# Synctrain — user reviews > 89 indexed App Store user reviews of Synctrain by T-Shaped, rated 4.90/5 from 123 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/synctrain/id6553985316/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/synctrain/id6553985316.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 116 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Synctrain? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Intuitive interface - 🚀 Seamless sync between devices - 🔓 Open-source and free - 💡 Integrates with iOS Files app **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional connection issues - 🔍 Could use more Apple-like design **Commonly reported bugs** - Occasional app crashes - Sync delays on some devices **Most requested features** - Direct photo/video sync to remote devices - Faster initial connection to server ## Newest reviews (15 of 89) ### 5/5 — Excellent on many levels. Thank you! ❤️ *2026-05-28, version 2.6* This is exactly what hardcore Syncthing and iOS fans needed. It does exactly what needs to be done and does it well. There has been so much talk about this over the years and now, finally, you can use Syncthing on iOS (and it’s free). Thank you so very much. ❤️ ### 5/5 — Splendid *2026-05-27, version 2.6* Goated app by goated dev on iOS? Thank you for your service sir 🫡🫡 ### 5/5 — Works as well as Apple allows *2026-05-27, version 2.6* Works as advertised. My greevances with it are actually iOS limitations. Works great, even lets me backup my images without needing annoying icloud subscription. Been using it for 6 months or so. When I reported a bug the developer was already fixing it - love to see that! ### 5/5 — More than expected. *2026-05-15, version 2.5* This app somehow enhances how syncthing handles files. It lets you mark folders as “Selective Sync” so that syncthing THINKS everything is already synced, and then you can mark files to sync. This is CRUCIAL for mobile devices where storage is not abundant. Thank you for this app :) ### 5/5 — 非常好的syncthing客户端 *2026-05-14, version 2.5* 比安卓的好用几十倍，界面简洁易懂高效，哪些文件同步了一清二楚 ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-05-07, version 2.5* Best app on the App Store for file syncing. Synctrain is super smooth, fast, and easy to use. I also really like the app logo — clean and modern design. Highly recommended! ### 5/5 — Shortcut Support *2026-05-05* Having shortcuts support makes syncthing actually useful on iOS. I have a daily sync shortcut setup as well as one to sync anytime apps that need it are opened and closed, have had 0 issues with keeping files synced this way **Developer response:** Thank you for the kind words! 🙏 ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-04-10, version 2.4* This app works perfectly! Recommended 👍 ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2026-03-31* Really great UI, easy to use, allowed me to sync my Obsidian notes with syncthing on my PC. Plus, I like the app name and the app icon art looks really cool. **Developer response:** Thank you for the kind words! 🙏 ### 5/5 — Setup is seamless! *2026-03-12, version 2.4* Amazing! Thank you for your work 🙏 ### 5/5 — Awesome Work *2026-03-11* Trully appreciated. Like the user friendly interface on top of the proven quality of syncthing. **Developer response:** Thank you for the kind words! 🙏 ### 5/5 — Perfect in every way *2026-03-09* Background sync that actually works?? Somehow that’s rare lol, this app is a work of art and I love it! Feels smooth, well designed and is fast! Plus is actually syncs properly **Developer response:** Thank you for the kind words 🙏 ### 5/5 — Great App, Thank you! *2026-03-02, version 2.3* By far the best iOS Syncthing client. I also love it on the Mac. Thank you for creating and supporting this app. ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-02-20* Just the app I was looking for to sync files between my Syncthing server and my phone. Works great and is easy to set up **Developer response:** Great to hear! 🙏 ### 5/5 — Works great! *2026-01-31, version 2.3* Incredibly well built and open source! