well. I have a very strong technical background, do some development and tend to very picky and critical, but I cant really think of any issues. I recommend Remoter VNC to anyone remotely accessing Macs. (I dont talk to many folks that use PC. :-)

Im writing this on my iPad mini and Im just amazed that this app is even still around and working. Im not an advanced user of Vic clients at all, only using it to remotely control in-home either headless clients or basically as a glorified remote for Netflix on a desktop. In a Manhattan apartment though, this thing is my lifeline and the reason people think Im a magician. Also great for doing tedious crafting in MMOs when youre not at your client. I dont get the negativity here, or the insults, I navigate this thing fine and Im really not that proficient with it so really, give it a shot. I havent had trouble with it in many many years of use.