Prepware ATP vs Holdings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Flashcard-style review
- Question, answer, and explanation database
- Study by subject
- Practice test mode
- FAA Knowledge Exam preparation
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Prepware ATP costs $9.99 and Holdings $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Prepware ATP | Holdings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 2.8 (20 ratings) | 2.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 36.2% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | Oliver Puetz |
Customer experience
Prepware ATP
Holdings
In-app purchases
Prepware ATP
No in-app purchases
Holdings
No in-app purchases
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