Comparison

Held vs Stillhaven

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily check-ins
  • Guided reflection and journaling
  • Support for difficult days
  • Memory Garden for cherished moments
  • Gentle encouragement and reminders
  • Private and personal space
Features
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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.

About

Stillhaven

Features
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Stillhaven is a gentle, private place to carry grief. Not a task list and not a feed, just a quiet room for the person you are missing. Every day begins with a soft prompt drawn from a library written for grief, across themes like Remembering, Missing them, Hard days, and Talking to them. Write as much or as little as you need. There is no wrong way to be here. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Daily rotating prompts, plus free writing whenever you prefer. - Mood weather: mark how the day felt with one of six weathers, from Storm to Clear, and watch the trend take shape. - Letters to your person, kept apart from the daily journal, with gentle openings for when you do not know how to start. - A memory vault for the photos and small moments you never want to lose. - Dates you keep: birthdays and remembrances that prepare you a few days ahead, so a hard date never arrives all at once. - On this day: a gentle resurfacing of what you wrote a year ago, when it finds you. - Light a candle: a quiet moment of remembrance, with a minute of stillness if you want it. - Search your journal, set a soft daily reminder at a time you choose, and preview your Memory Book before you make it. - A Face ID lock, so your journal stays yours. SEE YOUR DAYS TAKE SHAPE Your reflections become a mood weather chart, a writing streak, and a picture of your days. Over weeks a shape appears, gentle and your own. Yours is yours, whatever it shows. FREE AND PRO Stillhaven is free to use, including up to 10 reflections and a taste of letters and the memory vault. Stillhaven Pro unlocks unlimited reflections, letters, and memories, plus the Memory Book, a printable keepsake that gathers your letters, memories, and reflections into one PDF. Pro also exports your journal as a CSV. Stillhaven Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The current price is always shown in the app before you decide. Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud. Private by design: no account of ours, no ads, no tracking. Your writing stays on your device and in your own iCloud. Stillhaven is a gentle place for reflection, not a substitute for professional care. If you are in crisis or thinking of harming yourself, please contact your local emergency services or a crisis line. Pro subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions; cancellation applies at the end of the current period. Terms: Apple Standard EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Held4 screens
Stillhaven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Held at 15.1 against Stillhaven's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Held sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Stillhaven sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Held ships an update weekly, Stillhaven every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Held versus Stillhaven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeldStillhaven
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCompassion Innovations LLCInnovaLabWorks

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Held

One-time6
  • Held While in the Valley - Digital$9.99
  • Held Digital Book - Pay it Forward$9.99
  • 2 Digital Books$18.99
Show 3 more
  • 3 Digital Books$26.99
  • 4 Digital Books$34.99
  • 5 Digital Books$42.99
3 purchases

Stillhaven

Subscriptions2
  • Stillhaven Pro$3.991 Month
  • Stillhaven Pro$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Stillhaven Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Held free?
Held is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stillhaven free?
Stillhaven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Held or Stillhaven have ads?
Neither Held nor Stillhaven shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Held or Stillhaven?
Held ships an update weekly, and Stillhaven every 2 weeks. Most recently, Held was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stillhaven on October 25, 2026.

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