Remote Desktop Guides
Practical, step-by-step help for using your own PCs from somewhere else: seeing every monitor, playing games on a laptop, using a controller and connecting away from home.
All Guides
Remote Desktop On Windows 11 HomeConnect your Home-edition desktop to a Windows laptop, start free and switch between monitors.
How To See All Your Monitors Over Remote DesktopSwitching screens, and every screen of your PC at once, each in its own window.
How To Play Your PC Games On A LaptopStream games from your gaming PC to a laptop in another room: network tips, settings and controllers.
How To Use An Xbox Controller Over Remote DesktopWhy most remote desktop apps ignore your controller, and how to play with one, rumble included.
Remote Desktop Without Port ForwardingReach your PC when you’re away without opening router ports, including a free option with Tailscale.
How To Watch Movies And Shows Together With FriendsShare your PC’s screen at full quality with sound, and let friends play along with their own controller.
Remote Desktop At 144 Hz Or 240 HzThe refresh rate, frame rate and encoder settings that decide whether you get 144 or 240 fps.
How APE Viewer Compares
See how APE Viewer stacks up against other remote desktop and screen-sharing apps on speed, games and watching together. See the comparison.
Try APE Viewer On Your Own PCs
Free has no time limit and needs no card. Install the same app on both Windows PCs and see how it runs on your setup.