Reviews of Admin Hands: SSH & SFTP Client

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List of user reviews and ratings for Admin Hands: SSH & SFTP Client

Total ratings

4.31 (Rating count: 6,956)

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Review summary

Users appreciate the app's comprehensive SSH/SFTP/FTP/Telnet support with a solid, organized UI and handy features like built-in text editing. However, multiple reviews note instability with file transfers, session disconnections, and cursor positioning problems. The app is no longer actively updated, causing compatibility problems on newer Android versions. Users desire better customization such as host reordering and color control, plus improvements in background transfer and error handling for a smoother experience.

Pros

Provides great SSH, SFTP, FTP, and Telnet connectivity in one app.
User interface is intuitive, organized with color coding for easier management of hosts.
Includes useful features like built-in text editor and additional keyboard keys (like Esc) above Android keyboard.
Supports IPv6 and works well for remote access to servers and devices such as Raspberry Pi.
Reliable basic functionality for connecting and transferring files when internet is stable.

Cons

App is not actively maintained and has compatibility issues with newer Android versions.
File transfers over SFTP/FTP can be unreliable, often failing or timing out, and lack background operation support.
Cursor positioning in terminal can be off, making text editing (e.g., with Emacs) difficult.
Session management issues including premature disconnects when losing internet or switching away from app, and multiple connections opened on device rotation.
Limited customization options (e.g., inability to reorder hosts, lack of control over background/text colors, missing multi-file operations and FTP file management features).

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.80

All time rating average: 4.31

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20% (17)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-09-11	Kr*****	It actually works right. And it did it on the first try! :-D
It actually works right. And it did it on the first try! :-D
2026-09-06	Je*****	I had written this app off because it hadn't been updated in years and there were some issues with crashing and UI quirks. Now I see it's come back from the dead with a new icon!
I had written this app off because it hadn't been updated in years and there were some issues with crashing and UI quirks. Now I see it's come back from the dead with a new icon!
2026-09-06	ma*****	Is this still same developers ? Because almost 5 years without any updates
Is this still same developers ? Because almost 5 years without any updates
2026-09-04	Ro*****	Is this just AI slop now? The app has barely been touched for years and now all of these features and changes have suddenly been made within the last couple of months.
Is this just AI slop now? The app has barely been touched for years and now all of these features and changes have suddenly been made within the last couple of months.
2026-08-29	Au*****	great app, only problem which recently started happening is sessions instantly closing once the app runs in the background.
great app, only problem which recently started happening is sessions instantly closing once the app runs in the background.
2026-08-28	Mi*****	best ssh tool for android by a landslide
best ssh tool for android by a landslide
2026-08-28	Da*****	There is a bug where downloading a file and choosing to overwrite an existing file instead makes the file 0 bytes and doesn't download the new file unless you delete the old one first. There's also a bug where selecting upload will open the file picker twice, and if you don't close the second one and instead choose your file again, the upload will fail. The app icon also changed to say SSH in giant letters, making it blatantly obvious what the app is for, which I think is a security risk.
There is a bug where downloading a file and choosing to overwrite an existing file instead makes the file 0 bytes and doesn't download the new file unless you delete the old one first. There's also a bug where selecting upload will open the file picker twice, and if you don't close the second one and instead choose your file again, the upload will fail. The app icon also changed to say SSH in giant letters, making it blatantly obvious what the app is for, which I think is a security risk.
2026-08-11	Sc*****	this is by far the best app I've used for connecting to ssh sessions on mobile! the one issue I've found is copying text out of the ssh session, the dpad doesn't work for selecting text in copy mode, and when I drag to select text, it truncates the selection
this is by far the best app I've used for connecting to ssh sessions on mobile! the one issue I've found is copying text out of the ssh session, the dpad doesn't work for selecting text in copy mode, and when I drag to select text, it truncates the selection
2026-08-10	Ad*****	love it, hey dev, reply :)
love it, hey dev, reply :)
2026-07-26	Ab*****	After the new update you messed up the screen resolution for many devices like Galaxy S25 FE and im unable to create new group and host.
After the new update you messed up the screen resolution for many devices like Galaxy S25 FE and im unable to create new group and host.