Help Lightning vs EXTRA DVIR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
EXTRA DVIR
This app enables the digital collection of daily vehicle inspection reports. It requires a service agreement with the provider to be used.
- Digital vehicle inspection reports
- Daily inspection logging
- Service agreement required
- Mobile data collection
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Elite EXTRA's DVIR 2 application, combined with Elite EXTRA and EXTRA Driver, allows for the digital collection of daily vehicle inspection reports. Use is not permitted without a service agreement with EXTRA Trax, LLC. See eliteextra.com for more information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EXTRA DVIR at 5.0 against Help Lightning's 4.1. EXTRA DVIR also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Help Lightning's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
EXTRA DVIR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Help Lightning has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Help Lightning ships an update fortnightly, EXTRA DVIR every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Help Lightning | EXTRA DVIR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Help Lightning, Inc | Extra Trax LLC |
Customer experience
Help Lightning
EXTRA DVIR
In-app purchases
Help Lightning
No in-app purchases
EXTRA DVIR
No in-app purchases
Questions
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