Comparison

AdGuard Home Remote vs ServerBox

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

Head to head
About

AdGuard Home Remote

Easily manage your AdGuard Home instance from your mobile device. Control filtering, view detailed statistics, and manage clients, filters, and DNS settings. Offers Live Activity and widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Control filtering and safe browsing
  • View statistics and query logs
  • Manage clients and filters
  • Live Activity and widgets
  • Manage DHCP and DNS settings
  • Siri Shortcuts and iCloud sync
Features
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Monitor and manage your AdGuard Home from your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Check protection, understand your network activity, and control filtering in seconds. *Everything at a Glance* See protection status, statistics, top clients, and top domains on a clear dashboard. Quickly control Protection, Rule Filtering, Safe Browsing, Parental Filtering, and Safe Search. *Understand Your DNS Activity* Explore detailed charts and inspect requests in the searchable, filterable Query Log. Review clients, domains, response details, filtering status, and DNSSEC information—or jump directly from a chart to matching requests. *Control It Your Way* Use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities, Controls, and Siri Shortcuts to check and control AdGuard Home without digging through menus. *Made for Every Apple Device* Enjoy a native experience designed specifically for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV, with iCloud sync keeping your instances available across devices. == Features: - Clear dashboard with server status and quick protection controls - Control Protection, Rule Filtering, Safe Browsing, Parental Filtering, and Safe Search - Detailed statistics with interactive charts, top clients, and top domains - Searchable and filterable Query Log with request, response, filtering, and DNSSEC details - Jump from Dashboard charts directly to matching Query Log requests - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities, Controls, and Siri Shortcuts - See available AdGuard Home updates and start updates from the app - Share your AdGuard Home statistics as a graphic - Sync instances between iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch using iCloud - Native support for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS - Clean, modern interface built entirely with SwiftUI With AdGuard Home Remote Pro: - Add unlimited AdGuard Home instances - Remove Statistics and Query Log limits - Follow queries in real time with Live Log - Create custom presets for temporarily changing protection - Manage clients, including filtering settings, blocked services, and tags - Manage filters, blocklists, allowlists, and custom filtering rules - Manage DHCP and DNS settings, including static leases and DNS rewrites - Control AdGuard Home using interactive widgets - Configure an Away Connection for access outside your home network - Control where instances appear with Instance Visibility - Receive notifications and alarms - Send URLs to AdGuard Home using the Share Extension - Unlock the full Apple TV experience - Quickly extend temporary protection changes with 'Add 5 min' - Customize the app tint and choose alternative app icons - Request access to Pro TestFlight beta releases Pro is available as a one-time purchase, supports Family Sharing, and includes future Pro features. Your purchase also supports the app's continued development. == Note: AdGuard Home Remote is an independent third-party app and is not affiliated with AdGuard. For more information about AdGuard Home, visit https://adguard.com/adguard-home/overview.html.

About

ServerBox

Manage your Linux servers remotely with SSH and SFTP. Control Docker containers and utilize experimental snippet features. Ping your servers to check connectivity.

Highlights
  • SSH client
  • SFTP client
  • Docker/Podman management
  • Snippet feature (experimental)
  • Ping utility
  • Open Source
Features
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This project is completely OPEN SOURCE. You can click the "App Support" button near the score below to download other system versions or compile them by yourself. - Status charts for CPU, sensors, GPU, and other metrics; an SSH terminal; SFTP; RDP and VNC; Docker, process, and service management; and S.M.A.R.T. - Platform features include biometric authentication, push notifications, home-screen widgets, a watchOS app, and system color themes. - 16 languages.

Screenshots

AdGuard Home Remote4 screens
ServerBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ServerBox at none against AdGuard Home Remote's 5. ServerBox also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). AdGuard Home Remote's advantage is ratings volume (298 vs 93). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. AdGuard Home Remote sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. ServerBox asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for AdGuard Home Remote against 4.9 for ServerBox. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 298 and 93 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of AdGuard Home Remote's written reviews are positive against 91% of ServerBox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AdGuard Home Remote ships an update every 9 days, ServerBox fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AdGuard Home Remote versus ServerBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdGuard Home RemoteServerBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (298 ratings)4.9 (93 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews91.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings298 — better93
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB115 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRocketScience IT吐司工作室

Customer experience

AdGuard Home Remote

All ratings298 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews145 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral6.2%
Negative15.2%

