LiteBee vs RustDesk Remote Desktop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiteBee
Control educational drones with your mobile device. Learn programming, fly with a first-person view, and capture photos and videos. Designed for kids to learn and have fun.
- Mobile drone controller
- FPV live streaming
- Drone programming
- Photo and video capture
- WiFi drone connectivity
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Enjoy your drone with a mobile phone! LiteBee is a series of educational drones for kids’ all-around development, allowing kids to learn while having fun. With different features, these drones help kids to learn to program, develop hands-on, inspire curiosity and creativity. For a better and convenient experience, LiteBee developed this App. The App makes your mobile phone become a controller, an FPV monitor, a programming computer, and a camera. It can be applied to different drones: LiteBee Wing, Crazepony, Ghost II With the App, when connecting with drones we can: Fly the drone without the controller Connect your phone with the drone by WiFi, to make your phone become a controller, then you can enjoy the fun of flight. Programming Almost all drones of the LiteBee series support programming. Besides computers, we also can make a program to fly these drones by mobile phone. Fly with FPV After connected with Ghost II or LiteBee Wing, the drone could display the image of the front camera synchronously. That allows the pilot to watch the sky by the view of a “bird’s eyes” Take photos or videos As the mobile phone connected with a camera of drones, the pilot can take photos/videos by phone to keep the treasured image.
RustDesk Remote Desktop
This open-source application provides remote desktop access and control capabilities. It allows users to remotely manage their computers. Please note it only supports controlling other devices, not being controlled or screen sharing.
- Open-source remote desktop
- Remote access and control
- TeamViewer alternative
- Control other devices
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An open-source remote desktop application. The open source TeamViewer alternative. Source code: https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk Doc: https://rustdesk.com/docs Please be reminded that this app only has the ability to control, and it does not have the functionality of being controlled or screen sharing. WARNING: YOU MAY BE BEING SCAMMED! If you are on the phone with someone you DON'T know AND TRUST who has asked you to install RustDesk, do not install and hang up immediately. They are likely a scammer trying to steal your money or other private information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RustDesk Remote Desktop at 59% against LiteBee's 0%. RustDesk Remote Desktop also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (78 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
RustDesk Remote Desktop holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RustDesk Remote Desktop has 78 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of LiteBee's written reviews are positive against 59% of RustDesk Remote Desktop's.
LiteBee ships an update monthly, RustDesk Remote Desktop every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiteBee | RustDesk Remote Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (78 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 59.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 78 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Makerfire Technology Co., Ltd. | Purslane Limited |
Customer experience
LiteBee
RustDesk Remote Desktop
Bugs and requests
LiteBee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
RustDesk Remote Desktop
Reported bugs
38 issues- Recent update broke iPad mouse alignment
- No image displayed from PC (black screen)
- Remember Password function doesn't work
- Black screen when remoting into Raspberry Pi Linux server (Wayland)
- Keyboard issues when remoting from iPhone to PC
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- Cannot control Mac
- iPad app fails to connect or shows key mismatch error
- App crashes or becomes unresponsive
- Connection issues over mobile data network
- Session closes after a short period
- Key presses duplicated or not registered with external keyboard
- Settings/Preferences not preserved
- iOS language icon covers toolbar collapse icon
- Previous direct IP sessions not saved
- Enter key does not work in address bar
- Copy/Paste broken
- Latest update deleted saved connections
- App not responding after update
- Connection Error, Operation not permitted (error 1) on iOS
- Mouse overflows monitor content, preventing clicks on edges
- Double-clicking behavior in touch mouse/pad options
- App launches but window vanishes on old iPads
- Crash on app startup (v1.2.7, iOS 12.2)
- Cannot paste remote ID by holding text input
- iOS client attempting to control Android results in frozen interface
- Cannot control Windows PC typing from iPhone
- Version 1.2.7 has issues on iPad (cannot launch)
- Address book empty on Pro version
- Arrow keys do not function like a desktop keyboard
- Phone heats up during use
- Mouse pointer on desktop and iPad not lined up
- Flakey behavior with keyboard and trackpad on iPad
- Scaling displays issues on iPad
- Key mismatch error with iPad app
- Virtual machine control issues (keyboard repeats or fails to register)
- Mobile network connection issues
- Cannot connect over mobile data network
- UI icon not centered
Requested features
13 requests- Add option to view and modify USB drives in file transfer mode
- Improve mouse and keyboard control configurability
- Allow Apple Pencil to function as a mouse
- Support iPhone remote control of each other
- Add option to automatically switch display/monitor to follow remote window focus
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- Sync remote ID list by iCloud
- Improve Wayland support
- Add option to change two-finger gesture behavior (scroll vs. move canvas)
- Center remote screen when zooming
- Remap controls for mouse actions
- Integrate arrow keys with device keyboard
- Support iPhone to Android control
- Support Windows remote typing from iPhone
In-app purchases
LiteBee
No in-app purchases
RustDesk Remote Desktop
No in-app purchases
Questions
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