Comparison

Holdings vs CPaT Mobile 4

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

Head to head
About

Holdings

Practice aviation holding patterns with interactive visualizations. Covers entries, briefings, and actual holding with timing and wind corrections. Ideal for flight students and experienced pilots to maintain proficiency.

Highlights
  • Interactive holding pattern visualization
  • Practice entries with course and timing
  • Complete holding briefings
  • Actual holding practice with wind corrections
  • Altitude assignment decisions
  • Aircraft perspective and overview map
Features
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Holdings is a great way to practice holding patterns with a visualization unseen on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch so far. Whether you are a flight student or an experienced jumbo pilot, Holdings keeps you fit for the test or to be able to double check the FMS and to stay ahead of the aircraft! Holdings takes you through all necessary steps, from the type of entry to wind and timing corrections on the actual pattern. Every step is visualized either via the aircraft’s perspective, i.e. an HSI, or a clear, intuitive overview map of the holding and aircraft position / flight path. Holdings lets you practice: ▶ Entries - Type of entry - every course, heading, wind correction angle and timing for the entry ▶ Holding Briefing - complete holding briefing including must-have items as well as additional information ▶ Actual Holding - outbound and inbound course, heading, WCA, timing - by receiving altitude assignments, you will have to decide whether to fly a 1 or 1.5 minute holding pattern Start practicing with Holdings and fly your next one completely by hand! Please note: The procedures depicted in this app may differ from those used by your airline / flight school. There is no guarantee for correct procedures.

About

CPaT Mobile 4

Access your aviation training materials offline. Download courses to study at your convenience and sync your progress back to the CPaT Learning Management System when you have an internet connection.

Highlights
  • Offline training material access
  • Downloadable course content
  • Training progress tracking
  • Sync with CPaT LMS
  • Interactive training modules
Features
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CPaT mobile provides an offline training solution for the CPaT training library developed for web platforms.This app allows CPaT LMS users to view their training progress, launch into their online account, as well take their interactive training offline by downloading the training material. Once downloaded, the material is available without the need for an Internet connection and can be viewed at the users convenience. When an Internet connection can be made, the data accumulated from the downloaded content may be synchronized back to the CPaT Learning Management System.

Screenshots

Holdings4 screens
CPaT Mobile 43 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CPaT Mobile 4 at Free against Holdings's $2.99. CPaT Mobile 4 also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 4). Holdings's advantage is rating (2.8 vs 2.3) and review sentiment (29% vs 0%). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CPaT Mobile 4 is free to download; Holdings costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Holdings holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Holdings's written reviews are positive against 0% of CPaT Mobile 4's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Holdings ships an update every 12 months, CPaT Mobile 4 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Holdings versus CPaT Mobile 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoldingsCPaT Mobile 4
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.8 (4 ratings) — better2.3 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings417 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOliver PuetzCPAT GLOBAL, LLC

Customer experience

Holdings

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%

CPaT Mobile 4

All ratings11 ratings
Positive36.4%
Neutral9.1%
Negative54.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative91.7%

In-app purchases

None

Holdings

No in-app purchases

None

CPaT Mobile 4

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Holdings free?
Holdings costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CPaT Mobile 4 free?
CPaT Mobile 4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Holdings or CPaT Mobile 4?
Holdings is rated higher. Holdings averages 2.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while CPaT Mobile 4 averages 2.3 from 17 ratings.
Do Holdings or CPaT Mobile 4 have ads?
Neither Holdings nor CPaT Mobile 4 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Holdings or CPaT Mobile 4?
Holdings ships an update every 12 months, and CPaT Mobile 4 every 6 weeks. Most recently, Holdings was updated on September 23, 2026 and CPaT Mobile 4 on October 14, 2026.

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