Relay Sharing vs KDE Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Relay Sharing
Easily share text, files, links, and media across different devices and operating systems. This tool acts as a cross-platform solution to keep your workflow flexible and connected, regardless of your hardware or software.
- Cross-platform sharing
- Share text, files, and links
- Send media between devices
- Flexible workflow integration
- Device ecosystem agnostic
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Relay is like airdrop, and cross-platform copy & paste for any type of device. It's is an application that is designed to be your transport solution for text, files, links, and anything else. Relay helps you send media to yourself across other devices to stay connected regardless of software/hardware/ecosystem constraints - allowing you to be flexible in your workflow!
KDE Connect
Seamlessly integrate your devices with features like a shared clipboard, file sharing, and remote control. Use your phone as a virtual touchpad or keyboard, and even control presentations remotely. All communication is secured with end-to-end encryption.
- Shared clipboard
- File and URL sharing
- Virtual touchpad and keyboard
- Remote presentation control
- Remote command execution
- End-to-end encryption
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KDE Connect provides a set of features to integrate your workflow across devices: - Shared clipboard: copy and paste between your devices. - Share files and URLs to your computer from any app. - Virtual touchpad and keyboard: Use your phone screen as your computer's touchpad or keyboard - Remote presentation remote: control a laser pointer on the screen of your computer by moving your phone around. - Remote commands: run commands on your computer from your phone. - End-to-end TLS encryption: your information is safe. Please note you will need to install KDE Connect on your other computers/phones/tablets and keep the version up-to-date for the latest features to work. This app is part of an open source project and it exists thanks to all the people who contributed to it. Please visit the KDE Connect website to grab the source code.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Relay Sharing at 5.0 against KDE Connect's 4.2. Relay Sharing also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). KDE Connect's advantage is ratings volume (276 vs 10). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Relay Sharing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KDE Connect has 276 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Relay Sharing's written reviews are positive against 61% of KDE Connect's.
Relay Sharing ships an update monthly, KDE Connect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Relay Sharing | KDE Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 4.2 (276 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 276 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abhik Ray | KDE e.V. |
Customer experience
Relay Sharing
KDE Connect
Bugs and requests
Relay Sharing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
KDE Connect
Reported bugs
4 issues- Clipboard push feature not working
- App crashes on launch for some users
- Incompatibility with certain device/OS combinations
- Inability to discover/connect to devices in some cases
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for background operation
- Improve multi-file transfer capabilities
- Integrate with system share sheet
- Implement two-finger scrolling and other gestures
- Add SMS/notification sync features
In-app purchases
Relay Sharing
No in-app purchases
KDE Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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