Reviews of SMB/Samba Server

By: AL-SULTAN (Mohamed Gamal Al-Quaiti) App

List of user reviews and ratings for SMB/Samba Server

Total ratings

2.21 (Rating count: 291)

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Review summary

Users generally find that while the app does provide basic Samba server functionality and works with Linux clients, it suffers from very aggressive ads, frequent connection problems especially with Windows devices, and many useful features are behind a paywall. The server can stop unexpectedly, documentation is poor, and some users encounter crashes. Advanced users can utilize workarounds like combining with NetShare or using non-standard ports, but overall the app struggles with usability and reliability issues.

Pros

Works with Linux clients in some cases
Supports anonymous access reliably
Offers necessary functionality of a Samba server on Android
Uses a non-standard port which some advanced users can handle
Can be combined with NetShare to improve connectivity issues

Cons

Extremely aggressive and intrusive advertising, including full screen ads
Poor connectivity with Windows clients, often unable to find or open shares
Many important features like setting share location are locked behind a paywall
Server often stops running unless the device screen is kept on and app open
Lack of adequate documentation and user instructions
Unstable app behavior including crashes when clients connect

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 1.70

All time rating average: 2.21

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71% (15)

Date	Author	Comment
2025-01-30	Ra*****	Trash software, not accessible in Win10 but still lots of advertisements. 0 stars
Trash software, not accessible in Win10 but still lots of advertisements. 0 stars
2024-11-10	De*****	Works like a charm but speed is slow compare to other apps😊.
Works like a charm but speed is slow compare to other apps😊.
2024-09-25	Wi*****	Didn't work because of non standard port. App was absolutely covered with ads while trying to go through settings. One ad even hid its X to close in the curved corner of my screen where I couldn't tap it.
Didn't work because of non standard port. App was absolutely covered with ads while trying to go through settings. One ad even hid its X to close in the curved corner of my screen where I couldn't tap it.
2024-08-09	J *****	Doesn't work at all + every click pops an ads. Avoid!
Doesn't work at all + every click pops an ads. Avoid!
2024-06-01	김동*****	Lots of features locked behind paywall, SMB shares are unusable with unspecified error reported on the client side. Hope the developer can fix this.
Lots of features locked behind paywall, SMB shares are unusable with unspecified error reported on the client side. Hope the developer can fix this.
2024-05-18	Yf*****	Doesn't work and shows full screen ads. Garbage.
Doesn't work and shows full screen ads. Garbage.
2024-02-22	Ri*****	Extremely aggressive advertising. Cannot connect from either Windows or Linux.
Extremely aggressive advertising. Cannot connect from either Windows or Linux.
2024-02-01	gi*****	how hard is it to make a simple smb server. sick off these apps that are really adverts, filled with more adverts. waste of time
how hard is it to make a simple smb server. sick off these apps that are really adverts, filled with more adverts. waste of time
2024-01-27	Vi*****	couldn't connect to it with the mac's Finder using the connect to server with smb//:192.168.xxx.xxx:4445 it did not work, got a vague error from the Finder
couldn't connect to it with the mac's Finder using the connect to server with smb//:192.168.xxx.xxx:4445 it did not work, got a vague error from the Finder
2023-12-30	Ph*****	Android's Hot-Spot tethering is too slow and not reliable, and it causes this app to slow as well. Moreover, the new Android 13 will forced shutdown the connection if it cannot detect any Internet in 5 minutes. Once I switched to NetShare, all the problems were gone. Now I use the perfect combo of SMB Server + NetShare, and never looked back. Be aware: this app use none standard port 4445 instead of 445, so you need to have some good networking knowledge in order to use it.
Android's Hot-Spot tethering is too slow and not reliable, and it causes this app to slow as well. Moreover, the new Android 13 will forced shutdown the connection if it cannot detect any Internet in 5 minutes. Once I switched to NetShare, all the problems were gone. Now I use the perfect combo of SMB Server + NetShare, and never looked back. Be aware: this app use none standard port 4445 instead of 445, so you need to have some good networking knowledge in order to use it.