Phone Phite vs HolyStone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phone Phite
Engage in a global competition where players strategically "attack" virtual screens on a world map. Utilize a variety of projectiles and defensive tools to outlast opponents and claim victory on a worldwide stage.
- Global competition on a world map
- Virtual screen-cracking gameplay
- Variety of projectiles (pebbles, rocks, pulse emitters)
- Defensive tools (shields, cloud of doom)
- Drone assistance
- Strategic bearing and power settings
- Outlast opponents to win
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Welcome to the app that sets you on a world map where you try to "crack" the screen of the others in the game. No..not really...you are not really cracking their screen. Toss pebbles, rocks, send off pulse emitters, bowling balls, create a cloud of doom, put up a shield or two, and use drones to help you. You set the bearing and the power. This is on a world stage...real phone users on all continents may be a part of your game. Outlast them all to win.
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 review sentiment: Phone Phite at 100% against HolyStone's 30%. Phone Phite also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). HolyStone's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (111 vs 2). On price, ads 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. Phone Phite sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. HolyStone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Phone Phite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HolyStone has 111 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Phone Phite's written reviews are positive against 30% of HolyStone's.
Phone Phite ships an update fortnightly, HolyStone every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phone Phite | HolyStone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.5 (111 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 29.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Bentwood | HOLY STONE TECHNOLOGY Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Phone Phite
HolyStone
Bugs and requests
Phone Phite
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
Phone Phite
- Bowling Ball$0.99
- Green Slime$0.99
- Info Drone$0.99
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- Safety Shield$0.99
- Red Slime$0.99
- Blue Slime$0.99
- Purple Slime$0.99
- Pink Slime$0.99
- Adv. Info Drone$0.99
- Doom Cloud$0.99
HolyStone
No in-app purchases
