bVNC Pro vs Surfingkeys
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bVNC Pro
This app provides secure remote access to computers running VNC servers. It offers advanced features like SSH tunneling and multi-touch controls for seamless interaction with desktops across various operating systems.
- Controls Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD with VNC server
- SSH tunneling and VeNCrypt for secure connections
- Multi-touch control for remote mouse
- Dynamic resolution changes
- External keyboard and mouse support
- PiKVM compatible
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Thank you for supporting my work and GPL open-source software by buying bVNC Pro! If you are unhappy, please don't give us a bad review, instead, request a refund and get in touch by email support _at_ morpheusly _dot_ com: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/118223 Need an RDP app to control Windows, Ubuntu 22.04+ or XRDP remotely? https://apps.apple.com/app/ardp-pro/id1620745523 Need a SPICE or Proxmox or oVirt client for controlling virtual machines remotely? https://apps.apple.com/app/aspice-pro/id1560593107 If bVNC doesn't work for you or you're unhappy, please do not ask for help in a review but do post your question in the forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bvnc-ardp-aspice-opaque-remote-desktop-clients If you have a feature request, or you found a bug, please open an issue at: https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/issues - Instructions for Mac OS X: Plain VNC (Remote Desktop for Mac OS X): http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/how-to-connect-to-mac-os-x-using-bvnc.html Secure VNC over SSH: http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/tunneling-vnc-over-ssh-to-mac-os-x.html - Instructions for Windows: Plain VNC: http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/how-to-install-and-connect-to-tightvnc.html Secure VNC over VeNCrypt: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bvnc-ardp-aspice-opaque-remote-desktop-clients/lINJkYJbN-U/3Q3oHWjjDQAJ Secure VNC over SSH: http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/tunneling-vnc-over-ssh-to-windows.html - Instructions for Ubuntu 20.04 and earlier Linux Plain VNC not tunneled over SSH: https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/sharing-desktop.html.en http://www.howtoforge.com/configure-remote-access-to-your-ubuntu-desktop If your business is looking for fixes and features, please get in touch by email at support _at_ morpheusly.com bVNC is a secure, open source VNC client. Its features include: - Controls Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD with VNC server installed - PiKVM compatible - External keyboard support - External mouse support - Magic Trackpad support - Multi-language support - Supports Mac OS X built-in remote desktop server (ARD) and Mac OS X authentication! - Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, or any other OS with a VNC server installed - Multi-touch control over the remote mouse. One finger tap left-clicks, two-finger tap right-clicks, and three-finger tap middle-clicks - Right and middle-drag and drop if you don't lift the first finger that tapped - Scrolling with a two-finger gesture - Pinch-zoom - Dynamic resolution changes, allowing you to reconfigure your desktop while connected, and control over virtual machines from BIOS to OS - All device orientations - Full desktop visibility even with soft keyboard extended - SSH tunneling, AnonTLS and VeNCrypt for secure connections (does not support RealVNC encryption). - High-grade encryption superior to RDP using SSH and VeNCrypt (x509 certificates and SSL), preventing man-in-the-middle attacks - Tight and CopyRect encodings for quick updates - SSH public/private (pubkey)- Supports most VNC servers including TightVNC, UltraVNC, TigerVNC, (and RealVNC Enterprise only, when configured appropriately) - Clipboard integration for copy/pasting from your device Some of the planned features to look forward to: - AutoX session discovery/creation similar to NX client - Ability to reduce the color depth over slow links - Importing encrypted/unencrypted RSA keys in PEM format - View-only mode - On-device help on available input modes in the Menu when connected GPL source code here: https://gitlab.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients-ios
Surfingkeys
Enhance your browsing experience with a Safari extension that adds powerful search engine helpers to selected text. It offers additional shortcuts when an external keyboard is connected.
- Versatile search engine helpers
- Search selected text
- External keyboard shortcuts
- Safari extension
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A Safari extension to add versatile search engine helpers to search selected text. * More shortcuts are available when external keyboard is attached.*
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Surfingkeys at 100% against bVNC Pro's 35%. Surfingkeys also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). bVNC Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). 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
bVNC Pro costs $9.99 and Surfingkeys $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Surfingkeys holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of bVNC Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Surfingkeys's.
bVNC Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Surfingkeys every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | bVNC Pro | Surfingkeys |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iordan iordanov | 钊岗 洪 |
Customer experience
bVNC Pro
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In-app purchases
bVNC Pro
No in-app purchases
Surfingkeys
No in-app purchases









