HollyView vs Hand Slate
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.
Hand Slate
This app offers a digital clapperboard experience with freehand writing capabilities. Utilize pen and pencil brushes with various colors and easily erase or clear your notes. A lock feature prevents accidental edits, and multiple style modes personalize the interface.
- Digital clapperboard functionality
- Freehand writing with pen/pencil
- 10 color options
- Eraser and clear canvas
- Undo/redo actions
- Editing lock feature
- Nine style modes
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Hand Slate is a professional digital clapperboard designed for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch, crafted for seamless handwriting with Apple Pencil. It allows you to quickly capture ideas with freehand writing, using two brush types—pen and pencil—and 10 beautiful color options for a personalized touch. Mistakes can be easily erased, and you can also clear the canvas with a single tap. The app supports undo and redo actions, giving you full control over your notes. A lock feature is also available: when you don’t need to make changes, simply tap the “Lock” button to disable text editing. Unlock it anytime to resume editing. Additionally, nine unique style modes allow you to select the interface that best suits your preferences. With a clean, user-friendly interface, this app provides a practical and professional solution for digital slating.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HollyView at Free against Hand Slate's $4.99. HollyView also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 16 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.2). Hand Slate's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 15%). On ads, in-app purchases 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
HollyView is free to download; Hand Slate costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HollyView ships an update monthly, Hand Slate every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HollyView | Hand Slate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.4 (74 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 14.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 深圳市昊一源科技有限公司 | 庆猛 邓 |
Customer experience
HollyView
Hand Slate
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
Hand Slate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HollyView
No in-app purchases
Hand Slate
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is HollyView free?
Is Hand Slate free?
Do HollyView or Hand Slate have ads?
Which is updated more often, HollyView or Hand Slate?
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