Comparison

AdGuard Home Remote vs DocClair

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

DocClair

Features
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DocClair turns your iPhone and iPad into a fast, private document scanner and PDF editor. Scan with the camera or straight from your printer, sign and annotate, and get a clean, sharp PDF in seconds. No account, no ads, no tracking: everything stays on your device. Automatic edge detection and perspective correction straighten every page, while smart filters (Document, Black & White, Whitening) make text crisp and backgrounds clean. Live framing, lighting and focus guidance, plus a flash for low light, help you capture the perfect page every time. Add pages, reorder them and export a polished multi-page PDF. SCAN FROM YOUR PRINTER • Works with AirScan (eSCL) and Mopria printers and scanners on your Wi-Fi • Flatbed or document feeder, single or double-sided • Quick scans for documents, text and photos, or choose the file type, colour mode, resolution and paper size • Save your favourite settings as presets • Scan several batches in a row into one PDF • Scans travel only over your local network DESIGNED FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • iPhone: search and Scan at the bottom of the screen, folder and tag filters, your latest documents at the top • iPad: a sidebar with your folders and tags, a grid of documents, and details and tools beside every PDF DRAFTS AND EDITING • Save a document in progress as a draft and finish it later: every page keeps its crop, rotation and filter • Edit a saved PDF: add pages from any source, delete them, or drag them into a new order • PDFs are named after your document, ready to share SPECIAL CAPTURE MODES • ID Card mode: front and back on a single, tidy page • Book mode: capture a two-page spread and split it into two pages YOUR DATA, SAFE AND YOURS • Recently Deleted: restore deleted documents for up to 30 days • Local Backup & Restore: save your whole library to one file and bring it back anytime, with no cloud and no account PART OF YOUR DEVICE • Scan with Siri and Shortcuts • One-tap scan from the Lock Screen and Control Centre • A Recent Scans Home Screen widget • Find documents in Spotlight by title or by the text inside them FREE • Scan or import documents up to 3 pages • Automatic edge detection and perspective crop • Enhancement filters • Recently Deleted and local backup • Save, share, rename and print your PDFs DocClair Pro: one-time purchase, no subscription • Unlimited pages per document • Save scans from network printers and scanners • ID Card and Book capture modes • Text recognition (OCR) to search and copy text • Annotate and sign your documents • Compress, merge, split and reorder PDFs • Organise with folders and tags • Password-protect your PDFs Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Russian, with VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support. Private by design: DocClair works fully offline. Your scans and recognised text are processed and stored only on your device, never uploaded. No subscription. No account. No data collection.

Screenshots

AdGuard Home Remote4 screens
DocClair4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DocClair at daily against AdGuard Home Remote's every 9 days. AdGuard Home Remote's advantage is device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AdGuard Home Remote sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and DocClair sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AdGuard Home Remote ships an update every 9 days, DocClair daily. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AdGuard Home Remote versus DocClair: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdGuard Home RemoteDocClair
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (298 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings298 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRocketScience ITMewey

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
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  • 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

DocClair

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
1 purchases

DocClair

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99

Questions

Is AdGuard Home Remote free?
AdGuard Home Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DocClair free?
DocClair is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AdGuard Home Remote or DocClair have ads?
Neither AdGuard Home Remote nor DocClair shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AdGuard Home Remote or DocClair?
AdGuard Home Remote ships an update every 9 days, and DocClair daily. Most recently, AdGuard Home Remote was updated on October 27, 2026 and DocClair on October 24, 2026.

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