HollyView vs Mars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Mars
This app enables dual-axis photography and videography with customizable tracking. Its intelligent algorithms simplify advanced techniques like time-lapse photography, offering a comprehensive range of creative possibilities.
- Dual-axis photography and videography
- Customizable tracking
- Intelligent algorithms
- Time-lapse photography
- Manual control options
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一种用于相机摄影摄像实现双轴玩法的应用程序，双轴玩法自定义，应用场景更全面，独特的智能算法，让缩时摄影简单如初 This Biaxial APP is named Mars-2S and used for photography with multiple methods, such as video photography, timelapse, custom track photography, manual control so on.This app has intelligent algorithms that allow you to take time-lapse photos as you wish.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HollyView at 2.4 against Mars's 1.0. HollyView also leads on review sentiment (15% vs 0%) and ratings volume (73 vs 5). Mars's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). 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.
HollyView holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HollyView has 73 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of HollyView's written reviews are positive against 0% of Mars's.
HollyView ships an update monthly, Mars every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HollyView | Mars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (73 ratings) — better | 1.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 深圳市昊一源科技有限公司 | Zhuhai Zhi Ying Electronic Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
HollyView
Mars
Bugs and 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
Mars
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HollyView
No in-app purchases
Mars
No in-app purchases
