Leave your laptop behind. Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere.
Jump Desktop is a remote desktop application that lets you securely connect to any computer in the world. Compatible with both RDP and VNC, Jump Desktop is secure, reliable and very easy to set up. Jump Desktop also supports our own, high performance, next generation remote desktop protocol called Fluid Remote Desktop.
Easy setup and reliable:
Jump Desktop is very easy to setup; anyone can do it! Just visit: https://jumpdesktop.com on your PC or Mac, click the ‘Automatic Setup’ link and follow step-by-step instructions. You’ll be up and running in no time. Also - not subscriptions!
Secure:
Jump encrypts the connection between computers to ensure privacy and security. Automatic connections are always encrypted by default. Supports NLA, TLS/SSL encryption for RDP. SSH Tunnelling and SSL/TLS encryption for VNC. Fluid Remote Desktop uses DTLS for secure connections.
Powerful features:
* Works with almost any computer and operating system.
* Supports physical mice! On iOS 13 and iPadOS, Jump Desktop supports the accessibility mouse with some limitations. Jump Desktop also supports special physical mice with no limitations. For more information visit https://jumpdesktop.com/mice.
* Fluid Remote Desktop protocol supports high performance remote desktop and audio.
* Easy and secure setup: Automatically configure your PC or Mac for remote access using Wi-Fi/3G/LTE without worrying about your router settings. Setup as many computers as you like – there are no limits!
* Built for iPad Pro, iPad, iPhone and iPod
* iPad Pro features: Full support for split-screen multitasking and Apple Pencil.
* Open multiple simultaneous connections
* Live connection previews
* Protect your server settings using Touch ID
* Connection syncing via iCloud connection syncing
* Advanced Bluetooth keyboard: The best bluetooth keyboard support on the App Store. Shortcuts, function keys and arrow keys - everything works. Also includes macros for keys no available on bluetooth keyboards (i.e function keys)
* SSH tunneling with password and public key authentication supported
* Supports large custom screen resolutions and VGA/HDMI out
* Full mouse support via touch gestures: left, right and middle button clicks, dragging, scrolling, precision pointer movement
* Multiple gesture support - includes the ability to draw or write using your finger
* Copy/paste: Transfer text to or from your computer using the pasteboard
* HDMI/VGA external monitor support: View your desktop on an external monitor using a cable or AirPlay. Jump Desktop will let you utilize you external display as a true monitor (not as a mirror like other apps on the store).
* Multi-core rendering engine makes Jump Desktop one of the fastest RDP and VNC engines on the planet
* Full support for Linea and Infinea barcode and MSR scanners. Includes support for E2E encryption.
RDP features:
* Supports RD Gateway
* Supports custom resolutions. Set any resolution you want including Retina resolutions.
* Dynamic RDP resolution updates on Windows 8.1+
* Remote printing: Send print outs from your computer to your iPad/iPhone device (exclusive RDP print redirection feature on the App Store!)
* Folder sharing
* Audio streaming
* Console sessions
* International keyboard layouts
* Multiple monitor support on Windows 7+
* Multi-touch redirection support on Windows 8+
Fluid Features:
* Super high performance, adaptive remote desktop
* Audio streaming
* Strong encryption built into the protocol
* Connect from anywhere, even restricted networks without requiring networking knowledge
* Clipboard sharing
VNC features:
* Tested with Mac OS X, TightVNC, RealVNC, UltraVNC, Linux (Ubuntu Remote Desktop)
* Secure: Supports SSH tunneling as well as SSL encryption
* Black & white, gray scale, 8, 16 and 24-bit color to help optimize bandwidth
* Multiple monitor support
* Macs: Support locking the Mac's screen and syncing the pasteboard
Now I CAN leave my laptop behind! There is no hyperbole in this comment. I set up a VPN on my home network and complement it with Jump. I have installed it on my iPhone, iPad, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pro. I use it to connect to my desktop (Mac Mini) when I am away from home. I also use it from anywhere when I connect to my Ubuntu file, and network servers, and any one of my Ubuntu Virtual Box VMs. It is a proven winner for me using RDP, and VNC protocols. Since I have access to my home desktop, I can do my remote software development work without having to be stuck at home. The only downside is that I occasionally lose connections. This may be due to weak WiFi or when my OS goes to sleep, I don’t know. But it is super easy to re-establish the connection manually. I think I spent $10 in the App Store and is totally worth it. I compared with several RDP apps which are either free or for a fee (including the remote desktop from the software giant) before I committed to Jump. Jump is definitely the better value on all platforms.
