KDE Connect vs DocumentNest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
DocumentNest
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DocNest turns the pile of receipts and documents you're hanging onto into something you can actually search. Scan and it reads itself. Point your camera at a receipt and DocNest pulls out the vendor, date, total and tax automatically. Text recognition runs entirely on your iPhone — your documents are never sent to an AI service to be read. File it your way. Sort documents into folders, tag them, flag them as reimbursable or tax-deductible, and add notes. Find it later. Full-text search covers every word recognized in every document, with filters for type, amount and tax status. Share a ledger. Create a shared ledger and invite someone with a code, and you can both scan into the same feed — handy for a household, a trip, or a project. It's a separate feed from your own: your private documents are never shared, and you choose which feed each scan goes into. Build expense reports. Group receipts into a named report and export it as a PDF when it's time to file. Track gift cards. Record a card's starting balance and link receipts to it to watch the balance draw down. Never miss an expiry. Switch the calendar to Expiring and it plots documents by their expiry date, so a warranty or prescription surfaces before it lapses. Your private documents sync to your account and are visible only to you. Anything you place in a shared ledger is visible to the members of that ledger. You can permanently delete your account and everything in it at any time, right from the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DocumentNest at fortnightly against KDE Connect's every 3 months. KDE Connect's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
KDE Connect ships an update every 3 months, DocumentNest fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KDE Connect | DocumentNest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (279 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 279 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KDE e.V. | ForUs Contracting Inc |
Bugs and 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
DocumentNest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KDE Connect
No in-app purchases
DocumentNest
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is KDE Connect free?
Is DocumentNest free?
Do KDE Connect or DocumentNest have ads?
Which is updated more often, KDE Connect or DocumentNest?
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