VMware Horizon Client Reviews

by Jase2001ny

As other reviewers have stated up until now many used the onscreen keyboard and touch. Now with implementation of the mouse and trackpad that apple has brought VMwareHorizonClient seriously needs an uphaul to make it useable. In its current state using ti with the apple keyboard and trackpad is is horrible. I use this in a work environment and cant even do a simple task such as add a space when typing nw with an external; keyboard. I wouldn’t think this should be a big ask. It is geared towards using a full desktop on a mobile device. Why would basic functionality such as this be so hindered. BT keyboards have been able to be used with an ipad for years now. The introduction of mouse and keyboard support and the apple keyboard trackpad combination should have been added but now to make this a complete mobile desktop solution. Please fix this ASAP!

by Yungstud

I’m a government employee and use VMwareHorizonClient to check things when I’m teleworking. It is serviceable for small things like that, but what really drags down the experience is that if I close VMwareHorizonClient for 5 minutes, I have to re-enter my password. Needless to say, this leads me to typing my password some 20 times when I’m teleworking. If I leave VMwareHorizonClient closed too long, more than a half hour, it logs me out completely, so not only do I have to enter my password again, I also have to wait 5 minutes for my virtual desktop to load. Since I’m government, I have very little control over their interaction with Horizon, but this seems to be a problem only with VMwareHorizonClient . The PC version doesn’t do this, but it is slower. So the problem is likely on Horizon’s end. It’s very irritating.

by LeHustin

It connects very well and has great support for touch. The trackpad feature works great as well as being able to pinch to zoom on my desktop without affecting my work.

However (and it’s a big one), VMwareHorizonClient will not currently recognize an external keyboard’s Delete, Page Up/Down, Alt, Home, Insert, End, NumLock, or ANY of the Function (F1-F12) keys. Also, when attempting to use any key combination that includes the Alt key, it will not recognize the following keystroke as the appears that the Alt keystroke is being repeated instead of held down for a combination. Finally, not all Ctrl combinations work with an external keyboard (such as Ctrl+Enter). The only way to do any of these unsupported functions/key commands is to use the onscreen keyboard which is split between multiple menus and grids my production to a screeching halt.

Native support for an external mouse (USB or Bluetooth, only to control the Windows cursor) will need to be implemented as well for this to be a fully functional version of VM Ware.

I cannot use VMwareHorizonClient until it is updated to FULLY support an external keyboard with all of it’s possible commands and functions (the way it works on any other Remote Desktop app). Avoid until updated.

by JustSpiffy

I’m really disliking the new version. The two screen widgets (left side bar and movable overlay radial menu) were already annoying in that you couldn’t disable them if you were using a keyboard and Swiftpoint mouse. Now with the new version, they also added in a strip at the bottom for function keys that I can’t disable.

Its all fine and well to offer these touch menus for folks that want them, but please give people some kind of option to clear all the garbage off the screen so they can have a clean remote session with all of the available pixels used for the desktop, without navigating around bars and bubbles that chew up real estate and always manage to find their way into an inconvenient location where you are constantly shuffling them around.

by Dc123111

VMwareHorizonClient crashes about once every fifteen minutes when connected to my remote work desktop. I’ve been experiencing these issues for a while now, and have seen similar complaints in VMwareHorizonClient Store reviews from when I downloaded VMwareHorizonClient over a year ago. This isn’t a new thing, nor is VMwareHorizonClient Candy Crush. People literally depend on apps like this for paying their bills and you have repeatedly shown your ineptitude and complacency in resolving these issues. If I had an alternative, I would use it. VMwareHorizonClient is a heap of junk and its implementation is so atrocious it’s practically criminal. Shame on you, you money grabbing, self serving troglodytes.

by Simon.hed

VMwareHorizonClient is one seemingly easy fix away from being a 4+* app. Whenever presented a text entry field you get a useless white bar at bottom of the screen. Your desktop then resizes. It isnt huge, but on an iPad every millimeter of screen real estate is precious.

The firm I work for is an enterprise vmware client. I submitted an issue to them to see if there was any way to get rid of it. They ended up saying it was an iOS issue. Meantime I started using the Microsoft Remote Desktop client and they seem to have found a way around this issue because it isnt there.

Other than this glaring issue VMwareHorizonClient works for the most part.

by Rezlos

The remote login worked great then stopped connecting. It just gave the error message that the internet was too slow to make a connection. Desktop loading warning, Your desktop is loading too slowly because of poor network connection. Please try to switch to another network or contact your help desk for assistant. I’ve tried 4 different internets mine, friends, and even Starbucks. I logged in that morning no problem and then a couple of hours later cant login again. Fix fast.

by Sears Order

As noted in other reviews I have issues with many basic functions. Additionally, I can not drag and select text in certain applications (Word, Outlook, etc.) which is extremely annoying.

Also recently I have had an issue when I log n that all my icons and windows are zoomed in making them extremely large. The session needs to time out and then I have to log back in to fix it.

