Help Lightning vs Holis Go
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.
Holis Go
Access live and recorded video from your security system on your mobile device. View up to 8 cameras live or 4 cameras recorded simultaneously, receive alarm notifications, and save snapshots or video clips.
- View live video from up to 8 cameras
- Watch recorded video from up to 4 cameras
- Create favorite camera lists
- Single tap playback
- Push notifications for alarms
- Image snapshot and video clip support
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Easily view live and recorded video from your Holis Network Video Recorder (NVR) - on the go, on your schedule. Key features of Holis Go include: • View live video from up to 8 cameras • Create a list of favorite cameras so you can quickly view video of critical locations • Single tap playback • Watch recorded video from up to 4 cameras simultaneously • Receive push notification of alarms related to motion detection and other factors • Image snapshot and video clip support Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Holis, a Tyco Security Products brand, offers some of the world's most economical, user-friendly solutions for improved security and business performance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Help Lightning at 71% against Holis Go's 14%. Help Lightning also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 14 months). Holis Go's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). 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.
Help Lightning holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.0. 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 point the same way: 71% of Help Lightning's written reviews are positive against 14% of Holis Go's.
Help Lightning ships an update fortnightly, Holis Go every 14 months. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Help Lightning | Holis Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (26 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Help Lightning, Inc | Sensormatic Electronics LLC |
Customer experience
Help Lightning
Holis Go
In-app purchases
Help Lightning
No in-app purchases
Holis Go
No in-app purchases
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