Comparison

Tailscale vs UGREEN NAS

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tailscale

Securely connect devices, users, and workloads with a mesh VPN built on WireGuard. It brings identity to network access, enabling Zero Trust principles across diverse environments. Modernize your network for homelabs, businesses, and cloud infrastructure.

Highlights
  • Secure mesh networking
  • Identity-based access control
  • Zero Trust security
  • WireGuard-based VPN
  • Homelab and business VPN
  • Cloud and workload connectivity
  • Hardware-agnostic overlay network
Features
Currently charting
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Securely connect people, workloads, and even AI agents to anything on the internet with Tailscale, the secure connectivity platform built on WireGuard®. Tailscale brings identity to the network layer so you can control access based on users, groups, tags, and devices instead of IP addresses, applying Zero Trust principles end-to-end across every environment. Tailscale transforms your existing network from a legacy hub and spoke model to a modern, lightweight, and responsive mesh networking architecture that eliminates single points of failure and delivers better performance, scalability, and security for your end users, devices, and remote resources. Tailscale can be used for your Homelab VPN and connectivity, Business VPN, Workload Connectivity across clouds, Kubernetes clusters, regions, and environments, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Edge & IoT, CI/CD, and Securing AI – all on the same platform. Replace legacy VPNs, connect workloads across on-prem and cloud infrastructure providers, power Zero Trust initiatives, and make remote access secure by simplifying software-defined networking and security operations. Modernize your home, your organization, and your enterprise networking at scale with Tailscale. Tailscale is hardware-agnostic, so you can make decisions about your hardware independently from decisions about your network. Tailscale creates an overlay network, using your existing network, so you can incrementally deploy Tailscale without needing new network switches or to change your network architecture. Tailscale integrates with 100+ technologies and dozens of identity providers, and is available on a wide range of platforms — including Apple’s macOS, iOS, and tvOS — so you can securely connect from wherever you work.

About

UGREEN NAS

Manage your personal data across devices with this application for a UGOS Pro system. It offers comprehensive control over user access, hardware, network, and file services. Organize and access your files, photos, and media libraries efficiently with advanced features and security.

Highlights
  • User and access permission management
  • Hardware and network configuration
  • Multiple storage modes (RAID, JBOD)
  • Intelligent file filtering and sharing
  • Photo and video album creation
  • Automated media library poster walls
  • Integrated virus scanning
Features
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UGREEN NAS - an efficient application designed for UGOS Pro system management. It empowers you to manage your personal data seamlessly across all your devices and thus enjoy a smarter, more personalized experience. 【Control Panel】 • User Management: Assign access permissions flexibly. • Hardware & Power: Configure buzzer, fan, and hard drive sleep modes, etc. • Network: Set up internal/external network connections and web server configurations. • File Service: Configure file protocols, including SMB, FTP, NFS, etc. • Update & Restore: Online update system and restore configuration. 【Storage】 • Supports multiple storage modes: Basic, JBOD, and RAID modes. • Visual monitoring of hard drives, volumes, and SSD caches. • Online capacity expansion with Hot Spare support for enhanced security and speed. • Intelligent monitoring of hard drive status and storage capacity. 【App Center】 • Filter by usage scenarios and download desired applications. • Supports offline manual installation. 【Files】 • Intelligent filter, search, and file categorization features. • One-click file sharing. Supports accessing contents in sharing links without login. • Supports adjusting user access permissions for shared folders. • Supports accessing via multiple protocols (e.g.: SMB, FTP, and WebDAV). 【Photos】 • View your photos and videos in timeline view and custom your personal people album. • Custom conditions to create albums to manage cherished moments. • Display sources and detailed information of photos and videos. 【Theater】 • Automatically generate elaborate poster walls and build your personal library. • Supports filtering by film names, actors, etc. • Match film information accurately. • Automatically categorize series films for a seamless experience. 【Security】 • Integrated ClamAV engine for full virus scanning. • Supports scheduled scan and real-time protection for data security.

Screenshots

Tailscale3 screens
UGREEN NAS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: UGREEN NAS at free against Tailscale's freemium. Tailscale's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and chart position (#79 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tailscale holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 728 and 297 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Tailscale's written reviews are positive against 54% of UGREEN NAS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tailscale ships an update fortnightly, UGREEN NAS monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Tailscale versus UGREEN NAS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTailscaleUGREEN NAS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (728 ratings) — better4.1 (297 ratings)
Positive reviews59.5% of reviews — better54.3% of reviews
Number of ratings728 — better297
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#79 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB689 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTailscale Inc.深圳市绿联科技股份有限公司

Customer experience

Tailscale

All ratings728 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews291 reviews
Positive59.5%
Neutral8.2%
Negative32.3%

UGREEN NAS

All ratings297 ratings
Positive75.1%
Neutral6.7%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews197 reviews
Positive54.3%
Neutral19.8%
Negative25.9%

User reviews

Tailscale

From 728 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to set up and use
  • 🔒 Secure remote access
  • 👍 Convenient for accessing home network
  • 👍 Seamless connectivity between devices
  • 🚀 Powerful networking features

Room to improve

  • 🔋 Significant battery drain
  • 🐛 Connectivity issues and bugs
  • 🐛 Unreliable performance
  • 🐛 Broken functionality after updates

UGREEN NAS

From 297 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Fast and responsive
  • 💡 Frequent updates and improvements
  • 🔒 Secure remote access
  • 🔥 Great value for money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity issues
  • 🔋 Battery drain problems
  • 🤔 Unintuitive user interface
  • 🌐 Limited language support
  • 🔍 Lacking advanced features

Bugs and requests

Tailscale

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to connect or authenticate
  • Exit node feature not working as expected
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching networks
  • App getting stuck in a loading state

Requested features

5 requests
  • On-demand VPN connection
  • Ability to switch between multiple accounts
  • More granular control over exit nodes
  • Integration with other networking tools
  • Dark mode option

UGREEN NAS

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when uploading large files
  • Sync issues causing data loss
  • Remote access not working as expected
  • Incompatibility with certain devices/OSes
  • Media player bugs (audio/video desync, choppy playback)

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dedicated photo/video viewer app for Apple TV
  • Ability to edit metadata for media files
  • Integration with Files app for seamless storage
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved media playback performance

In-app purchases

None

Tailscale

No in-app purchases

None

UGREEN NAS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tailscale free?
Tailscale is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UGREEN NAS free?
UGREEN NAS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tailscale or UGREEN NAS?
Tailscale is rated higher. Tailscale averages 4.4 out of 5 from 728 ratings, while UGREEN NAS averages 4.1 from 297 ratings.
Do Tailscale or UGREEN NAS have ads?
Neither Tailscale nor UGREEN NAS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tailscale or UGREEN NAS?
Tailscale ships an update fortnightly, and UGREEN NAS monthly. Most recently, Tailscale was updated on September 24, 2026 and UGREEN NAS on September 22, 2026.

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