Almost perfect
RedRocker777
I’m a pro photographer and a touchscreen really speeds up my workflow, but my apps are horrible on the iPad, so I have to use a Mac. The combo of this software, an iPad Pro, and a strong Mac is incredible. Jump Desktop is the only remote app I’ve come across that keeps up with graphic intensive apps. I can edit wedding photos over my mobile phone’s hotspot (with only 2 bars of reception) and the power of my MacBook Pro, the full-version of the photo editing apps, on my iPad Pro from anywhere I am! This changed everything for me and my workflow. I’ve been using another suite for years and Jump is way faster. Just grateful I finally tried this one.ONE downside… I’m not sure why pen pressure sensitivity belongs in an Enterprise Teams subscription for this app. Why not just charge extra for pen sensitivity? Even if a little expensive. I have to be in an enterprise, on a team for pen sensitivity? It doesn’t make sense. But it is what it is.
Excellent app, reasonably priced and not on a subscription model!
brian485
I was using RealVNC which worked fine for one VNC host but not another, which switching to Jump Desktop solved those problems. I'm willing to pay a reasonable price for software that does the job, which this app does far and beyond that. Thank you so much for not offering a subscription model like another VNC app that wants $119USD for a "lifetime" license. I highly recommend this app for its usefulness, quality and for the developer offering it at a reasonable price. This is petty but the inclusion of various Linux distros icons [to assign to various sessions] is a nice touch. As for the posts about local security there's an option to require touch or Face ID to view an open session. If you use your device outside of a secure area (like in an office) then you should enable this. Credit to the developer for adding this important feature. Highly, highly recommended.
This is the one you’re looking for
hamiltongrp
After getting my iPad I was disheartened to learn that sidecar wasn’t as fully featured as I hoped. While the picture was fantastic, it didn’t support an external mouse or the trackpad on the magic keyboard. So I started searching for remote desktop applications that would fit the bill of allowing me to access my desktop across the house with minimal effort. To my horror, I realized that almost none of them provided an easy way to resize my screen to fit the iPad resolution, further, when connected to an external monitor, they maintained the iPad 4:3 aspect ratio, which made for an unpleasant experience. Much to my surprise, this app not only automatically resizes the screen to the iPad resolution (when using their protocol and app), but it ALSO changes the video out resolution to fit whatever monitor you hook it up to. Absolutely incredible work! Well worth the money.
Jump Desktop 10 is the biggest update to Jump Desktop for iPhone and iPad in years.
VIRTUAL DISPLAYS, FOR THE FIRST TIME ON IPHONE AND IPAD
• A Single Virtual Display gives the host a desktop made for your device — your screen's exact resolution, full Retina sharpness, following rotation and running at your screen's refresh rate. No more pinching and zooming
around a desktop built for someone else's monitor.
• Turn it on the first time you connect, or any time from the Display menu.
SHARPER, SMOOTHER SESSIONS
• Hardware decoding keeps motion smooth and your battery lasting longer. Choose Codec > Hardware.
• Choose Fluid 2.0, Fluid or Hardware from the new Codec menu.
• Pick a Color Quality level: Good for performance, High for sharp text, Pro and Ultra for 10-bit color.
• Sessions run at up to 120 frames per second on ProMotion iPhone and iPad models.
MORE WAYS TO WORK
• On iPad, work on as many computers as you want at the same time, each in its own window. Touch and hold a computer, then tap Connect in new window.
• Pair a game controller and the host sees an Xbox controller, or use the on-screen controller with movable portrait and landscape layouts.
• Use External Display puts the host's screen on a monitor, TV or projector while you control the session from your iPhone or iPad.
• Choose how long sessions stay connected in the background, from a few minutes up to No Limit.
• Tap Settings, then Show Connection Stats, to see how the connection is doing.
IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES
• In Fluid sessions, Control+Space on a hardware keyboard switches the keyboard language on your iPhone or iPad when more than one keyboard language is turned on, as in other apps.
• Wake-on-LAN sends fewer wake packets when you connect to a host.
• Fixed automatic reconnects waking a host you had put to sleep or shut down.
• Fixed scrolling with a trackpad or mouse going in the wrong direction. Scrolling now follows your device's Natural Scrolling setting; if you turned on Reverse Scroll Direction to compensate, turn it off.
• Fixed Caps Lock on a hardware keyboard not switching keyboard languages, and the host's Caps Lock getting out of step with yours.
• Fixed accented characters typed with a dead key coming out as separate characters, for example a~ instead of ã.
• Fixed Jump Desktop crashing every time it opened when a saved computer had no name.
• Fixed crashes when a session ends.
• Security updates.
FIXED IN 10.15.42
• Fixed RDP connections to older Windows versions, such as Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012, failing to connect.
• Fixed virtual displays being numbered Display 3 and Display 4 instead of Display 1 and Display 2.
Full details: https://docs.jumpdesktop.com/whats-new
Version 10.15.46
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