Pi Stats Mobile vs RustDesk Remote Desktop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pi Stats Mobile
Monitor and control your Pi-hole network ad blocker remotely from your iPhone. View detailed statistics and manage your Pi-hole status, with an optional service for even deeper system insights.
- View Pi-hole statistics
- Enable/disable Pi-holes
- Pi Monitor for detailed data
- Import Pi-holes via QR code
- Open source application
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Pi Stats puts your entire Pi-hole network in your pocket. Monitor, manage, and fine-tune your ad blocking from your iPhone and iPad with a beautifully redesigned interface. Keep an eye on every Pi-hole at a glance, then tap in for the full picture. • See how your Pi-holes are doing and enable or disable blocking in a tap. • Manage multiple Pi-holes from one place. • Detailed stats: a 24-hour query history chart, query types, upstream destinations, and your top domains and clients. • Health monitoring: check your core, web, and FTL versions, see when an update is available, and review or clear diagnostic messages. • Query Log: browse and search your most recent DNS queries. • Powerful list management: allow or block domains (regex supported), block entire services, and update your blocklists and Gravity right from the app. • Pause from anywhere: disable and re-enable blocking from Control Center, with a Live Activity countdown. • Home Screen and Control Center widgets to keep your stats close. • Pi Monitor* support for deeper insight into your Raspberry Pi: temperature, memory usage, uptime, and load average. • Quick setup: import your Pi-holes from Pi Stats for macOS by scanning a QR code. PRIVATE & OPEN SOURCE Pi Stats doesn't track anything you do. It's 100% open source, so you can check out the code via the Support URL. * Pi Monitor is an additional service that needs to be installed on your Raspberry Pi.
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 price: RustDesk Remote Desktop at Free against Pi Stats Mobile's $1.99. RustDesk Remote Desktop also leads on ratings volume (73 vs 13) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Pi Stats Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 59%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
RustDesk Remote Desktop is free to download; Pi Stats Mobile costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Pi Stats Mobile against 4.1 for RustDesk Remote Desktop. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RustDesk Remote Desktop has 73 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Pi Stats Mobile's written reviews are positive against 59% of RustDesk Remote Desktop's.
Pi Stats Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, RustDesk Remote Desktop every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pi Stats Mobile | RustDesk Remote Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (13 ratings) — better | 4.1 (73 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 58.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 73 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fernando Bunn | Purslane Limited |
Customer experience
Pi Stats Mobile
RustDesk Remote Desktop
Bugs and requests
Pi Stats Mobile
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
Pi Stats Mobile
No in-app purchases
RustDesk Remote Desktop
No in-app purchases
Questions
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