Pact vs Hold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pact
Build healthy habits with friends. Create daily goals, invite your circle, and track progress together. Foster accountability and celebrate streaks as you achieve your objectives.
- Group habit building
- Daily check-ins
- Streak tracking
- Friend accountability
- Progress visualization
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Pact helps you and your friends build habits together. Create a daily habit, invite your friends, and check in every day. See who's keeping up, build streaks, and hold each other accountable.
Hold
This app offers a guided pause to help you manage emotional eating and cravings. It provides a 10-minute mindfulness exercise to create space between an urge and your reaction, helping you build a healthier relationship with food.
- Guided 10-minute pause timer
- Identify emotional triggers
- Log comfort swaps and outcomes
- Track eating patterns over time
- Personalized risk map
- Weekly recaps and charts
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Hold is a gentle urge interruption system for emotional eating and cravings. When an urge hits, you don't have to give in to autopilot or white-knuckle it. Hold will predict when the urge will hit and notify you. Open Hold, start a guided pause, and let the moment pass with you in control. HOW IT WORKS • Start a Hold the second a craving shows up • Ride out a calm, guided 10-minute pause — it keeps counting even if you put your phone down • Name what you're really feeling: stress, boredom, loneliness, tiredness, or reward • Choose a comfort swap and log what happened • Watch your patterns take shape over time WHY IT HELPS Most snacking isn't about hunger — it's about a feeling. Hold helps you notice the trigger, create a little space, and build a calmer relationship with food, one pause at a time. Regain self trust with food through Hold HOLD PLUS • Unlimited Holds, any time • Full exercise + danger window notification system • Weekly recap and charts • Personal risk map — your most vulnerable days and times • Trigger analysis and reset effectiveness • 8-week progress trends Hold Plus is an auto-renewing subscription (weekly or yearly) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. Hold is a mindfulness support tool, not a medical or mental health treatment, and not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or care. If you're struggling with compulsive behaviors or an eating disorder, please consult a qualified healthcare professional. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://holdprivacy.netlify.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pact at 5.0 against Hold's 4.4. Pact also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). Hold's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Hold sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Pact asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pact holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hold has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pact ships an update every 2 days, Hold every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Pact | Hold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ANDREW DAVID LEHR | Arnav Goel |
In-app purchases
Pact
No in-app purchases
Hold
- Hold Plus - Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Hold Plus Weekly$2.997 Days
- Hold Plus - Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- Hold Plus Yearly$39.991 Year








