ScreenConnect Legacy vs Take Control Console
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScreenConnect Legacy
This app allows users to join remote support sessions with ScreenConnect 4.1 and higher. Access your ScreenConnect site through a web browser to initiate sessions, similar to how you would on a desktop.
- Join remote sessions
- Compatible with ScreenConnect 4.1+
- Browser-based access
- Mobile device support
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WORKS WITH SCREENCONNECT 4.1 AND HIGHER. Use this ScreenConnect Host Client to join sessions in an existing instance of ScreenConnect. Join sessions by going to your ScreenConnect site in your browser, just as you normally would on a computer. In fact, you can join from your browser without needing to open this application.
Take Control Console
This platform offers real-time remote access and support for Windows and Mac devices. It enables efficient remote management and monitoring, allowing for cost-effective business interventions. Access your desktop from any smartphone or tablet, chat with users, and check system information.
- Real-time remote access
- Remote management and monitoring
- Cross-platform support (Windows/Mac)
- Chat with remote users
- View remote system information
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The best remote support is not the one you’re thinking. Try a real-time platform able to deliver much more than just remote access & support: MSP Anywhere also provides easy and efficient remote management and monitoring, allowing a cost-saving complete intervention over your business. Taking advantage of the industry’s fastest protocol, access your Windows® OS or Mac OS® devices from any smartphone or tablet. Like thousands of other users worldwide, enjoy this app to: •Easily provide Support to any Windows® OS or Mac OS®; •Access any machine desktop as if you’re in front of it; •Chat with the remote user; •Check the remote system info; •And much, much more…
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Take Control Console at 23% against ScreenConnect Legacy's 0%. ScreenConnect Legacy's advantage is rating (2.0 vs 1.7) and iOS requirement (5.2 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ScreenConnect Legacy holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of ScreenConnect Legacy's written reviews are positive against 23% of Take Control Console's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | ScreenConnect Legacy | Take Control Console |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (5 ratings) — better | 1.7 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 23.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ConnectWise | N-able Technologies Inc. |
Customer experience
ScreenConnect Legacy
Take Control Console
In-app purchases
ScreenConnect Legacy
No in-app purchases
Take Control Console
No in-app purchases
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