HollyView vs ambitfulPro
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.
ambitfulPro
Control your Bluetooth camera lights directly from your phone without needing a connection. Select groups and switch between various light modes, including color, yellow/white, and scene modes. Adjust brightness and toggle lights on/off remotely.
- Bluetooth camera light control
- Group selection (A, B, C, D, E, F, ALL)
- Multiple light modes (color, yellow/white, scene)
- Color picker for precise color control
- Brightness adjustment slider
- On/off toggle
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This is an app that can control the bluetooth camera light through the mobile phone's bluetooth broadcast.The mobile phone and the bluetooth light can be controlled without establishing a connection.Before using this APP, you must have a Bluetooth camera light that can receive Bluetooth broadcasts.Select the A, B,C,D,E,F,ALL groups on the APP, and then you can control the lights of the corresponding group through Bluetooth.The Bluetooth photography lights can work in different modes, related to light mode, color mode, yellow and white mode, Scene mode, you can switch between different modes on the APP. In the color mode, you can touch the color picker at the bottom of the APP to control the color, and the indicator light in the upper left corner of the APP will also change the color synchronously.In each scene mode, you can also adjust the brightness of the Bluetooth camera light by sliding the brightness slider. Click the indicator in the upper right corner to switch between the light on and off mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ambitfulPro at 4.5 against HollyView's 2.4. ambitfulPro also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). HollyView's advantage is ratings volume (74 vs 2). 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.
ambitfulPro holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HollyView has 74 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HollyView ships an update monthly, ambitfulPro weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HollyView | ambitfulPro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (74 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 深圳市昊一源科技有限公司 | 伟华 林 |
Customer experience
HollyView
ambitfulPro
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
ambitfulPro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HollyView
No in-app purchases
ambitfulPro
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is HollyView free?
Is ambitfulPro free?
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Do HollyView or ambitfulPro have ads?
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