LocalSend User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience81.6% of reviews
Neutral5.1% of reviews
Negative experience13.4% of reviews

~ Based on 629 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is LocalSend Safe?

LocalSend appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for LocalSend is 89/100.

This assessment is based on 661 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

87.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
9.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 661 App Store ratings for LocalSend.

Is LocalSend Legit?

LocalSend appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for LocalSend is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Wants access to entire photo library

An otherwise perfect, *almost* privacy-sensitive local file transfer solution. Unfortunately it wants access to your entire photo library instead of using the correct APIs, which is no longer excusable.

Super

It works

Amazing

Perfect for sending over files that are too big. I was surprised at how quick and easy it was to use. Definitely recommend!

Simple and sweet

More that easy to use, does its job well, I love it, use it all the time

Slow send speed?

It used to be quick to send a few videos or photo to PC but as of late it has gotten so extremely slow. Anyone else experience this?

Please fix this

Really good app

Transferred 20 files from my Linux Ubuntu laptop to my Iphone 16 pro max, 400MB in less than 20 secs. Realy good👍

Amazing

This app is so invaluable as an artist that draws on both ipad and PC, thank you!

Very good app

Thanks for developing this app. This is just what I needed to transfer files and pics between android and iOS/Mac.

It’s good but…

It doesn’t let me send files or anything to my iPad
Pro. Love this thing but not good at WiFi.

Solved a huge problem for me!!!!

I never review Apps! I was so frustrated trying to transfer photos between my iPhone and windows I was thinking of switching to an android, to use Google Quick share. This app does the same thing and works for the iPhone! Now I can transfer photos between my iPhone and Windows 11, easily without having to use a flash drive! Thank you, LocalSend! Might be my favorite app ever!!!
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Good but with a catch

It’s actually great for sending files between devices , however there seems a issue specifically on ios side, as sending from ios to any other device is a hell and has trash speed. But receiving from other device to ios works fast

But for any other non ios devices , it works great with high speeds, i use it to regularly transfer GBs worth of anime, donghua files between devices and its very fast .
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Great App, But Missing iOS to Android Sharing

Great app, but one frustrating limitation

This app is very minimalistic, smooth, and easy to use. However, it’s really frustrating that I can send files from Android to iOS, but I can’t send files from iOS to Android.

This issue has been around for quite a while, and I really hope you can fix it. If you add iOS to Android file sharing, I’ll gladly give this app 5 stars!
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Bad

If you need to send 1 or 2 or maximum 3 photos , then only use it.

it’s cooool!!

foss and open source :D

Stop emailing yourself!

For years I’ve been emailing myself photos, documents, etc. I knew Airdrop and Dropbox were a thing, but this app makes life 1000% easier than all of them without an account or subscription!! I am definitely going to donate to them!

Just beware, you might need to allow LocalSend on your Windows firewall settings, so do a little research on how to do that and you’re set!
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Great when it works but frustrating as hell when it doesn’t.

When it works, it is the best tool for transferring files locally. When it doesn’t work however… you can try resetting devices, messing with firewalls, sharing via a link, restarting servers, turning off VPNs, turning off cellular, slamming your head into the keyboard, exhaust all troubleshooting options and it STILL won’t work.
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Great App

I'm using this app more than a year, Its a great open-source app by a very responsible developer. He could make it like other apps that you need to signup with your personal information, pay or display ads and many other ways to make money out of it but he kept it completely clean, free and opensource. Thank you
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Servers are horrible

Don’t download man find somthing better there’s better apps out there

Имбу разогрел

Peak

Worked perfectly

Sent a music file from a Linux os to my iPhone. Download was quick, file works perfectly. Now I have a playlist independent of ads and reception. The app is great!