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Updated September 2026

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3.5😐(23 ratings)
Free
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Manage your GL.iNet router remotely, from basic setup and security to advanced mesh networking and VPN configuration. Monitor your network's performance in real-time and control router functions like WiFi, firmware updates, and LED lights.

What We Love

  • 👍 Remote router management
  • 👍 Dark mode available
  • 👍 Controls multiple routers
  • 👍 Works well for basic setup
  • 👍 Easy initial setup
  • 👍 Solid app for GL-Inet routers
  • 👍 Fast and easy configuration
  • 👍 Links devices to cloud
  • 👍 Remote administration enabled
  • 👍 Good UI and functionality
  • 👍 Manages Slate router
  • 👍 Does the job
  • 👍 Works well with AXT1800
  • 👍 Nice app
  • 👍 Dark theme appreciated
  • 👍 Manages Slate ATX1800 locally
  • 👍 Great router and decent app
  • 👍 Nice controller app
  • 👍 Refined and capable app

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Frequent 429 errors
  • 🐛 Buggy GUI
  • 🐛 Confusing settings
  • 🐛 Cannot sign back in
  • 🐛 App behaves like first-time setup after sign-out
  • 🐛 Needs improvement for adding environments
  • 🐛 No instructions provided
  • 🐛 App won't find router
  • 🐛 Router keeps dropping WiFi
  • 🐛 App appears useless after web UI config
  • 🐛 Unintuitive interface
  • 🐛 Difficult to find settings
  • 🐛 Never worked
  • 🐛 VPN menu missing in Chinese language
  • 🐛 Collects user data and reports to China
  • 🐛 Horrible software, poor error codes
  • 🐛 Often doesn't work
  • 🐛 Router keeps disconnecting
  • 🐛 No admin web access
  • 🐛 Cannot see router
  • 🐛 Eventually stopped working
  • 🐛 White screen on app open
  • 🐛 Limited administrative access
  • 🐛 Couldn't set up router
  • 🐛 Missing important travel feature (captive portals)
  • 🐛 App missing most admin console features
  • 🐛 Became useless recently
  • 🐛 Last update made app useless
  • 🐛 Cannot log in with PIA VPN
  • 🐛 HTTPS error with Surfshark
  • 🐛 Firmware upgrade error
  • 🐛 Wireguard configuration error
  • 🐛 Cannot sign into North VPN
  • 🐛 Non-standard app UI
  • 🐛 Accessibility issues
  • 🐛 Old app was better for local management
  • 🐛 New app useless for traveling router
  • 🐛 App can never connect to devices
  • 🐛 Rubbish app
  • 🐛 Won't reliably repeat iPad hotspot
  • 🐛 App does not help connect router
  • 🐛 Option to manage local device is gone
  • 🐛 Can't login locally
  • 🐛 App does not list VPN servers
  • 🐛 Forced upgrade issues
  • 🐛 App not showing tethering activity
  • 🐛 Demands location access
  • 🐛 Cannot add preconfigured router
  • 🐛 Forced upgrade bricks router
  • 🐛 Router refuses encrypted connections
  • 🐛 App has trust issues with password syncing
  • 🐛 Not designed for iPad, no landscape
  • 🐛 Garbage from totalitarians
  • 🐛 Will not allow adding a network
  • 🐛 App doesn't find router within seconds
  • 🐛 Old app used for Beryl due to firmware bugs
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ProxMobo – Proxmox VE & PBS by Peng Lyu

Native Proxmox VE / PBS Client
Strong Contender
🔧 Utilities
4.9😊(483 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Manage and monitor your Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup Server from your iOS device. Control virtual machines and containers, view system resources, and access VNC and terminal for comprehensive management.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Excellent performance
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🔒 Secure remote access
  • 💡 Comprehensive Proxmox management features
  • 🔥 Fantastic app for homelab enthusiasts
  • 💰 Reasonable one-time premium price

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔑 Authentication issues with 2FA
  • 🖥️ Limited VNC keyboard support
  • 📊 Lack of advanced monitoring and reporting features

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