Frame.io vs HollyView
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Frame.io
This app enables seamless video review and collaboration on mobile devices. It offers precise commenting, asset management, and customizable sharing features for teams and clients, anywhere in the world.
- Precise video scrubbing and commenting
- Asset search and organization
- Customizable share links
- File and folder management
- Annotated comments
- Granular notification controls
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Supercharge your mobile workflow with the Frame.io experience on the smaller screen. Now it’s easier than ever to collaborate, review, and manage work with your team, clients, and other stakeholders from anywhere in the world using the Frame.io app for iPhone and iPad. Rebuilt from the ground up Customize how you view your assets — then scroll, scrub, zoom, and comment with incredible precision and responsiveness. Built natively in Swift, the Frame.io iOS and iPadOS apps allow you to bring the Frame.io experience with you anywhere. Find what you need faster Search comes to the Frame.io iPhone and iPad apps for the first time. Quickly find the assets, folders, or projects you need on the go. Experience a faster workflow Group, tag, and sort assets by out-of-the-box and custom metadata. Edit those fields right in the player — like Status or Rating, when you need to quickly approve on-the-go. Review more accurately Scroll, scrub, zoom, and comment with incredible precision and responsiveness. Pinch-and-zoom videos and images up to 400% to inspect fine details. Navigate quickly between assets by swiping left or right. Control your playback speed and resolution, and double-tap to skip backwards and forwards. Comment more effectively Leave anchored comments, include links and attachments for reference — even include emojis. Or draw annotations using the new full-screen experience. Over a dozen new commenting features help you get the point across faster. Customize your Shares Curate and send professional-looking shares from your iPhone or iPad. All the settings and controls are right there at your fingertips — title, description, appearance, visibility, and more. See everything the way you’d like to see it Customize your view including List and Grid options, thumbnail size, and aspect ratio. Reorder visible fields like Status and Rating, or easily sort by fields for more control over your browsing experience. Enhanced file and folder management Manage files and folders as easily as using Frame.io on your desktop. Rename, move, copy, export, and delete files and folders, modify files in bulk, or navigate through all your assets with full folder path support. Reduce notification fatigue Get more granular control over which notifications you get and where you get them. Terms & Conditions: Your use of this application is governed by the Frame.io Terms of Service https://frame.io/terms-linkfree and the Frame.io Privacy Policy https://frame.io/privacy-linkfree and any successor versions thereto. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information: https://www.adobe.com/go/ca-rights-linkfree
HollyView
This app facilitates real-time wireless video transmission for monitoring and analysis. It allows users to doodle on images, record and share videos, and manage device firmware and diagnostics.
- Real-time monitoring
- Image analysis
- Photo doodling
- Video recording
- Firmware updates
- Device diagnostics
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HollyView is a wireless video transmission app by Shenzhen Hollyland Technology, enabling real-time monitoring, image analysis, photo doodling and sharing, video recording and sharing, firmware updates, and device diagnostics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Frame.io at 4.4 against HollyView's 2.4. Frame.io also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 15%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). HollyView's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Frame.io holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Frame.io has 925 ratings behind it against 74, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Frame.io's written reviews are positive against 15% of HollyView's.
Frame.io ships an update fortnightly, HollyView monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Frame.io | HollyView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (925 ratings) — better | 2.4 (74 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.3% of reviews — better | 14.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 925 — better | 74 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frame.io | 深圳市昊一源科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
Frame.io
HollyView
User reviews
Frame.io
From 925 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Powerful video collaboration platform
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 📱 Convenient mobile app
- 🤝 Great for client feedback and review
- 💻 Seamless integration with desktop
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy mobile app
- 🔍 Lack of search functionality
- ⏱️ Slow upload and playback issues
- 🔒 Login and authentication problems
- 📺 Missing key features on mobile (playback speed, landscape mode, etc.)
HollyView
From 74 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works for some users
- 👍 Good for client viewing
- 👍 Reliable with older versions
- 👍 Fast connection (sometimes)
Room to improve
- 🐛 App frequently crashes
- 🐛 Connection issues
- 🐛 Black screen on mobile
- 🐛 Updates break functionality
- 🐛 Poor device compatibility
Bugs and requests
Frame.io
Reported bugs
4 issues- Comments disappearing or not saving properly
- App freezing or crashing frequently
- Playback issues (buffering, out of sync audio/video)
- Login loop and authentication failures
Requested features
5 requests- iPad app
- Ability to sort and filter files/comments
- Offline mode with reliable sync
- Improved notification and comment management
- Integration with more video editing software
HollyView
Reported bugs
40 issues- App not recognizing phone/iPad connection
- No feed when manually connecting
- App only works on older devices
- Black screen on iPad/Mac
- App won't connect after update
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- Firmware update fails
- Constant glitching and freezing
- WiFi issues
- Record button placement issue on iPhone SE
- New interface is clunky
- Cannot import LUTs
- App requires precise location
- No stream on iPhone 14
- M1 MBP not supported
- Stream address abnormal error
- Invisible text in stream setup
- App goes back to connect page
- Black screen after connecting
- Prompted to join HLD_null network
- Showing 'check input' error
- Random inbuilt LUT bug
- Screen goes black when applying installed LUTs
- App crashes and reboots iPad
- App quits randomly and reboots iPad
- Struggles with distance outdoors
- Prompts in Chinese characters
- Black bar over video stream
- App not working on iPhone 11 Pro Max
- App only shows signal strength, blank screen
- No internet connection error in WiFi option
- Check input source error on iPhone
- Resolution is 480p not 1080p
- App crashes constantly
- WiFi disconnects and app crashes
- Scanning QR code leads to system settings
- Manual code entry doesn't work
- Fix LTE WiFi issue
- App cannot connect when location/cellular disabled
- LUTs have strange purple coloring
- Laggy on iPad
Requested features
7 requests- Make auto brightness optional
- Hide iOS application bar
- True display out support
- Add remember serial number feature
- Allow deleting preset LUTs
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- De-squeeze option
- Add advanced functions like LUTS or contrast
In-app purchases
Frame.io
No in-app purchases
HollyView
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Frame.io free?
Is HollyView free?
Which has better reviews, Frame.io or HollyView?
Do Frame.io or HollyView have ads?
Which is updated more often, Frame.io or HollyView?
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