Comparison

Prepware ATP vs Holdings

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

Head to head
About

Prepware ATP

Prepare for the FAA Knowledge Exam with this comprehensive study and test tool. It offers flashcard-style review of questions, answers, and explanations, allowing you to study by subject or take realistic practice tests.

Highlights
  • Flashcard-style review
  • Question, answer, and explanation database
  • Study by subject
  • Practice test mode
  • FAA Knowledge Exam preparation
Features
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Comprehensive preparation, study and test tool for the FAA Knowledge Exam. Flashcard style review of questions, answers and explanations included for you to study by subject or with a true-to-form practice test.

About

Holdings

Practice aviation holding patterns with interactive visualizations. Covers entries, briefings, and actual holding with timing and wind corrections. Ideal for flight students and experienced pilots to maintain proficiency.

Highlights
  • Interactive holding pattern visualization
  • Practice entries with course and timing
  • Complete holding briefings
  • Actual holding practice with wind corrections
  • Altitude assignment decisions
  • Aircraft perspective and overview map
Features
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Holdings is a great way to practice holding patterns with a visualization unseen on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch so far. Whether you are a flight student or an experienced jumbo pilot, Holdings keeps you fit for the test or to be able to double check the FMS and to stay ahead of the aircraft! Holdings takes you through all necessary steps, from the type of entry to wind and timing corrections on the actual pattern. Every step is visualized either via the aircraft’s perspective, i.e. an HSI, or a clear, intuitive overview map of the holding and aircraft position / flight path. Holdings lets you practice: ▶ Entries - Type of entry - every course, heading, wind correction angle and timing for the entry ▶ Holding Briefing - complete holding briefing including must-have items as well as additional information ▶ Actual Holding - outbound and inbound course, heading, WCA, timing - by receiving altitude assignments, you will have to decide whether to fly a 1 or 1.5 minute holding pattern Start practicing with Holdings and fly your next one completely by hand! Please note: The procedures depicted in this app may differ from those used by your airline / flight school. There is no guarantee for correct procedures.

Screenshots

Prepware ATP4 screens
Holdings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Holdings at $2.99 against Prepware ATP's $9.99. Holdings also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Prepware ATP's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 4). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Prepware ATP costs $9.99 and Holdings $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.8 for Prepware ATP against 2.8 for Holdings. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prepware ATP has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 36% of Prepware ATP's written reviews are positive against 29% of Holdings's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prepware ATP ships an update every 4 months, Holdings every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Prepware ATP versus Holdings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrepware ATPHoldings
Price$9.99$2.99 — better
Rating2.8 (20 ratings)2.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews36.2% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASAOliver Puetz

Customer experience

Prepware ATP

All ratings20 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive36.2%
Neutral18.8%
Negative44.9%

Holdings

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

None

Prepware ATP

No in-app purchases

None

Holdings

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prepware ATP free?
Prepware ATP costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Holdings free?
Holdings costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prepware ATP or Holdings?
Prepware ATP and Holdings are both rated 2.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 20 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Prepware ATP or Holdings have ads?
Neither Prepware ATP nor Holdings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prepware ATP or Holdings?
Prepware ATP ships an update every 4 months, and Holdings every 12 months. Most recently, Prepware ATP was updated on October 17, 2026 and Holdings on September 23, 2026.

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