Alternatives to AirDroid
A service for transferring files between Android phones and computers and controlling devices remotely. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
AirDroid
A service for transferring files between Android phones and computers and controlling devices remotely.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as AirDroid.
Pushbullet
A service that links phones and computers for sending pushes, sharing files and mirroring SMS.
Pushbullet also moves files between Android and computers and adds SMS mirroring, but drops remote control and screen sharing and still depends on its company's servers.
KDE Connect
Links a phone and a computer to share files, links, notifications and remote controls.
KDE Connect is free and open source and adds notification sync and media remotes, but it targets Linux desktops and requires both devices to be paired.
Send Anywhere
A cross-platform file sharing service that sends files between devices using one-time keys or links.
Send Anywhere is free and uses one-time keys across phones, computers and browsers, but offers no remote control or screen sharing of devices.
Feem
App for sending files directly between phones and computers over local Wi-Fi without internet.
Feem sends files over local Wi-Fi without internet on all major platforms, but both devices must be on the same network and remote control is absent.
LocalSend
Sends files between nearby devices over your own network, with no account, server or internet connection.
LocalSend is free, open source under Apache-2.0 and works fully offline on the local network, with no account, but it has no remote control features.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Warpinator
Linux Mint's app for sending and receiving files between computers on the same local network.
PhotoSync
A mobile app that transfers and backs up photos and videos between phones, computers, NAS devices and clouds.
Blip
An app for sending files and folders of any size directly between devices and people.
Magic Wormhole
A command-line tool that sends files between computers securely using short one-time codes.
