Remote Desktop

Our top three remote desktop apps

These three suit different jobs more than they compete. Chrome Remote Desktop comes first: it is free on every computer and phone, for reaching your own machines or helping someone once with a code. Zoho Assist is second for small help desks, with a free plan for 1 technician and 5 unattended computers. RustDesk is third for anyone who wants open-source code or the server in their own hands. Jump Desktop matches Chrome Remote Desktop's grade and streams at up to 480 frames per second, but its Mac and iPhone apps cost $34.99 and $14.99 once. TeamViewer is free for personal use only.

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   First: Chrome Remote Desktop

   Free

   For: Most people reaching their own computers

   Chrome Remote Desktop reaches your own Windows, Mac and Linux computers from a Chrome browser or the iPhone, iPad and Android apps: set up access once on each computer, then pick it from a list and enter its PIN. To help someone, they send you a one-time code and choose whether to share. All of it is free, and Google lists no paid plans. Know the limits: there is no business version or support team, sharing must be confirmed every 30 minutes, phones and tablets can connect but cannot be reached, and a work or school administrator may block it.

   Chrome Remote Desktop pricing and details
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   Second: Zoho Assist

   Free plan · from $10/mo

   For: Small help desks and IT teams supporting others

   Zoho Assist is built for helping other people: a technician joins a customer's computer from an invitation or reaches office machines unattended, and sessions can start from Zendesk, ServiceNow, Freshservice or Jira tickets. The free plan covers 1 technician, 5 unattended computers and one session at a time, with no limit on session length. Remote Support Standard is $10 per technician a month, billed annually. It is second because it is a help desk tool: unattended computers are a separate plan at $10 per 25, file transfer needs paying, and supporting phones starts on Professional at $15. Its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.7 from about 900 ratings.

   iPhone and iPad app: 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store

   Zoho Assist pricing and details
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   Third: RustDesk

   Free plan · from $11.88/mo

   For: People who want open source or their own server

   RustDesk is an open-source remote desktop app for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android, with a web client and an iPhone app. It connects with no setup through RustDesk's public relay servers, or you can run the free open-source server yourself so connection data stays on your own machines. Server Pro, also self-hosted, adds a web console, audit log and two-factor sign-in for 1 user and 20 devices at $11.88 a month, billed annually. It is third because anything beyond the free client means running a server with Docker, the free version has community support only, and an iPhone or iPad cannot be controlled or share its screen.

   RustDesk pricing and details

Ranked on Oct 18, 2026 from what each listing shows and what people say about the tool, not from our own testing. How we rank