Comparison

Wainwrights vs Holding Space

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

Head to head
About

Wainwrights

Discover and navigate the Lake District's fells with an interactive map. Track your climbs of the 214 Wainwright mountains and hills, and optionally log the 116 Outlying Fells. A personal log helps monitor your progress on these iconic peaks.

Highlights
  • Interactive OpenStreetMap for fells
  • User location and grid reference
  • Personal progress log
  • Track 214 Wainwrights
  • Log 116 Outlying Fells
Features
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Explore the fells of the Lake District using an interactive map from OpenStreetMap, with the user's location and grid reference. Track your progress on your personal log. Are you ready for the challenge of climbing the Lake District's Wainwrights? The 214 Wainwright mountains and hills were established by Alfred Wainwright in his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells in the 1950s and 1960s. There is also an option for logging Wainwright's 116 Outlying Fells. The app supports The Wainwright Society. Base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation © OpenStreetMap contributors. All images are subject to copyright through Creative Commons Licence.

About

Holding Space

Features
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Holding Space is somewhere quiet to land. When things feel heavy, it can help to say them out loud – without being judged, rushed or fixed. Holding Space gives you a calm place to do that, and a few simple breathing practices to help you settle. TALK WITH CARA Cara is an AI companion who listens. Type or speak whatever is on your mind, and Cara will reflect it back gently, ask the occasional question, and sometimes offer a small thought to take with you. There are no wrong words here. BREATHE Five short guided breathing practices to help steady your nervous system: Box Breathing, 5-7-8, Downshift, Natural Breath and Balanced Breathing. Each comes with a simple explanation of when it helps, plus tips on which one to try. DESIGNED TO BE GENTLE - A calm, uncluttered design, with a soft dark mode for evenings - Speak instead of type, if that's easier - Your conversations are used only to generate Cara's replies – never to train AI models, and never sold NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL HELP Holding Space is a place to reflect, not therapy or medical care. If you mention thoughts of harming yourself, Cara will gently point you towards people who can help, with helpline numbers for the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. SUBSCRIPTION Holding Space requires a subscription: £5.99 per month, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at the end of the trial. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://holding-space.app/terms-of-use/ Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://holding-space.app/privacy-policy/ Made in the UK by The Golden Thread Project Ltd.

Screenshots

Wainwrights4 screens
Holding Space4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wainwrights at none against Holding Space's 1. Holding Space's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Holding Space sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Wainwrights asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wainwrights ships an update monthly, Holding Space every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Wainwrights versus Holding Space: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWainwrightsHolding Space
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB50 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDoug ColtonTom McGahan

In-app purchases

None

Wainwrights

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Holding Space

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Access7 Days trial$5.991 Month

Questions

Is Wainwrights free?
Wainwrights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Holding Space free?
Holding Space is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wainwrights or Holding Space have ads?
Neither Wainwrights nor Holding Space shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wainwrights or Holding Space?
Wainwrights ships an update monthly, and Holding Space every 5 days. Most recently, Wainwrights was updated on October 5, 2026 and Holding Space on October 25, 2026.

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