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

4.30 (Rating count: 6,943)

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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: 3.00

All time rating average: 4.30

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22% (17)

Date	Author	Comment
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.
2026-07-24	Mo*****	doesn't work since update
doesn't work since update
2026-07-14	dR*****	Ok, it works for now and it looks like it's free & without ads 🔥
Ok, it works for now and it looks like it's free & without ads 🔥
2026-06-29	Ja*****	Application has turned to complete garbage, everything you do gets doubled up. You close a session, it reopens it, you add/change a host, changes are applied, but the old settings are opened a second time. Phone has been completely factory reset, fresh install of application, issues persist
Application has turned to complete garbage, everything you do gets doubled up. You close a session, it reopens it, you add/change a host, changes are applied, but the old settings are opened a second time. Phone has been completely factory reset, fresh install of application, issues persist
2026-05-30	Be*****	Authentication via SSH key did not work. It still asks for a password and complains if no password was given. The user interface does not look great but has a lot of features.
Authentication via SSH key did not work. It still asks for a password and complains if no password was given. The user interface does not look great but has a lot of features.
2026-05-28	Be*****	Termius is way ahead of this
Termius is way ahead of this
2026-04-20	Da*****	Great App
Great App
2026-03-21	Ni*****	this ssh/sftp/ftp app does not support normal auth key imports e. g. private key paste, then public key paste and keeps asking for a passwords, therefore its a bad developed app, no but seriously if I need longer than 5 Minutes to setup an account and it keeps saying it's an unknown key, but other apps can import the keys completely fine within under 1 Minute, sorry, work on that and I will give it a try again.
this ssh/sftp/ftp app does not support normal auth key imports e. g. private key paste, then public key paste and keeps asking for a passwords, therefore its a bad developed app, no but seriously if I need longer than 5 Minutes to setup an account and it keeps saying it's an unknown key, but other apps can import the keys completely fine within under 1 Minute, sorry, work on that and I will give it a try again.
2026-02-25	Ry*****	comes with master password which is great
comes with master password which is great
2026-02-07	Ka*****	excelent one
excelent one