KDE Connect vs Snapdrop & PairDrop for Android
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
KDE Connect
KDE Connect provides a set of features to integrate your workflow across devices: - Transfer files between your devices. - Access files on your phone from your computer, without wires. - Shared clipboard: copy and paste between your devices. - Get notifications for incoming calls and messages on your computer. - Virtual touchpad: Use your phone screen as your computer's touchpad. - Notifications sync: Access your phone notifications from your computer and reply to messages. - Multimedia remote control: Use your phone as a remote for Linux media players. - WiFi connection: no USB wire or bluetooth needed. - End-to-end TLS encryption: your information is safe. Please note you will need to install KDE Connect on your computer for this app to work, and keep the desktop version up-to-date with the Android version for the latest features to work. Sensitive permissions information: * Accessibility permission: Required to receive input from another device to control your Android phone, if you use the Remote Input feature. * Background location permission: Required to know to which WiFi network you are connected to, if you use the Trusted Networks feature. KDE Connect never sends any information to KDE nor to any third party. KDE Connect sends data from one device to the other directly using the local network, never through the internet, and using end to end encryption. This app is part of an open source project and it exists thanks to all the people who contributed to it. Visit the website to grab the source code.
Snapdrop & PairDrop for Android
Snapdrop & PairDrop for Android is an Android™ client for the free and open source local file sharing solutions https://snapdrop.net/ and https://pairdrop.net/. Do you also sometimes have the problem that you just need to quickly transfer a file from your phone to the PC? USB? - Old fashioned! Bluetooth? - Much too cumbersome and slow! E-mail? - Please not another email I write to myself! Snapdrop! Snapdrop (as well as the enhanced version "PairDrop") is a local file sharing solution which completely works in your browser. A bit like Apple's Airdrop, but not only for Apple devices. Windows, Linux, Android, IPhone, Mac - no problem at all! However, even if it theoretically would fully work in your browser, you will love this app if you want to use Snapdrop or PairDrop more often in your daily life. Thanks to perfect integration into the Android operating system, files are sent even faster. Directly from within other apps you can select Snapdrop to share with. Thanks to its radical simplicity, "Snapdrop & PairDrop for Android" makes the everyday life of thousands of users easier. As an open source project we don't have any commercial interests but want to make the world a little bit better. Join and convince yourself! SOURCE CODE: https://github.com/fm-sys/snapdrop-android CREDIT: The app is powered by the Snapdrop Open Source project, which is hosted and maintained by RobinLinus. See also https://www.github.com/robinlinus/snapdrop
| Feature | KDE Connect | Snapdrop & PairDrop for Android |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-Droid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivityFile Manager | ProductivityFile ManagerMessaging |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
| Website | ||
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