FoxToPhone Alternatives
FoxToPhone is described as 'Combined with the Google Chrome to Phone application for Android, this extension allows to send urls, text and files from Firefox to your phone or tablet' and is an app in the Web Browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FoxToPhone for a variety of platforms, including Android, Android Tablet, Google Chrome, Opera and iPhone. The best alternative is KDE Connect, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FoxToPhone are Pushbullet (Freemium), Pushover (Paid), QPush (Free) and Kopy (Free).
- KDE Connect is a project that aims to communicate all your devices. For example, with KDE Connect you can receive your phone notifications on your computer, or just use your phone as a remote control for your desktop.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Pushbullet is the easiest and fastest way to send links, pictures, files, lists, notes, and more right into your phone's notification tray, to your computer, or to a friend, really fast.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Opera
- Firefox
Pushbullet vs FoxToPhone opinions
Does the job and with a few added bells and whistles! - Pushover is a simple push notification service that integrates easily into web apps, network monitoring systems, shell scripts, and anything else that needs to send alerts to your mobile devices.
- QPush is a free service that lets you easily push text and links from PC to iPhone. No need to send emails to yourself or wait for Evernote to sync anymore!
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Internet Explorer
- Google Chrome
- Kopy is the best way to copy/paste your text across your devices. The term Kopy means copying a text from your computer directly to your phone! Voila that's it! No more no subject-emails!
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
No screenshots yet - CellSend is a free service that allows you to send texts from your computer to your phone in a fast and easy way.
Discontinued
Site/service no longer available.
- Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) is a push messaging service that makes it simple & cost-effective to push to mobile devices & distributed services.
- DeskCon integrates your Android Device in the Desktop. Receive Notifications, Files and Commands from your mobile Device on your Desktop PC. The Data is send over a secure TLS Connection. The Connection is encrypted and authenticated with self-signed Certificates (RSA-2048 PK).
Discontinued
The project was no longer developed after the main maintainer, Andreas Wilhelm, passed away. The Android app, v0.3, released in June 2014, is still available on Google Play Store and the sourcecode is on GitHub
- LinkPush allows you to push the current page you are viewing in your browser to your Android phone (all versions of Android OS supported) with a single click. How to use: 1. Install Android app 2. Install browser extension
- The Panacea application is a free download and it allows you to send messages quickly and easily via an HTTP request into the application. It support iOS, Android and Blackberry.
Discontinued
No longer available in the play store, App Store version not updated in over a year.