All in all not an efficient way to access my desktop.

by Bgariepy

I tried to go to VMwareHorizonClient support and it states page not found. I use the Vm Horizon application on Windows and it works great, however, I have tried using it many times on my iPhone and now my brand new iPad and the connection always times out prior to me being able to connect. It will kick me off another device as though the connection is going through but I never get fully connected before it times out. Any help or support would be greatly appreciated!

by A_VMWare_User

I’m not sure how to report a bug for VMwareHorizonClient, so I’m doing it here. Sometimes when you are connected with a desktop thin client (ie wyse terminal) that has two monitors and you have software open on the second monitor, when you connect via VMwareHorizonClient, the software will not show up on the screen. It gets locked to the second screen even though VMwareHorizonClient only thinks one screen is connected. The only way to get the software back up is to close it and reopen it.

by Iphonerocks00

It sure would be a lot better if you could have it control the iPhone screen by staying on (needs a setting for that). It is constantly dimming the screen and then timing you out. Also, why not integrate biometric authentication so you could login with your fingerprint instead of having to type in your password every time you log onto your virtual machine.

by Suraa56

VMwareHorizonClient works well! Works with trackpad and can be hooked-up to another monitor. The only consistent issue I have is that VMwareHorizonClient will close at random and force a login, sometimes happens every two minutes, sometimes every two hours but never fewer than ten times a day.

by Logica4d

The latest update has two major issues for me. The first is that either Touch ID has been removed or hidden. The other is the extremely long startup time. We are running the latest version of VMware on our servers with the new Burst feature and internal thin client devices it works well, but the iOS version takes 5-10 minutes to launch the desktop. It runs fine after launching.

by Hrognis

VMwareHorizonClient is great for remote work on an iPad Pro since I use this as my daily driver rather than a Windows based mobile device. Something I’d love to see added would be the Magic Keyboard accessory for the iPad Pro — native gestures, such as scrolling with the touch pad isn’t recognized which would be awesome to have.

by Arsenalforever!

Client is working well with iPad Pro and mouse/keyboard/external monitor. I’d love to see true multiple monitor support rather than presentation mode, but I think this is more an iOS limitation. At least in this client I’m able to get full screen on my external monitor.

The only issue I’m having is after I upgraded to iOS 15, the idle screen in the horizon client has changed from black to bright white. This is a real battery drain and it’s energy inefficient on the external monitor. Can the developer change tweak the client so it’s black on idle timeout when running on iOS 15? When I was on iOS 14 it was black.

Otherwise, 5 stars. Thanks.

by Den2Pdx

I give VMwareHorizonClient 5 stars because it works, and it along with my iPad has saved me more than once. For the record, I prefer to work on my PC instead of my iPad, but for one reason or another, I’ve had to work on my iPad, and VMwareHorizonClient has consistently allowed me to do so.

by Doug_arcidino

If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, release notes are a thing software vendors use to explain additions, omissions and other important information contained in new releases. If you are responsible for your corporate software stack and you don’t read these then you get what you deserve. TLS 1.0 should be deprecated everywhere and it will be soon. If you’re upset by that....🤷‍♂️

by Dizzydj

If I’m on the go and need to just do simple tasks in my VDI session this works perfectly!

I bought a Dash 3 pen for my iPad Pro and am able to precisely select things in outlook, vCenter and other apps I use to manage infrastructure.

I know I can’t do really heavy things inside of this, especially without Mouse support (which isn’t VMware’s fault) but for being able to switch into it at the drop of a hat in a meeting without having to mess with bringing my laptop (it’s a tank), it’s great!

by BryFi02

I literally just learned Apple is FINALLY allowing mouse support in iPadOS as an accessibility feature, so hopefully it will work with virtual desktops well.

Either way, you should let people log in with their iPad & iPhone and use the phone screen as a track pad for the desktop on the iPhone. With new OLED devices, you can have a mostly black screen with outlines for left and right click and the battery life would be amazing. Maybe a scroll section in between the “buttons”?

As a selectable option you could even let us use a hard force touch (unless that’s going away) for right click and a quick tap as a left click if you want.

Honestly, I’m surprised this hasn’t been done yet. Even IF iPadOS let’s me use a proper mouse, this would still be a great option to have when traveling light.

by Billy From Philly 007

Back to 5 Stars! I left the review below only yesterday and a new version was since released and I was able to login for work, the very first time I tried and without being booted out.

Thank you so much!

Hello, I have been using VMwareHorizonClient on my iPad for the last year with no problems. But since IOS14 i literally have to try 10-15 times to login. Each time I have to delete my server and re-enter it. There was is way to roll my iPad back to IOS 13 so I was hoping VMWare would have been updated. It was updated yesterday but it’s still not totally compatible.
Please let me know if there will be another update and I’ll go back to 5 stars.

by Rpkarthic

1. VMwareHorizonClient always crashes for 30 minutes or so every time I change network.
2. There is no option to change timeout period
3. There is no option to reset the cache so I always get the error message "Unexpected error."

by Louis306

UPDATE: Mouse support is finally here, SfB is working fine(wish optimized mode worked on iOS), and the letting boxing has gone away.

VMwareHorizonClient has a lot of potential. It would be great if the developers would adopt the new trackpad/mouse API’s. Also VMwareHorizonClient has many flaws like when connecting to an external display with presentation mode on it will still give letter boxing. Also if using Bluetooth in SfB the audio breaks up so bad that it is unusable. Really hope VMware can get it together