Held vs VitalFill
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Held
This app provides a private space to process loss and grief at your own pace. It offers daily check-ins, guided reflections, support for difficult days, and a place to store memories. It's designed to be a gentle companion through the grieving process.
- Daily check-ins
- Guided reflection and journaling
- Support for difficult days
- Memory Garden for cherished moments
- Gentle encouragement and reminders
- Private and personal space
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Grief is not something you get over. It is something you learn to carry. Held is a gentle, private space to carry loss with Scripture, prayer and honest reflection, at your own pace. You do not have to navigate this alone. WHAT HELD OFFERS Daily Check-Ins Start each day with a gentle prompt that meets you where you are. No performance. No right answers. Just a quiet moment to acknowledge how you are feeling. Guided Reflection and Journaling Work through grief with prompts drawn from a companion book written for people in the middle of real loss. Each reflection invites you to slow down, feel what is true and find words for what is hard to say. Support for Difficult Days Some days are heavier than others. Held includes a space to return to when grief feels especially close, on anniversaries, hard mornings or unexpected waves of sadness. A Place for Memories Keep the people and moments you have loved. The Memory Garden gives you a quiet corner to hold what matters. Gentle Encouragement Held does not rush you. It walks with you. Receive soft reminders that bring you back when you are ready. ROOTED IN FAITH Held is shaped by Scripture and written from more than 25 years of walking with grieving people. Each chapter offers a passage to sit with, a prayer when words are hard, and space to be honest with God about what hurts. If you are uncertain about faith but open to comfort, you are welcome here too. DESIGNED FOR REAL GRIEF There is no right way to grieve. Held does not offer a five-step process or a finish line. It offers a place to be honest, to reflect and to feel less alone after loss. Use it daily, occasionally or only when you need it most. No pressure to keep up. PRIVATE AND PERSONAL Your journal entries and reflections stay on your device. What you write in Held belongs to you. You are not alone. Held is here to walk with you through grief, one step at a time.
VitalFill
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VitalFill turns nutrition into something you can see. Log what you ate. Pick any nutrient — vitamin D, iron, magnesium, leucine. A human figure fills up to show exactly how much of YOUR daily need you've covered. Not a generic label percentage. Yours. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most trackers count calories and stop there. VitalFill asks what actually matters: are you getting enough of what your body needs? Free, your targets are the standard FDA reference — the same numbers on a Nutrition Facts label. Upgrade and they switch to your own numbers, calculated from NIH Dietary Reference Intakes using your age, sex, height, weight and activity level, and adjusted for pregnancy or breastfeeding. Two people logging the same meal can then see different results, because their needs differ. FOUR WAYS TO LOG • Search — over two million foods from the USDA FoodData Central database • Barcode — scan any packaged product, unlimited and free • Photo — snap your plate and let AI identify it (1 free scan/day) • Voice — just say "two eggs and a slice of toast" (3 free logs/day) WHAT YOU CAN TRACK Calories, protein, carbohydrates and fats — including saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and cholesterol. Every vitamin from A to K. Every essential mineral. All nine essential amino acids. Fiber and sugars. Every one of these is free — see below. BUILT FOR PRIVACY No account. No sign-up. No email address. We never ask who you are. Your profile and food log stay on your device — we hold no copy. Voice logging transcribes speech on your phone; no audio ever leaves it, only the resulting text is sent for parsing. Photo and recipe scanning send the photo to Anthropic's Claude API for recognition only; it's never stored. There are no ads, no analytics, and no tracking of any kind. SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE • Daily status for any nutrient, as a filling figure • Coverage view showing every nutrient at once • Biggest gap — what you're most short of today • Which foods contributed what • Look back at any previous day DATA SOURCES Nutrient values come from USDA FoodData Central. Daily targets come from NIH Dietary Reference Intakes. Every nutrient links to its source. VITALFILL FREE Every nutrient, every score, unlimited barcode scanning, one AI photo scan a day, and 3 voice logs a day — all measured against the standard %DV reference. No nutrient or score is hidden behind a paywall; only personalization is. VITALFILL PRO Pro switches your score and every target from the standard reference to numbers calculated from your own age, sex, weight and activity level. It also adds: • Scan any recipe or ingredient list and get a nutrient density score for the whole dish • Save a favorite meal once, log it again in one tap • Full history and 30-day trend charts, by day or by individual meal • 14 photo scans a day and 60 voice logs a day (vs. 1 and 3 free) SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS • VitalFill Pro Annual — 1 year, with a 3-day free trial • VitalFill Pro Lifetime — one-time purchase, no subscription, ever Annual: payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Lifetime is a one-time, non-consumable purchase — no recurring charge, nothing to cancel. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.vital-fill.com/privacy.php IMPORTANT VitalFill provides nutritional information for educational purposes. It is not a medical device and does not offer medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Talk to a qualified healthcare professional about your individual dietary needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Held at weekly against VitalFill's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Held sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and VitalFill sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Held ships an update weekly, VitalFill monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Held | VitalFill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Compassion Innovations LLC | Vital Fill LLC |
In-app purchases
Held
- Held While in the Valley - Digital$9.99
- Held Digital Book - Pay it Forward$9.99
- 2 Digital Books$18.99
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- 3 Digital Books$26.99
- 4 Digital Books$34.99
- 5 Digital Books$42.99
VitalFill
- VitalFill Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
- VitalFill Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- VitalFill Pro Annual3 Days trial$23.991 Year









