Comparison

ProtoPie Player vs Holdspace

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

Head to head
About

ProtoPie Player

This app allows you to view, test, and experience interactive prototypes created with a companion desktop tool. Access prototypes from the cloud or save them locally for offline use on your mobile devices. It enables easy sharing and testing of designs with colleagues, clients, or users.

Highlights
  • View and test prototypes
  • Access cloud prototypes
  • Save prototypes locally
  • Use native device capabilities
  • Control playback speed
  • Share prototypes easily
Features
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ProtoPie Player is a free companion app to ProtoPie Studio, a code-free prototyping tool on macOS & Windows. View, experience, and test prototypes on iOS and iPadOS easily. Access prototypes in the Cloud, save prototypes locally, and more—all from your iPhone or iPad. Ideal for yourself, your colleagues, stakeholders, clients, or users. ProtoPie Player is perfect for quickly testing prototypes made with ProtoPie, getting prototypes in anyone’s hands, and (remote) usability testing. To open prototypes on your iPhone or iPad, connect ProtoPie Player to ProtoPie Studio via WiFi or USB. Or just log in with your ProtoPie account to access your prototypes in the cloud. Also, it’s possible to open any prototype on your iPhone or iPad with a shareable link or shared via any other third-party solution—without connecting to ProtoPie Studio. With ProtoPie Player, you can: - Open any prototypes—shared via ProtoPie Cloud, email, Google Drive, Slack, or any other messaging and storage solution. - Use the iPhone and iPad their native capabilities in prototypes, e.g., camera, gyroscope, microphone, and more. - Control the play speed: slow down the prototype to experience the interactions with more detail. - Access prototypes in ProtoPie Cloud. - Save prototypes locally for offline usage ProtoPie Player is part of the ProtoPie ecosystem. ProtoPie is a prototyping tool to easily turn your interaction design ideas into realistic prototypes. Create interactive prototypes for mobile, desktop, web, and IoT. Get started with ProtoPie today!

About

Holdspace

Features
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Holdspace is a quiet place for links, notes and ideas you want to return to. Keep one item in focus, with the rest waiting in your queue. Finish it when you’re done, or snooze it for tonight, tomorrow or a date you choose. Archived items remain available when you need them. Paste a URL or write a note. Save URLs and plain text from compatible share sheets. Optional link previews add a title and image, and you can turn them off in Settings. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets bring your current item and queue into view. Snoozed items return to the queue when they’re due. Your queue stays on your device. Holdspace has no account, advertising or analytics. Link previews contact websites; opening links and exporting backups use destinations you choose. Export a portable JSON backup, then restore missing items without replacing your current edits or adding duplicates. A small place to put something down, and pick it up when you’re ready.

Screenshots

ProtoPie Player4 screens
Holdspace3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ProtoPie Player at every 5 weeks against Holdspace's every 8 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ProtoPie Player ships an update every 5 weeks, Holdspace every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ProtoPie Player versus Holdspace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProtoPie PlayerHoldspace
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio XIDMaxwell Young

In-app purchases

None

ProtoPie Player

No in-app purchases

None

Holdspace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ProtoPie Player free?
ProtoPie Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Holdspace free?
Holdspace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ProtoPie Player or Holdspace have ads?
Neither ProtoPie Player nor Holdspace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ProtoPie Player or Holdspace?
ProtoPie Player ships an update every 5 weeks, and Holdspace every 8 months. Most recently, ProtoPie Player was updated on October 4, 2026 and Holdspace on October 5, 2026.

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