PNMobile Plus vs Help Lightning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PNMobile Plus
This app allows auto repair shops to remotely monitor and update vehicle repair progress. Users can take and upload photos, write notes, and track job status directly from their mobile devices. It integrates with a specific shop management system.
- Remote vehicle repair monitoring
- Photo and note uploads
- VIN barcode scanning
- Customer authorization (iPad)
- Mobile timecard access
- Shop statistics dashboard (iPad)
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The ProfitNet™ Mobile Plus application for iPhone/iPad allows you to remotely monitor and update the progress of vehicle repairs within your shop. Designed to work exclusively with the ProfitNet™ Body Shop Management System, ProfitNet™ Mobile allows you to take and upload photos, monitor vehicle status and write notes without being tied to a desk. ◆◆◆ Requires ProfitNet™ version 17 or greater ◆◆◆ Features: ► Universal App! Works on both iPhone and iPad ► Scan VIN barcodes for vehicle searches ► Attach photos to either estimates or repair orders with ProfitNet™ version 15 or higher ► Attach PDFs to your jobs from your favorite PDF signing app ► Customer Authorization function (iPad only) ► Mobile Timecard Access ► ProfitNet™ Dashboard to monitor shop statistics (iPad only) ► Multiple credential sets for multi-shop users ► Find vehicles quickly by searching on multiple fields ► Monitor/update production status ► Take and upload photos of vehicles and include descriptions ► Add notes to repair orders ► Works over WIFI and cellular data networks
Help Lightning
This app merges real-time video streams from two locations, allowing for interactive remote assistance. Experts can collaborate visually to help solve problems as if they were physically present. It offers a practical application of augmented reality for instant, anywhere support.
- Merged reality video streams
- Real-time interactive help
- Remote expert collaboration
- Visual problem solving
- Instant anywhere support
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Merged Reality and Virtual Interaction — digitally merge two real-time views, blending local and remote collaborative video streams to give or receive interactive help anywhere. Instantly. Help Lightning offers the most practical and useful application of Augmented Reality available in the App Store. Help Lightning delivers patented, merged reality, and virtual interactive presence technologies for users needing help solving problems currently across 50 countries. Mobile merged reality and virtual interaction allows digital merging of two real-time views blending local and remote collaborative video streams. Experts can visually collaborate, assist with issues, and resolve problems as though they were working side-by-side with a colleague or customer. Use Help Lightning to give or receive interactive help anywhere, instantly.
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Verdict
PNMobile Plus and Help Lightning both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Help Lightning's written reviews are positive against 0% of PNMobile Plus's. Help Lightning also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 4). PNMobile Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (11.1 vs 18.0). 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 — 4.0 for PNMobile Plus against 4.1 for Help Lightning. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Help Lightning has 26 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of PNMobile Plus's written reviews are positive against 71% of Help Lightning's.
PNMobile Plus ships an update every 3 months, Help Lightning every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PNMobile Plus | Help Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.1 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YADA Systems | Help Lightning, Inc |
Customer experience
PNMobile Plus
Help Lightning
In-app purchases
PNMobile Plus
No in-app purchases
Help Lightning
No in-app purchases
Questions
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