XT vs HolyStone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XT
Control a four-axis aircraft with your iPhone. View real-time camera feeds, capture photos and videos, and use voice commands for flight operations like take-off and landing.
- Aircraft flight control
- Real-time camera feed viewing
- Photo and video capture
- Speech control for flight
- iPhone connectivity
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Iphone is connected to a four-axis aircraft through this APP. 1. It can control the flight of the aircraft, and can view the pictures captured by the camera on the aircraft in real time. 2. It can also take pictures or videos to the mobile phone. 3. Speech control can be used to control aircraft take-off, landing, forward and backward, etc.
HolyStone
Control your drone with your mobile device. Experience real-time FPV video, multiple control methods including gravity sensing and voice commands, and capture photos and videos directly from the app.
- WiFi real-time image transmission
- Gravity sensing control
- Trajectory control
- Voice command control
- Hand photography and video recording
- Manual photography and video recording
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A drone controls the app. The main features are as follows: 1. WiFi real-time image transmission 2. Real time manual control, gravity sensing control, trajectory control, voice command control 3. Hand photography and video recording, manual photography and video recording
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: HolyStone at 111 against XT's 6. XT's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for XT against 3.5 for HolyStone. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HolyStone has 111 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
XT ships an update monthly, HolyStone every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | XT | HolyStone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) — better | 3.5 (111 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 29.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Joyhonest Technology Co., Ltd | HOLY STONE TECHNOLOGY Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
XT
HolyStone
Bugs and requests
XT
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
HolyStone
Reported bugs
16 issues- App freezes
- Drone won't pair with controller
- Home button causes drone to fly erratically
- Cannot log back into account
- Videos turn screen white
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- Cannot connect to Wi-Fi (security warning)
- Videos and pictures are excessively large files
- App steals information
- Drone flies away on its own
- App disconnects from drone
- App doesn't show recorded videos
- App requires location permission
- App claims to be for email
- Drone blades not spinning
- Drone flies in random direction
- App crashes iPhone when viewing media
Requested features
5 requests- Update app to fix bugs
- Provide better customer support
- Fix video file size issue
- Improve drone control responsiveness
- Fix account creation issues
In-app purchases
XT
No in-app purchases
HolyStone
No in-app purchases
