HollyView vs HonestView
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.
HonestView
Monitor your network with this free application. It offers a simple yet fashionable interface with features like video sharing, real-time preview, and video backup.
- Network monitoring
- Video sharing
- Real-time preview
- Video backup
- QR scanning
- Video capture
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HonestView is a free app about network monitoring. The user interface of HonestView is not only simple and fashionable, but also supports a variety of useful functions: video sharing, real-time preview, video backup, QR scanning, video capture, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HollyView at none against HonestView's 23. HollyView also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and device support 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. HonestView sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. HollyView asks for nothing beyond the download.
HollyView holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 74 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of HollyView's written reviews are positive against 5% of HonestView's.
HollyView ships an update monthly, HonestView every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HollyView | HonestView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (73 ratings) — better | 2.2 (74 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.9% of reviews — better | 5.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 73 | 74 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 564 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 深圳市昊一源科技有限公司 | 克纯 马 |
Customer experience
HollyView
HonestView
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
HonestView
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HollyView
No in-app purchases
HonestView
- Monthly,1-Cam,3.99/Month2 variants$3.99
- 7-day Motion Video |31-day$5.99
- Past 7-day Full Video |31-day$8.99
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- 3-day Motion Video |92-day2 variants$10.99
- 7day save/90day serve/1Cam2 variants$16.99
- 7-day Motion Video |183-day$31.99
- 3-day Motion Video |366-day$36.99
- Annual,1-Cam,3.33/Month2 variants$39.99
- Past 3-day Full Video |366-day$49.99
- 7day save/360day serve/1Cam2 variants$59.99
- 30day save/90day serve/Cam2 variants$59.99
- 7-day Motion Video |366-day2 variants$59.99
- Past 7-day Full Video |366-day$94.99
- 30day save/360day serve/Cam2 variants$199.99
- 30-day Motion Video |366-day$199.99
