TeamViewer QuickSupport vs Pharos Secure Release
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TeamViewer QuickSupport
This app allows trusted remote partners to connect to your iPhone or iPad to provide IT support, transfer files, and communicate via chat. It offers features like dark mode, screen rotation, and user verification for secure connections.
- Remote IT support
- File transfer
- Chat communication
- Dark mode
- Screen rotation
- User verification
- Session codes
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WHAT’S NEW: • Full control over sessions To allow your partner to connect to your device, simply enter the code they provided into the ‘Join Session’ box. You control access to your device and end the session whenever you choose. • Easy for your eyes and your battery You asked, we listened. QuickSupport now features dark mode for a more comfortable experience and better battery life. • Rotate your screen with ease Vertical or horizontal — the app adapts seamlessly to your preferred orientation. • Get onboard quickly Discover all the new UI features with our guided tour, making it easy to get started. • Improved transparency Connect only with users you trust. The app will provide you with user details, such as name, email, country, and license type, so you can verify the identity before granting access to your device. The QuickSupport app by TeamViewer allows you to get instant IT support for your iPhone or iPad. In just a few easy steps, QuickSupport enables your trusted remote partner to connect to your device to: • provide IT support • transfer files back and forth • communicate with you via chat • view device information • adjust WIFI settings, and much more. It can receive connection requests from any device (desktop, web browser or mobile). TeamViewer applies the highest security standards to your connections, ensuring you are always in control of granting access to your device and establishing or ending sessions. To establish a connection to your device, you need to do the following: 1. Open the app on your screen. Connections can't be established if the app is running in the background. 2. Share your ID with your partner or enter a code into the ‘Join Session’ box. 3. Accept the connection request every time. Without your explicit permission, the connection can’t be established. QuickSupport is available to install on any device and model, including Samsung, Nokia, Sony, Huawei, Lenovo, Honeywell, Zebra, Elo, MobileBase, Fujitsu, Philips, Hisense, Doro, TCL and many more. Key features include: • Trusted connections (user account verification) • Session codes for fast connections • Dark mode • Screen rotation • Remote control • Chat • View device information • File transfer • App list (Start/Uninstall apps) • Push and pull Wi-Fi settings • View system diagnostic information • Real-time screenshot of the device • Store confidential information into the device clipboard • Secured connection with 256 Bit AES Session Encoding. Quick startup guide: 1. Your session partner will send you a personal link to the QuickSupport application. Clicking the link will start the app download. 2. Open the QuickSupport app on your device. 3. You will see a prompt to join a session created by your remote partner. 4. When you accept the connection, the remote session will begin. "Information on Optional Access* ● Microphone: Fill the video feed with audio, or used to record message or session *You can use the app even if you do not allow the optional permissions. Please use in-app settings to disable the access."
Pharos Secure Release
Securely print documents from your mobile device to any network-connected Pharos-secured printer. Manage your print jobs remotely and release them by scanning a QR code at the printer, ensuring document confidentiality and reducing waste.
- Secure printing across networks
- Remote print job submission
- Modify job list within the app
- QR code printer release
- Ensures document confidentiality
- Reduces printing waste
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The Secure Release app makes it easy for employees of organizations with Pharos Secure Release to print securely across networks to any Pharos-secured device on the network, improve the printing experience, ensure document confidentiality, and reduce waste. You can submit print jobs on your mobile device from any location or network, modify your job list within the app at anytime, and when it’s convenient, you can walk up to any secured printer and use the app to scan the QR code affixed to the printer to release your print job(s). This secure and intuitive workflow prevents sensitive information from being left unattended on printer output trays. It also improves convenience by allowing you to securely release your documents at any secured printer in your organization’s network. Note: This app requires a Pharos Cloud Secure Release account. iOS versions 15, 16, and 17 are fully tested and supported.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pharos Secure Release at 3.7 against TeamViewer QuickSupport's 2.9. Pharos Secure Release also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.4). TeamViewer QuickSupport's advantage is review sentiment (29% vs 0%) and ratings volume (5.2K vs 3). 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.
Pharos Secure Release holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TeamViewer QuickSupport has 5.2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of TeamViewer QuickSupport's written reviews are positive against 0% of Pharos Secure Release's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TeamViewer QuickSupport ships an update monthly, Pharos Secure Release every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TeamViewer QuickSupport | Pharos Secure Release |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (5.2K ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.2K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TeamViewer Germany GmbH | Pharos Systems International |
Customer experience
TeamViewer QuickSupport
Pharos Secure Release
In-app purchases
TeamViewer QuickSupport
No in-app purchases
Pharos Secure Release
No in-app purchases
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