Comparison

Fairy Tale vs HOLD Please

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

Head to head
About

Fairy Tale

Create and share your own personalized stories with interactive characters and illustrations. Record your voice, add text, and bring your imagination to life. Save and share your creations with others or gift them as special memories.

Highlights
  • Personal story creation tool
  • Interactive characters and objects
  • Movable, expandable, rotatable illustrations
  • Voice recording for stories
  • Insert text boxes
  • Personal bookshelf for saved stories
  • Share stories online and via iTunes
Features
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The Fairy Tale is fun to personally make the story and read. Encourages the imagination, creativity, and emotions. The movements of the characters after being touched also add the liveliness and interests. The Fairy Tale leads you to the directly made and shared world of children’s stories from the only read stories. You can make the stories with your families, lovers, and friends and also gift the made stories to someone you care for. Treasure your beautiful memories by making them into a story. Your memories become more special. Share your fairy tale to the world. You can upload your fairy tale to fairy tale world and share others. You can purchase the illustration books of famous stories to newly change them and make new stories. Place the beautiful illustrations of professional illustrator in your stories. For educational institutions there is a paid version of 'Fairy Tale' with no limits. The paid version is available with a 50% discount under App Store Volume Purchase Program. == KEY FEATURES == The story production tool can be used to make a personal story. The characters and objects will respond to the touch to make noise and move. The illustrations within the story can be moved, expanded, reduced or rotated with touch. You can record your voice into the children’s stories. The text box can be used to insert stories in the story. The created story can be displayed in a personal bookshelf for a future view. The story can be shared via internet and iTunes.

About

HOLD Please

Features
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HOLD Please A stage manager's soundboard for the modern theatre. HOLD Please is a one-tap voice cue board built for stage managers, ASMs, tech directors, and rehearsal callers. Instead of shouting across a noisy house or hunting for a microphone, just tap a button — a clear, pre-recorded voice cue plays through the room. Each button toggles play/stop, lights up red while it's broadcasting, and falls back to green when it's done. Cues are grouped into six sections so you can find what you need fast: • Stage Cues — Hold Please, Continue, Places, Freeze, Take it back, Thank you • Timing — 5/10/15/30 minute calls and breaks, "to places," "to curtain" • Production — Action, Cut, Rollem, Stand clear, That's a wrap, In 3, 2, 1 • Movement & Lighting — stage left/right/up/down, find your light, hold for lighting, tech difficulties, the show will resume • Quiet & Wrap — quiet backstage, quiet in the house, return for notes, done for tonight • Calling the Show — Go, Standby, LX, SFX, Stage Left/Right, Be Quiet (forceful)

Screenshots

Fairy Tale4 screens
HOLD Please3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HOLD Please at none against Fairy Tale's 2. Fairy Tale's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Fairy Tale sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. HOLD Please asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fairy Tale ships an update every 2 months, HOLD Please every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fairy Tale versus HOLD Please: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFairy TaleHOLD Please
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGood EffectDavid Mickey

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Fairy Tale

One-time2
  • Jack and the Beanstalk$1.99
  • Aladdin and The Magic lamp$1.99
None

HOLD Please

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fairy Tale free?
Fairy Tale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HOLD Please free?
HOLD Please is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fairy Tale or HOLD Please have ads?
Neither Fairy Tale nor HOLD Please shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fairy Tale or HOLD Please?
Fairy Tale ships an update every 2 months, and HOLD Please every 4 months. Most recently, Fairy Tale was updated on August 26, 2026 and HOLD Please on September 8, 2026.

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