Nice idea — flawed execution – Acrosync - private cloud drive powered by rsync Review

The idea behind this app is great. Provide an easy way to sync files from your computer to the device without going through iTunes, and leverage rsync to do it efficiently. Unfortunately it suffers in reality. * First, it requires initiating the connection from the device. I was under the impression that I could connect from the computer to the device but this was not the case. * Second, you cannot sync individual files, only complete folders. * Third, it fails rather badly at syncing a single large (550MB) file, repeatedly stalling out with no errors and requiring a relaunch of the app to close the stalled connection. * And fourth, it behaves rather badly when attempting to display Bonjour services, to the extent that this functionality is unusable on any network with a sizable number of ssh services advertised. If you're on a small network and you want to transfer a folder of small files, this app may be fine for you. But it simply won't do what I bought it for, which was to transfer a very small number of large files. Caveat emptor. Edit: After discussion with the developer, I've raised my rating to 3 stars to reflect appreciation for a reasonably prompt response. I hope to be able to raise the rating again after the next update is released!
Review by Lily Ballard on Acrosync - private cloud drive powered by rsync.