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not good *2026-08-02, version 2.6* UI barely works. IP entry silently fails. Accidentally deleted paired device in one click. Endless connection problems with no feedback. ### 1/5 — Can’t connect *2026-07-22, version 2.6* Flashes connected for a second, but can’t fix the connection ### 2/5 — WAS Great *2025-11-29, version 2.2* I’m using this with Android Syncthing-Fork and they do not connect unless Synctrain is open. Edit: Synctrain keeps connecting and disconnecting. My files have not synced in a week… Edit 2: I’ll try an automatic shortcut and see if that fixes it ### 3/5 — Fantastic App *2026-08-02, version 2.6* This is a great app to actually be able to use Syncthing with iOS. The only issue is that I cannot create a folder to sync photos. The UI resets to the folder option after a couple of seconds. ### 3/5 — Works as well as Apple allows *2026-06-14, version 2.6* Works as advertised. My greevances with it are actually iOS limitations. Works great, even lets me backup my images without needing annoying icloud subscription. Been using it for 6 months or so. Not sure why I can't change basic settings like sync direction or ignore patterns. What's going on there? ### 3/5 — Mobius Sync is Better *2026-01-19, version 2.3* Because it lets you sync to another app’s sandbox, which makes it work with Obsidian, and because it has the default Syncthing UI (why do I need to learn a new UI on a different platform?) ### 3/5 — Nette Oberfläche-aber laufend Abstürze *2025-08-25, version 2.0* Ich nutze schon seit mehreren Jahren Möbius Sync in Verbindung mit Syncthing 1.x und wollte diese neue App benutzen, damit ich auf Syncthing 2.x umstellen kann. Leider stürzt die App bei der Synchronisierung laufend ab. Ich habe ein neues iPADPro mit genügend Hauptspeicher. Auch wenn ich alle anderen Apps beende und Möbius Sync pausiere, kommt es zu den Abstürzen. ### 3/5 — Looks great, but doesn’t work for photos *2025-06-19* Great interface and great that’s it’s free, but it didn’t actually sync my photos after getting everything setup. It just made the phone really hot and only uploaded in short bursts. Möbius sync worked just fine with the exact same setup and even syncs in the background. Would love for this to work. **Developer response:** This should definitely be fixed! If you can share a bit more information (by e-mail or at the GitHub discussions site) about your setup and possibly log files we can have a look at it. ### 4/5 — Great app, though doesn’t seem to be able to delete folders on ios 26 *2025-10-10* Really great app **Developer response:** Thanks for the stars ✨ - the issue deleting folders is fixed in the upcoming version! ### 4/5 — Perfect across devices *2025-06-16, version 1.10* Any chance to support iPadOS 16.7? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Flawless Syncthing integration *2026-08-09* I’ve been using this app for several months and it has flawlessly been able to keep files in sync across my iPhone and multiple computers. I especially like that I can sync files from other apps. **Developer response:** Thank you for the kind words 🙏 ### 5/5 — Hands down the best app doe Syncthing *2026-07-17* Intuitive UI and fast. I’ve been using this for a couple of months and the connection to Syncthing on my Linux desktop is flawless. I use it to sync Obsidian and it’s a live saver. Thanks to the dev for adding this to the App Store. **Developer response:** Thank you for the kind words! 🙏 ### 5/5 — Great for former Android users coming from Syncthing *2026-07-10, version 2.6* No complaints (other than what’s limited by iOS compared to Android), does what it says and works great with lots of configurable settings. Easy to use UI, maintained, plus it’s open source, free, and doesn’t collect any information. Literally couldn’t ask for more! ### 5/5 — Makes my iPad actually good for work *2026-06-23, version 2.6* No more wasteful and slow cloud syncs, I just wave my iPad at my desktop in the morning when I leave my home, and then do it again at night. It requires so little thought required once its up, it works every time, and its free. Incredible work. ### 5/5 — Easy *2026-06-21, version 2.6* Just a great way to sync my file’s securely ### 5/5 — ♡⸜(ˆᗜˆ˵ )⸝♡ *2026-06-18* Thank you so much for making this! Not only does it not harvest data, it’s FREE?! Not only is it not a subscription, it’s FREAKING FREE. Syncing works on my devices :))) The fact that this app exists makes me happy :) Thank you, kind coder. **Developer response:** Thank you for the kind words! 🙏 ### 5/5 — Amazing App *2026-06-06, version 2.6* Amazing!!!! ### 5/5 — Fantastic App Works Perfectly *2026-06-05* This app works perfectly with my syncthing setup over Tailscale which requires custom configuration. So great to be able to have all my files accessible on my phone seamlessly. **Developer response:** Great to hear! 🙏 Newer versions accept IPv6 addresses, so the custom config may not be necessary any longer 🙂 ### 5/5 — It works! *2026-06-05, version 2.6* And it’s free! ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-06-01, version 2.6* Thanks man syncs great to my syncthing on windows and Linux --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-26.*