aRDP Pro: Secure RDP Client

My Experience with aRDP Pro: Secure RDP Client

Last Saturday, I was stuck at my in-laws’ and got a panicked text from my buddy Mark. A file he desperately needed was sitting on my desktop at home. I remembered I had this app. I pulled out my phone, tapped the saved connection for “Home PC,” and was looking at my own desktop in maybe 20 seconds. I found the file, emailed it to him, and he thought I was some kind of wizard. That’s the whole point for me. I don’t need a million features, I just need to reach my stuff when I’m not at my desk. Over the last two weeks, that’s exactly what aRDP Pro has delivered. It feels solid and predictable, which is all I ask for.

Features Worth Noting

The best thing is how little you have to think about it after the first setup. Saving my login details for my home PC and my work machine was a one-time thing. Now I just pick which one I want from a list and I’m in. The touch controls make sense after a minute. Pinch to zoom lets you read tiny text, and a two-finger tap acts as a right-click. I connected a Bluetooth mouse once just to see, and it worked perfectly, but the touch gestures are good enough for most quick tasks. Copying text from the remote computer and having it ready to paste on my phone is a small miracle. I used it to copy an error code from a server at work directly into a text to my boss. It’s those little touches that make it feel polished.

What Needs Work

It’s not all perfect. The initial setup can feel a bit technical if you’re not sure what all the port and gateway stuff means. I had to google one of the terms. Once it’s set up, it’s smooth, but that first hurdle might scare off someone who just wants to click and go. Also, while the touch controls are good, trying to do precise work—like dragging a tiny slider in a settings menu—can be a bit fiddly on a phone screen. It’s fine for checking things or opening programs, but I wouldn’t want to edit a spreadsheet this way. That’s probably more a phone limitation than the app’s fault, but it’s worth knowing.

Pricing

It’s a flat $9.99. No monthly fee, no “pro” features locked behind another paywall. I saw the price and almost backed out to look for a free one, but the free ones I tried before were full of ads or felt sketchy. Paying the ten bucks upfront felt like buying a reliable tool. After using it to solve that problem for my friend, it already paid for itself in saved hassle. I hate subscriptions for simple tools, so this model gets a big thumbs up from me.

Developer Notes

I had a weird glitch once where my connection kept dropping. I wasn’t in a rush, so I used the support email in the Play Store listing. I got a reply a few days later—not super fast, but the guy (Iordan, I guess) was helpful. He asked for a specific log from the app, told me how to find it, and his fix actually worked. You can tell it’s a one-person or small team operation, but they seem to care. The app has gotten a couple of small updates since I bought it, too, which is reassuring.

Security & Privacy

This was my biggest worry. The app has “Secure” right in the name, and it uses the standard encryption stuff that the big IT guys use (NLA, TLS). I’m no security expert, but my research said that’s the good stuff. More importantly, the app doesn’t ask for any weird permissions on my phone. It doesn’t want my contacts or location. It just needs network access to do its job. All my server passwords are saved locally on my device, not on some cloud server. That made me feel a lot better about typing them in.