RealVNC Viewer: Remote Desktop

RealVNC Limited

About this app

RealVNC Viewer remote desktop


RealVNC® Viewer turns your phone into a remote desktop, giving you instant access to your Mac, Windows and Linux computers from anywhere in the world. You can view your computer's desktop remotely, and control its mouse and keyboard as though you were sitting down in front of it.

Just visit realvnc.com and download RealVNC Connect remote access software to each computer you want to control. Then sign in to RealVNC Viewer on your device using your RealVNC account credentials. Your remote computers automatically appear; simply tap one to screen share.

Alternatively, you can connect directly to RealVNC Connect with an Enterprise subscription or VNC-compatible software from third parties by entering the remote computer's IP address. Note that you may need to configure firewalls and port forward routers.

RealVNC Connect password-protects each remote computer out-of-the-box (you may need to enter the same user name and password you use to log in to your computer). All sessions are then encrypted end-to-end.

During a session, your device's touch screen serves as a trackpad to give you precise control of the remote desktop. Drag your finger to move the remote mouse cursor and tap anywhere to left-click (other gestures such as right-click and scroll are explained in-app).

RealVNC are the original inventors of VNC remote access technology, and we're confident you'll love what RealVNC Viewer has to offer. If you're still not convinced, check out our reviews!

===Key features===

- Connect with ease via our cloud service to a remote desktop.
- Backup and sync your connections between all your devices by signing in to RealVNC Viewer on each one.
- A scrolling bar above the virtual keyboard includes advanced keys such as Command/Windows.
- Support for Bluetooth keyboards and mice.
- Free, paid and trial RealVNC Connect subscriptions available.

===Contact===

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===Trademarks===

RealVNC and VNC are trademarks of RealVNC Limited and are protected by trademark registrations and/or pending trademark applications in the European Union, United States of America and other jurisdictions. Protected by UK patents 2481870, 2479756; US patent 8760366; EU patent 2652951.

Ratings and reviews

We're about a year after my previous comment and the floating toolbar is still a buggy mess that could've been avoided by leaving the still top bar in place. Now it keeps on randomly disappearing and getting cropped whenever the keyboard is used and I need to restart my VNC session every 5 mins to make it work again. If you can, use another VNC app to avoid this mess, it's what I ended up doing. They're not listening nor do they care in the slightest about their own app. What a joke.

Once you get it to work, it is generally reliable. Usability could be better. The most annoying thing is a persistent white overlay at the bottom of the screen, which covers most of the remote computer's taskbar and makes it difficult to click. The bug has been there for a long time, and there is no feedback channel to request a fix.

This was a great service, I've used it since the early 2000s, for personal use and commercially...but the new payment plans they've brought out, without any grandfathering, are insanely priced. There are much better solutions out there that don't require paying hundreds of dollars a year, just to connect to the same <= 5 machines their free home plan previously covered. Look elsewhere. Whoever thought that cancelling the home plan was a good idea, just lost all of my business clients.

What's new

Android Viewer 4.9.1 Released

We're retiring RealVNC Connect Home subscriptions soon. Click the 'Learn More' link on the in-app banner to find out how this affects you.