ServerBox

All ratings93 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative6.5%

User reviews

AdGuard Home Remote

From 298 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Clean, intuitive, and user-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Fast and responsive app performance
  • 💼 Comprehensive feature parity with web interface
  • 📱 Excellent multi-instance management
  • 💰 Fair one-time purchase pricing model

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Instance configuration frequently lost/forgotten
  • 🐛 App crashes and freezes on tab switching
  • ❌ Missing blocklist management features from web portal
  • ❌ Cannot click log entries to view query details
  • ❌ Limited customization for dashboard refresh rates

ServerBox

From 93 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Incredible value for free
  • 🚀 Powerful and comprehensive features
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 💡 Open source and actively developed
  • ✨ Great for managing servers and Docker

Room to improve

  • 🐛 UI changes in v1719
  • 🐛 Unit display errors (GB/MB)
  • 🐛 Performance issues after updates
  • 🐛 Face ID issues on startup
  • 🐛 Difficulty reconnecting after lost connection

Bugs and requests

AdGuard Home Remote

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Instance configuration lost after app restart or updates
  • Tab switching causes app freezes and lag
  • Live Log entries flash briefly then return to list
  • Top clients entries display briefly then close
  • URL window opens and closes immediately
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  • App cannot reach instance despite successful connection test
  • Pause schedules deleted when modifying blocklists
  • In-app purchase not initiating for pro version
  • App crashes on iOS 16+ without local network permission prompt
  • iCloud sync causing session persistence issues
  • GL-inet device login failure with static URL configuration
  • watchOS error 'watchos_no_instancea_headline'
  • Custom filter rules editing still broken
  • Use private reverse DNS resolvers toggle not syncing with web UI

Requested features

19 requests
  • Blocklist management from available web portal lists
  • Click-to-view query details in Live Log
  • Average processing time metric on dashboard
  • Processing time widget support
  • Device blocking and parental control features
Show 14 more
  • Client grouping and rule assignment
  • Customizable dashboard refresh intervals
  • Backup/restore configuration functionality
  • Device rename functionality
  • Upstream server performance metrics
  • Custom headers support for advanced users
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • macOS configuration backup/download
  • Vietnamese language support
  • Technitium DNS app equivalent
  • Apple TV app version
  • Hostname-based client reporting
  • Server selection per settings page
  • Hide inaccessible servers option

ServerBox

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Server list disk tab unit error (GB displayed as MB, TB as GB)
  • App crashes on iPhone 8plus iOS16.X
  • App becomes laggy and unresponsive after update
  • Adjusting order requires app restart
  • App crashes on iOS 12
Show 6 more
  • Startup consistently calls Face ID, making it unusable
  • Add server button is hidden and cannot be revealed
  • Cannot get Debian 12 docker status
  • 2FA login to serv00 servers fails
  • Cannot reconnect after connection lost
  • Auto-capitalization of first letter in code input

Requested features

14 requests
  • Option to revert to old network/disk tab display
  • Fix unit display errors in disk tab
  • Support for iPhone 8plus iOS16.X
  • Support for iOS 12 crash
  • Support for 2FA login on serv00
Show 9 more
  • Automatically add current tag when creating new server config
  • Support for server jump/intermediate servers
  • Option to change app icon
  • More diverse color options for UI elements
  • Add notes below buttons for clarity
  • Support for Windows 10/11
  • Web version deployable via Docker
  • Focus on network card speed instead of connection count
  • Support for IPv6

In-app purchases

5 purchases

AdGuard Home Remote

One-time5
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$3.99
  • Large Tip$7.99
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  • AdGuard Home Remote Pro$11.99
  • Huge Tip$17.99
None

ServerBox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AdGuard Home Remote free?
AdGuard Home Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ServerBox free?
ServerBox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AdGuard Home Remote or ServerBox?
ServerBox is rated higher. AdGuard Home Remote averages 4.7 out of 5 from 298 ratings, while ServerBox averages 4.9 from 93 ratings.
Do AdGuard Home Remote or ServerBox have ads?
Neither AdGuard Home Remote nor ServerBox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AdGuard Home Remote or ServerBox?
AdGuard Home Remote ships an update every 9 days, and ServerBox fortnightly. Most recently, AdGuard Home Remote was updated on October 27, 2026 and ServerBox on October 25, 2026.

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