Banner Basic vs HolaBrain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Banner Basic
Create custom LED-matrix-style messages and display them on your device. Show text, symbols, dates, times, tweets, and music information with various customization options for speed, appearance, and display settings.
- Customizable LED-matrix display
- Show user-defined messages
- Display date and time
- Show tweet feeds
- Display music information
- Adjustable scroll and blink speeds
- Customizable LED appearance (size, shape, color)
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Banner is an LED-matrix-like display with which you can show custom messages. The following items can be shown: - 5 user-defined messages - 35 types of symbol characters - Date (3 formats) - Time (3 formats) - Bluesky (3 defined feeds based on user's timeline or keyword search) - Music (Artist, Song, Album) The application has the following settings: - Scroll speed - Blink speed - Landscape-only mode - Upside-down display - Mirror display - Double-tap editing - Sleep disable - Character size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) shape (6 shapes) - Element (LED) color (Hue, Saturation) - Element (LED) color randomization Note - Bluesky posts will be updated every minutes or every posts displayed. - "Banner Basic" is a free version with ads; "Banner" and "Banner Extreme" are paid versions with no ad. - "Banner Extreme" has a little bit different from the others on the style and the speed.
HolaBrain
Manage and control your smart home appliances remotely with this intelligent housekeeper app. It enables one-click automation for multiple devices, allows sharing access with others, and supports global users with multi-language options.
- Remote appliance control
- One-click device linkage
- Share devices with family/friends
- Third-party login/registration
- Global language support
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Dollin Smart has been upgraded to HolaBrain, Let's start a new journey. HolaBrain APP is a smart home appliance control housekeeper. It helps you control and manage smart home appliances anytime and anywhere; provides one-click linkage of multiple home appliances; shares devices with family and friends; supports third-party login and registration; and provides global language selection for coverage of multiple regions around the world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Banner Basic at 56% against HolaBrain's 8%. Banner Basic also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 3). HolaBrain's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HolaBrain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Banner Basic has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Banner Basic's written reviews are positive against 8% of HolaBrain's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Banner Basic ships an update every 7 months, HolaBrain every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Banner Basic | HolaBrain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews — better | 7.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | MSTL |
Customer experience
Banner Basic
HolaBrain
Bugs and requests
Banner Basic
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch
- Distorted text display
- Incompatibility with iOS updates
Requested features
5 requests- Speed control for scrolling
- Color and font customization
- Ability to save/recall preset messages
- Orientation and display options
- Improved performance and stability
HolaBrain
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Banner Basic
No in-app purchases
HolaBrain
No in-app purchases
