RustDesk Remote Desktop Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience58.8% of reviews
Neutral15.7% of reviews
Negative experience25.5% of reviews

~ Based on 102 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about RustDesk Remote Desktop

Is RustDesk Remote Desktop Safe?

RustDesk Remote Desktop appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for RustDesk Remote Desktop is 77/100.

This assessment is based on 102 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.9/5.

Safety Analysis

69.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
8.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
22.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 99 App Store ratings for RustDesk Remote Desktop.

Is RustDesk Remote Desktop Legit?

RustDesk Remote Desktop appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for RustDesk Remote Desktop is 88/100.

Based on 88 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Broken

Latest update crashes every time I try to launch it on iPad 27.0.1.

Edit: Within a day, patch distributed to address iOS crashes. Thanks!

Update 15.1 crashed it

I’m a fan of RustDesk and I’m using it every day. Lately when I updated my phone apps, ver 15.1 of the app rendered it unusable, it just opens a white screen for a sec then close! When can we expect a fixed version?

아이폰 듀오에서 최신 업데이트 후 튕깁니다.

아이폰 듀오에서 해상도를 지원하지 않긴 하지만 그래도 접속하고 사용하는 데는 문제가 없어서 듀오 구입 후 쓰고 있었는데, 오늘 최신 업데이트 적용 후 그냥 앱이 실행되다가 튕겨버립니다. 수정이 필요합니다.

It won't open on iOS 27.2 and crashes immediately; deleting and reinstalling doesn't help either.

It won't open on iOS 27.2 and crashes immediately; deleting and reinstalling doesn't help either.

아이패드 미니7에서 실행불가 그냥꺼짐

실행하면 흰화면나오고 꺼짐

최고

성능 좋고 연결도 잘되고 무료에다가 초보 입문잔데 너무유용하고 너무 좋습니다 감사합니다 응원합니다 잘되시길 바라겠습니다 ! God bless you !!!

Wow

Completely blew my expectations, I am so so grateful to the creators hopefully you have a link to where I can donate to/support, you guys thought of everything!! This is the only app that has unattended access and it works effortlessly!!! I can access remotely from my iPhone anywhere and it's very straightforward and easy to use ah you guys don't know how much easier you made my life!!!!! Thank you
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Way better than TeamViewer

I was sick of TeamViewer constantly timing me out because it thought me accessing my laptop from my phone was “commercial use” which brought me to RustDesk. And wow I wish I’d switched sooner. It’s a much better platform and experience. My only complaint is it doesn’t let me access it when my computer is on a VPN.
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The BEST option

This is the best remote desktop app for any use i’ve ever used and I’ve tried them all!!! They even let you self-host it for an even faster experience!

Better than TeamViewer

Not sure why this app has such low reviews; if I had to guess, it’s probably because some people don’t understand what this app is for. If you self host your own Rustdesk server, this app is perfect. It does everything the TeamViewer app can do, plus you aren’t being tracked and sold to by TeamViewer. This app does everything I could ever want a Remote Desktop app to do.
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The best remote desktop software

This is the best and most compatible remote software I’ve used. There is only pros and one cons. The pros are it’s stable, it works with private self hosted setups, and it works with Mac, Linux, and Windows with no issues. The only con is, it makes the phone hot after using it for a while.

Best app ever for a replacement of realvnc

This is it, the best realvnc replacement ever. This app is the first thing I install on my devices so I can remote into them

Excellent features

So far I like everything about this app and feels superior to TeamViewer

원격제어 최고의 앱

무료로 유지해주셔서 정말 감사합니다🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀항상 행복하세요

Hot phone

Great fast connection, but it lacks mouse acceleration and makes my iPhone heat up.

Incredible and Open!

This app truly embodies the spirit of open source software. I just started getting into developing, and needed a way to remote into my Mac from iPad and iPhone. I launched a website from an airplane with this app.

There is nothing remotely comparable - let alone for free! There was real intention and intelligence put into the design of this app. And to utilize free public relays for it is just awesome. I’ll be getting my own server configured when I get back home - or maybe I’ll do it remotely via RustDeck!
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recent update broke ipad mouse

I use this regularly with my ipad, and the most recent update caused it to be more difficult to you use. The mouse on my pointer on my desktop and pointer on my ipad aren’t lined up anymore and I can’t figure out how to get them lined back up.

Amazing!

Thank you for making this, exactly what I needed and works flawlessly 🙌

Use this if your sick of other RD programs

For years I’ve had miserable times with other apps, dealing with support and having them raise prices. I finally got sick of it and decided to find an open source alternative, and discovered this app. The self hosting ability is amazing and this whole setup worked well enough for my personal devices that I am in the process of pushing my company over to this software to ditch our current Remote Desktop provider. Cannot recommend this enough
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Great

Great open source option! Lots of options if needed but also accessible and easier to set up than Sunshine + tailscale.