HollyView vs HOLOWITS
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.
HOLOWITS
This application allows for remote viewing and monitoring of devices. It offers real-time video access, two-way audio communication, and smart analytics like heat maps and people counting. Users can manage multiple devices across different scenes and receive instant AI-powered alerts.
- Real-time video viewing
- Voice intercom communication
- Heat map and people counting
- Device sharing
- Multi-device management
- Scene creation
- AI-powered alerts
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Holowits is a mobile remote viewing and monitoring application. Key Features: -- View real-time video and playback recorded videos anytime, anywhere -- Real-time communication via voice intercom -- Smart function achieve heat map and people counting -- Share devices with friends or family -- View videos from multiple devices at the same time in one interface -- Create scenes to manage different devices in different scenes -- Get instant alerts for AI perimeter, crowd situation, face detection, abnormal equipment, etc. Contact Us: Customer Service: support@holowits.com.sg If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us! Thank you for your support!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HOLOWITS at 100% against HollyView's 15%. HOLOWITS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4). HollyView's advantage is ratings volume (73 vs 1). 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.
HOLOWITS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HollyView has 73 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of HOLOWITS's.
HollyView ships an update monthly, HOLOWITS every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HollyView | HOLOWITS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (73 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 深圳市昊一源科技有限公司 | HOLOWITS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
HollyView
HOLOWITS
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
HOLOWITS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HollyView
No in-app purchases
HOLOWITS
No in-app purchases
