LogMeIn Ignition vs Jaadu VNC

What are you requirements mate?

I've only got LogMeIn Ignition and for my needs it's been really useful (helping out family, setting up torrents etc from home), it was a natural purchase as I'm currently a LogMeIn Pro customer and I really like the interface and somewhat slimline protocol (VNC has always been a bit chunky on bandwidth for my liking).

Obviously the only downer with LogMeIn is that if you needed to get a remote desktop of a Linux box you'd be out of luck, whereas that VNC app you've linked to is multi-platform (LogMeIn does support MacOS X I believe).

I'm thinking the VNC solution is probably more flexible and if that's what you're after you'd be best of with that, but I guess it goes without saying that if you're a LogMeIn user you're best off sticking with Ignition (plus the ability to control your machines from just a web browser is what sold me on LogMeIn in the first place).

Good luck!

 

Do you pay a one time fee with the LogMeIn app? Or are there annual fees?

 

Yeah the free LogMeIn account is amazing, the only additional stuff you get with pro is things like connecting your desktop to a remote printer and file sharing/file transmission i.e. pulling or pushing files to and from your remote machine. But once you're in control of your box you can do stuff like email it to yourself if it's a document or create a VPN for sharing larger files.

The web browser based experience is excellent, but obviously being able to use your phone to do it wherever you are is pretty liberating stuff.

 

The iPhone app is a one off fee and you can connect to as many free logmein accounts or computers as you like. Logmein pro is an upgrade you perform on an individual client which opens up an increased feature set like file transfer. The pro upgrade is a yearly fee.

 

VNC is pretty good from the iPhone, the interface is a little clunky though. Screen response over 3G isn't astonishing but workable. If you have Vista or Windows 7 you may run into problems running a VNC client on those PC's. UAC hates VNC. OSX it certainly works better with as it is built in.

I currently use VNC and RDP apps on the iPhone, and to be honest I would love to replace them with something else, so this thread has been very useful.

 

mochaVNC lite was just fine for me when onnecting to a mac mini on 1024x768 resolution, but really struggles on 24" iMac with it's huge 1920x1200 res. Often crashed citing memory issues, despite using Free Memory to unload 40MB.

Just had a glance at the App Store. jaadu VNC claims that it can handle dual cinema display resolution of 5120x1600, which Ignition can't (his words, not mine!). Also claims to allow local LAN control of your laptop, without needing interet connection.

"unconnected", could you help verify the latter claim? Does Ignition require full Internet connection to remote control a LAN PC?

 

Yes it does. Everything that logmein does has to go out to *their* servers and then back to your computer. Even if your sitting in the same room that computer is in, your control traffic goes out of the iPhone to the internet, to logmein, then back to that PC.

Jaadu VNC and RDP are straight connections to the computer you want to control. Which makes them very fast if you're all on the same WiFi link. I also use them with remote VPN connections to businesses over 1000 miles away from me without issue. Great for fixing problems on the go.

Oh, and Jaadu does handle large desktops better than any other app I have used so far.

 

Yeah it's always a bit of a bummer that LogMeIn requires use of their servers, but the way I look at it is that if I'm on the same LAN then I'm either close to another terminal or laptop anyway

Regarding the free account, easier if I copy pasta from their site:



LogMeIn ignition is just the client and doesn't care if it's talking to a Pro or a Free account.

One of the killer features for me is the way that LogMeIn uses UCP punching to get through firewalls, which makes it a breeze to setup on my familys machines without having to explain to them what a firewall is and how to configure it.

And just to clarrify, from personal experience LogMeIn doesn't have any problem with my 2560x1600 display or dual 1920x1080 displays and will either show them natively or scale them. On the iPhone's ignition client, it scales it to full screen (on the iPhone) and then you can pinch to zoom in.

Question for the people who've used the VNC apps on the iPhone - how does it handle encryption? Do you need to use a VPN or SSH tunnel?

 

LogMeIn 4-hour sale - $20

App info is currently processing and/or the app is not yet fully available for sale on the US App Store.

 

I got jaadu some time ago, it was on sale for 4.99 best purchase I've done on the appstore

It supports all the mayor vnc encodings, and support some pretty nifty things like auto-rotate with the iphone accelerometer touchscreen interface which works much better than the virtual mouse. it also features a full keyboard. and the ability to turn off the screen and use the iphone as a virtual touch-pad.

its got some remotes built in for presentations, and media playing.
overall its a really complete package. if you run the jaadu connect its free of configuration on the mac, and fairly easy on windows.

it works quite acceptable on 3g speeds.

but I don't know the other program so I can't compare.

still its hard to think whats missing from jaadu short of being able to stream media to the iphone.

 

Can either of them (or both of them) turn on your computer if it's off?

Thanks

 

Nope; you will need one of these apps.

 

Read the just-published http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=27842 for a definite answer.

 

yikes

warn us next time your link starts up itunes.