智云Camera vs HollyView
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
智云Camera
Control your smartphone camera for photos and videos with this app. Adjust focus, ISO, white balance, and other photographic parameters. It also allows remote control of your device via a Zhiyun remote controller.
- Photo and video capture
- Quick focus adjustment
- ISO adjustment
- White balance control
- Photograph parameter adjustment
- Remote control via Zhiyun controller
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Zhiyun camera is a special designed APP for Smooth-II gimbal. It can take photo and shoot video. Quick setting focus, iso adjustment, white balance and photograph parameter adjustment etc. Besides, it can connect Zhiyun remote controller to remote control your smartphone.
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 iOS requirement: 智云Camera at 8.0 against HollyView's 13.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.3 for 智云Camera against 2.4 for HollyView. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 83 and 73 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 10% of 智云Camera's written reviews are positive against 15% of HollyView's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 智云Camera | HollyView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (83 ratings) | 2.4 (73 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.3% of reviews | 14.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 83 — better | 73 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 桂林智神信息技术有限公司 | 深圳市昊一源科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
智云Camera
HollyView
Bugs and requests
智云Camera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
智云Camera
No in-app purchases
HollyView
No in-app purchases
