# Helium Hotspot

> App for HNT and Hotspots

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1450463605](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1450463605)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1450463605`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nova Labs, Inc.
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 3.10 / 5 (360 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-02-07
- **First published:** 2019-08-06
- **Size:** 59 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/helium-hotspot/id1450463605)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.helium.com/privacy](https://www.helium.com/privacy)

## Description

The Helium Hotspot extension provides a secure path to onboard Helium Hotspots and run diagnostics. After linking your wallet, pair your Hotspot with the app, connect to Wi‑Fi, and set your hotspot location with ease.

Whether you manage a single hotspot or dozens, this extension scales to support many devices from a single interface, enabling fast setup and centralized management.

## Rankings

- #97,217 — Overall

## Review summary

User reviews consistently describe the Helium Hotspot iOS app as buggy and unreliable. The biggest recurring issues are onboarding failures and ownership errors when adding or reconnecting miners, frequent stability problems (crashes, freezes, and slow loading), and persistent Bluetooth pairing and connectivity errors during setup. Additionally, a major concern is the wallet migration that removed key features (no explorer or rewards view) and left settings inoperable, while customer support is viewed as slow or unhelpful. Overall, users question the app’s viability despite the mining hardware’s potential.

### Cons

- Onboarding and miner addition issues, including inability to add or reconnect miners and ownership/identity errors after app updates.
- Frequent app stability problems such as crashes, freezes, and slow loading, especially during map usage.
- Wallet migration/deprecation that removed core features (no explorer, no rewards view, no wallet) and left some settings broken.
- Poor or unresponsive customer support with limited in-app help or guidance.
- Bluetooth setup and connectivity errors during miner pairing or network changes (error messages, cannot connect, etc.).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1450463605)