Comparison

HoloKit vs Lumino

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HoloKit

Experience stereoscopic AR with an affordable accessory and app. Explore immersive art, battle dragons, and play with friends in shared realities. Control your experience with an Apple Watch and track fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Stereoscopic AR experiences
  • Face-to-face multiplayer battles
  • Spectator mode for real-time viewing
  • Apple Watch motion controls
  • Health app integration for fitness tracking
  • Switch between realities with simple controls
Features
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HoloKit X is a simple, affordable accessory for iPhone that unlocks the world of stereoscopic AR and allows people to Dream Together in new realities. Download the HoloKit X app, follow the simple instructions to pair iPhone, try out a few of the included realities, and then get ready to transport into a new reality to become a wizard or dragon hunter and play with friends. The HoloKit X app includes all content, a series of realities, to demonstrate the capabilities and wonder of stereoscopic AR, experience immersive art dreams created by world-renewed digital artists, and battles with wizards and dragons by casting spells. HoloKit X’s killer feature is face-to-face multiplayer, which allows friends to battle together or against each other as wizards, by casting spells, and hunt down and battle dragons together. This has never been done before with AR and is now available for anybody to use. The HoloKit X app also enables others, with their own iPhone or iPad, to Dream Together with their friends using a unique spectator mode feature where battles, dragon hunts, and immersive art experiences can be viewed in real-time from a second screen. Simply download the app and await a pair request from a friend or friends with HoloKit X (using AirDrop). The HoloKit X app, once iPhone is docked and paired, includes simple controls to switch between realities. The included Apple Watch app enables motion control within HoloKit X realities with any object and using the built-in gyroscope. Now any object you want can be your wand to cast spells in these new worlds and shared experiences. The app also integrates with the Health app on iPhone and Apple Watch, allowing dreamers to track their activity and achieve fitness goals through individual battles and with their friends.

About

Lumino

Explore a metaphorical labyrinth of language, collecting words to craft unique poems. Shake your device to arrange words into verses and find the hidden word "infinity" to escape.

Highlights
  • Collect words by tapping
  • Compose poetry by shaking device
  • Explore a labyrinthine space
  • Discover hidden words
  • Create unique poems
  • Minimalist aesthetic
Features
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Lumino is a variation of the ancient found poem game, created as a gift for people who love to look at letters. In a labyrinth at night (a metaphor of our world, disordered and boundless), the only light comes from language itself. Capture poems as you navigate through this space, where you pick up fleeting words and transform them into unique poetry. How? - Tap to keep the words you like on the screen. - Shake your phone and a line of poetry will be composed using the selected words. - Scroll up, down, left, or right to explore the space, and create more lines of poetry. When you find the hidden word "infinity", tap to complete the found poem game and discover how your poems illuminate the path out of the labyrinth. ------------------------------------------------------ "I thought of a labyrinth of labyrinths..." - Jorge Luis Borges Within this literary labyrinth, you will find: - Cryptographic Seed: One of 2,048 BIP-39 seed phrase words awaits at the origin (0, 0). - Infinite Paths: Swipe in any direction to explore - up, down, left, or right. Lost? Keep moving; you'll always find your way back to the start. - Words as Light: Tap to capture flickering words, illuminating your path through the darkness. - Emergent Order: Shake your device to evoke order from chaos, transforming random words into meaningful verses. - Journey to Infinity: Each path leads to "infinity" - the mystical exit that completes your poem's trajectory. Note: Lumino was originally made for a conceptual exhibition "Poetic Cryptography" in the "Infinite Garden" of ETH Devcon Bangkok in Nov 2024. For more information, please see: https://fangting.me/poetic-cryptography. Keywords: labyrinth, language, infinity, randomness, poetry, generative art, minimalist aesthetics.

Screenshots

HoloKit4 screens
Lumino4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lumino at 5.0 against HoloKit's 3.8. Lumino also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). HoloKit's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lumino holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HoloKit ships an update every 7 months, Lumino every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HoloKit versus Lumino: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoloKitLumino
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017
Further details — not scored
Size884 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHolo Interactive若桢 宫

Customer experience

HoloKit

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Lumino

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HoloKit

No in-app purchases

None

Lumino

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HoloKit free?
HoloKit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lumino free?
Lumino is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HoloKit or Lumino?
Lumino is rated higher. HoloKit averages 3.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Lumino averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do HoloKit or Lumino have ads?
HoloKit shows ads; Lumino does not.
Which is updated more often, HoloKit or Lumino?
HoloKit ships an update every 7 months, and Lumino every 2 months. Most recently, HoloKit was updated on October 24, 2026 and Lumino on October 9, 2026.

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