Jump Desktop (RDP, VNC, Fluid) 4+
Fast & Secure Remote Desktop
Phase Five Systems
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- £14.99
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Description
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
What’s New
Version 9.8.0
Bug fixes
Ratings and Reviews
Brilliant but could still get better!
For me, one of the best things about this app is the mouse support. It’s fantastic to use with an iPad.
What I would love next, especially with the usb-c port on the new iPad Pro, is full external monitor support. I was rather disappointed when plugging a second screen in that the device simply mirrored the screen, and I couldn’t even lock my iPad and still use a mouse! I really hope having two monitors is something set to be implemented in the future, it would change the way I could use my iPad.
Developer Response ,
Hi, thanks for the feedback really appreciate you taking the time to review. Jump doesn’t mirror your iPad’s screen on the external monitor - rather it uses all the available space on the external monitor to show the desktop at the external monitor’s resolution. This is a little different from mirroring your iPad’s screen where the external screen would be limited to the iPad’s resolution and would be cluttered with the iPad’s UI. Finally: locking the screen and using the app: I understand your disappointment: unfortunately this is a limitation on iOS at the moment - it will stop the app once the iPad is locked. That being said - this is great feedback, we will keep trying to improve Jump.
Like Luna Display unchained. Brilliant with iPad Pro and Mac Mini
I used to use Luna Display (physical dongle) to allow me to use my iPad Pro (M1) as the primary screen for my Mac Mini. But it's tied to the local network and lately has a recurring connection issue. With an impending trip, I decided to check out alternatives similar to TeamViewer.
The forums recommended Jump Desktop, and wow! It's my new fav app.
Pros:
It works with my Logitech Pebble Bluetooth mouse and Arteck cheap Bluetooth keyboard connected to my iPad. It also works with my Apple Pencil and has a keyboard button to bring up a virtual keyboard, a great backup in a pinch.
It also wakes my computer from sleep which Luna often fails to do.
The lag and speed seem comparable to Luna, which is impressive as Luna is a physical stick.
Cons:
So far the only real niggle was it had a hard time deciding how big the screen was on the normal setting (scrolling page would shift window) but I changed the settings to Locked Screen and set my display resolution to a specified width instead of automatic and it works beautifully.
It is a little less sharp than Luna, reading etc the text is a hair fuzzier, but it's negligible considering it works from anywhere.
Various issues
IT IS SO FRUSTRATING only being able to flip the switch for the “left option/alt” button on the physical keyboard. I use the left alt to alt+tab, I use it to select multiple lines in SQL but flipping it is the only way to get “international” keyboard symbols such as # and €. I need this to be changed to the RIGHT alt/option button which is rarely used.
The UI is a bit frustrating. For example changing resolutions that don’t appear to be supported but they still appear in the slider bar. Things like the switch to turn left+alt to operate for sending symbols such as # and € is a bit hidden. It’s frustrating finding some options here, and other options there. Just feels disjointed.
Depending on what I am doing, I’ll swap between jump, teamviewer and MS Remote Desktop to my machines as each have their issues, problem is the other two are free to use, this is paid for (and very expensive on MacOS!)
For some reason it appears impossible to get sounds from my remote MacBook Pro to play through the fluid protocol to my iPad Pro. Seems to be yet another bug.
The support website is terrible, forcing users to have to enable cookies to register accounts so you can raise issues and suggestions. This should just be built into the app!
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Information
- Provider
- PhaseFive Systems
- Size
- 72.1 MB
- Category
- Business
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Phase Five Systems
- Price
- £14.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.