Monster Zone control vs HolyStone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monster Zone control
Manage your Monster outdoor and PA speakers from your smart device. Adjust volume, lighting, and EQ settings, switch audio sources, and sync multiple speakers for an enhanced listening experience. Tune into radio stations and save your favorites.
- Control volume, LED lights, and equalizer
- Switch input sources
- Sync EZ-Play and TWS speakers
- Surf and save radio stations
- Compatible with MNGI30, MNRRX, and X6 speakers
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Control your Monster Outdoor Speakers with the all-in-one Monster Zone Control mobile app. Adjust settings, switch input sources, sync EZ-Play and TWS speakers, and change things up on the fly, all from your compatible smart device. Monster Rockin App Features + Compatible with MNGI30 and MNRRX speaker + Connect two speakers with Monster TWS + Control volume, LED lights, input sources, and equalizer settings, including the Bass boost + Surf radio frequencies and save your favorite stations Monster all-in-one PA speaker App Features + Compatible with X6 PA speaker + Connect two X6 with Monster TWS + Control volume, LED lights, input sources, equalizer settings + Surf radio frequencies and save your favorite stations
HolyStone
Control your drone with your mobile device. Experience real-time FPV video, multiple control methods including gravity sensing and voice commands, and capture photos and videos directly from the app.
- WiFi real-time image transmission
- Gravity sensing control
- Trajectory control
- Voice command control
- Hand photography and video recording
- Manual photography and video recording
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A drone controls the app. The main features are as follows: 1. WiFi real-time image transmission 2. Real time manual control, gravity sensing control, trajectory control, voice command control 3. Hand photography and video recording, manual photography and video recording
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HolyStone at 3.5 against Monster Zone control's 2.5. HolyStone also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 21%) and ratings volume (111 vs 33). Monster Zone control's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
HolyStone holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 111 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Monster Zone control's written reviews are positive against 30% of HolyStone's.
Monster Zone control ships an update every 4 months, HolyStone every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monster Zone control | HolyStone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (33 ratings) | 3.5 (111 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.1% of reviews | 29.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丽丽 巴 | HOLY STONE TECHNOLOGY Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Monster Zone control
HolyStone
User reviews
Monster Zone control
From 33 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 App works for some users
- 💡 Can sync multiple speakers for some
- 💡 Controls lights and radio stations
- 💡 Shows battery life percentage
- 💡 Allows fine control of colors and volume
Room to improve
- 🐛 App doesn't work for many
- 🐛 Takes forever to load/find speaker
- 🐛 Disconnects often, times out quickly
- 🐛 Minimal functionality, clunky
- 🐛 Volume buttons are MAX or OFF
HolyStone
From 111 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun drone to use
- 👍 Good camera quality
- 👍 Impressed by drone quality
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 👍 Easy connection with app and drone
Room to improve
- 😞 App doesn't work
- 😞 Drone won't pair
- 😞 App freezes
- 😞 Drone flies away unexpectedly
- 😞 Connection issues
Bugs and requests
Monster Zone control
Reported bugs
52 issues- Takes forever to load and find speaker
- Disconnects often, times out quickly
- Volume buttons are either MAX or OFF
- App is unusable
- App doesn't work for EQ, lighting, and volume
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- Preset buttons stopped working
- App is totally useless
- App doesn't work
- App refuses to recognize speaker
- Unable to pair speakers
- Unable to select speaker buttons
- Can't connect to app
- Doesn't seem to know speaker is there
- Features do not work as advertised
- Won't connect
- Volume slider is terrible
- App is unresponsive as of iOS 17.4 update
- App won't work when selecting modes
- App needs to be updated
- App is less than basic, insult to users
- App serves no purpose
- No compatibility with RR270 other than volume/lights
- User interface is poor, not intuitive
- Speaker is slow to set FM presets
- App will not work, syncs speakers and disconnects randomly
- Outdated and dysfunctional, boxes won't click
- Alarm feature is finicky and constantly resets
- Sliders for volume don't change as you slide
- Radio preset setting doesn't seem intuitive
- App used to work with Glo 2, now says 'no monster products found'
- App and speakers are a joke
- Won't play Amazon music through app
- App stopped working, won't connect
- Can't adjust volume via phone buttons when on Bluetooth
- App is a dissatisfaction in most applications
- Alarms not saved, wake up volume too loud
- Unit is not recognized sometimes
- Tower of Music 1 & 2 not listed
- App randomly quits or can't find speaker
- App will not stay connected
- App stopped working, uninstalled/reinstalled, no response to help email
- App connects to iPad but won't play sound
- App connected fine but cannot play music from phone via Bluetooth
- App won't open, keeps closing on iPad
- App does not support Rockin Roller 2
- Overly complicated, buggy, non-intuitive
- Alarm option is terrible, alarms don't go off if app is closed
- No option for Tower speaker
- Big restriction for iOS 11 and above with Monster Glo 2
- App stopped working, won't connect
- Tower of Music isn't compatible with app
- App is kind of accessible with voice over but needs work
Requested features
11 requests- Add microphone controls
- Add volume controls similar to bass/treble
- Add multi-speaker pairing
- Add updates for the app
- Improve EQ, lighting, and volume controls
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- Make preset buttons work consistently
- Add more preset color combos for lights
- Disable standby mode or change time
- Include Monster Roam Radio in the app
- Add standby switch to radio display
- Add option to disable weather tone for blind users
HolyStone
Reported bugs
16 issues- App freezes
- Drone won't pair with controller
- Home button causes drone to fly erratically
- Cannot log back into account
- Videos turn screen white
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- Cannot connect to Wi-Fi (security warning)
- Videos and pictures are excessively large files
- App steals information
- Drone flies away on its own
- App disconnects from drone
- App doesn't show recorded videos
- App requires location permission
- App claims to be for email
- Drone blades not spinning
- Drone flies in random direction
- App crashes iPhone when viewing media
Requested features
5 requests- Update app to fix bugs
- Provide better customer support
- Fix video file size issue
- Improve drone control responsiveness
- Fix account creation issues
In-app purchases
Monster Zone control
No in-app purchases
HolyStone
No in-app purchases
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