# RealVNC Connect > Remote access from the makers of VNC, with end-to-end encryption RealVNC Connect is remote access software from RealVNC, the company that invented VNC. You install it on each Windows, Mac or Linux computer you want to reach and connect from another computer or from the free RealVNC Viewer apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. It is used both for reaching your own computers and for IT support, with free, paid and trial subscriptions. - **Category:** Remote Desktop - **Made by:** RealVNC Limited - **Website:** https://www.realvnc.com - **Runs on:** Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android - **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026 ## Pricing RealVNC Connect's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Cloud connections:** Sign in to the Viewer with your RealVNC account and your remote computers appear automatically, with no firewall or router setup. - **Direct connections:** With an Enterprise subscription, or to other VNC-compatible software, connect straight to a computer by its IP address, which may need port forwarding. - **End-to-end encryption:** Each remote computer is password-protected out of the box, and RealVNC says all sessions are then encrypted end-to-end. - **Mobile viewer apps:** Free RealVNC Viewer apps for iPhone, iPad and Android turn the touch screen into a trackpad and support Bluetooth keyboards and mice. - **Synced address book:** Back up and sync your saved connections between devices by signing in to RealVNC Viewer on each one. ## Good for - Reaching your own Windows, Mac or Linux computers from a phone or tablet - IT teams already using VNC who want cloud connections without opening ports - Connecting to VNC servers from other vendors as well as RealVNC's own ## Worth knowing - RealVNC's website refused automated readers, so no prices or plan limits could be read; this listing has none. - RealVNC is retiring its Home subscriptions and has replaced the Home plan with a new Lite plan, so older guides to the free tier are out of date. - On iOS, connecting to non-RealVNC VNC servers shows ads unless you subscribe. - Direct connections by IP address to RealVNC Connect need an Enterprise subscription. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. RealVNC Connect comes from the people who invented VNC, and it does the core job neatly: sign in and your computers show up, with end-to-end encryption and no router setup. Beyond that, we can't tell you much. Its website turned our reader away, so there are no prices or free-plan limits on record. - **Value for money: C.** No price could be read: RealVNC's website refused our reader, so this listing has none. That's the C we give any missing price, with no figure to set against Splashtop, TeamViewer or Jump Desktop for the same job. RealVNC says free, paid and trial subscriptions exist. - **Free plan and trial: C.** There's a free Lite plan, which has replaced the old Home plan, and the phone viewer apps are free. But Lite's limits couldn't be read, so we can't say how far it gets you. On iPhone, connecting to other makers' VNC servers shows ads unless you subscribe. - **Features: C.** Cloud connections with no firewall setup, end-to-end encryption, free phone viewers and a synced address book. The gaps it lists itself: connecting directly by IP address needs Enterprise, and nothing on record covers file transfer or support sessions. - **Ease of use: B.** No App Store rating on record. Sign in to the Viewer with your RealVNC account and your computers appear, with no router or firewall setup. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Windows, Mac and Linux computers, plus viewer apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. It also connects to other makers' VNC servers, but there's no web app, integrations or API on record. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from RealVNC's own App Store and Google Play listings on 18 October 2026. RealVNC's website refused our reader when we checked it again that day. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among remote desktop apps - RealVNC Connect's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 4 of the 15 other remote desktop apps we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on ease of use (B, above 5 of 15) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/remote-access ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace RealVNC Connect you would be making a fast, secure link to another computer through any network. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 9 of the 15 other remote desktop apps grade higher. - You could not: A fast, secure link to another computer through any network. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: End-to-end encryption done properly. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Remote desktop, End-to-end encrypted ## Alternatives - [TeamViewer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/teamviewer): Remote access and IT support, free for personal use only. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/realvnc-connect-vs-teamviewer) - [AnyDesk](https://toolgpa.com/tools/anydesk): Remote desktop app, free for personal use, licensed for business. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anydesk-vs-realvnc-connect) - [Splashtop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/splashtop): Remote access to your own computers, plus separate IT support plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/realvnc-connect-vs-splashtop) - [NoMachine](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nomachine): Self-hosted remote desktop sold as yearly server subscriptions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nomachine-vs-realvnc-connect) - [Jump Desktop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jump-desktop): Remote desktop with one-time app licences and a per-user team plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jump-desktop-vs-realvnc-connect) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026: - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/realvnc-viewer-remote-desktop/id352019548 - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.realvnc.viewer.android&hl=en_US&gl=US Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/realvnc-connect Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).