Holding Pattern Trainer Downloads & RevenueHolding Pattern Trainer · App Store
Holding Pattern Trainer is #20 in Navigation Paid in United States and charting in 15 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperFLEMINGER MEDIA LLC
CategoryNavigation
Price4.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.2 (114)
Version1.4.0
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10k+ worldwide
Holding Pattern Trainer update history & changes
Last change · 22 events since 16 Aug 2011Full timeline ↓📈Charting in a new country📈New best rank in the overall chart: #95⭐Passed 100 ratings🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 21 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer charting in a new countryPhilippines
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer new best rank in the overall chart: #95Top Paid · All Apps · AR
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · AR
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer charting in a new countryArgentina
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer entered the top 10 on iPad · Top Paid All AppsCO
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · IN
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · IN
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer charting in a new countryAustralia
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer entered the top 100Top Paid · Navigation · GB
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer charting in a new countrySweden
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer charting in a new countryTaiwan
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer new best rank in the overall chart: #131Top Paid · All Apps · MX
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer charting in a new countryMexico
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer charting in a new countryTurkey
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Navigation · AE · Top Paid · Navigation · US
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · AE
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · CN
- 📈Holding Pattern Trainer charting in a new countryItaly
- 🆕Holding Pattern Trainer first spotted by AppInsider#93 in Top Paid · Navigation · Japan
- 🆕Holding Pattern Trainer released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.2 ★
114 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#20
Navigation PaidMeasured
Holding Pattern Trainer on the App Store
App details
App ID
456327713
Publisher
FLEMINGER MEDIA LLC
On the store since
Aug 2011
15 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 11.0+
iPhone 5s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
10 MB
Also listed in
Education
Holding Pattern Trainer downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Holding Pattern Trainer's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | NavigationPaid | #20 |
 South Korea | NavigationPaid | #25 |
 China | NavigationPaid | #87 |
| Japan | NavigationPaid | #88 |
 India | NavigationPaid | #45 |
 Brazil | NavigationPaid | #62 |
 Canada | NavigationPaid | #68 |
 United Kingdom | NavigationPaid | #143 |
 Germany | NavigationPaid | #144 |
 Russia | NavigationPaid | #76 |
 Indonesia | NavigationPaid | #59 |
 Saudi Arabia | NavigationPaid | #61 |
 United Arab Emirates | NavigationPaid | #59 |
 Italy | NavigationPaid | #137 |
 Australia | NavigationPaid | #199 |
Apps near Holding Pattern Trainer on the chart
Navigation Paid, around #20.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.2 ★
114 ratings
Measured
Ratings
114
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.1★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
20/100
faster than 0% of Navigation apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Holding Pattern Trainer
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users praise the app's effectiveness for visualizing holding patterns and its low cost, with many instructors recommending it for student practice. However, a significant number of reviews report incorrect entries and confusing terminology that contradict standard aviation procedures, leading to frustration and wasted study time.
Mostly positive (76% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “Great tool to learn fast!”
- Useful: “That is until a friend recommended this app”
- Ease of use: “Simple yet very effective”
- Price & subscription: “Maybe a bit expensive (like everything in aviation)”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Total and complete waste of money”
About Holding Pattern Trainer
Save time and money on your instrument flight training by mastering IFR holding pattern entries at the comfort of your own mobile device.
Make IFR flight training easier!
Is the following scenario familiar? You receive a holding clearance from ATC, and only have a couple of minutes, sometimes only a few seconds, to choose the correct entry. By the time you've figured out what's going on, you've already passed the holding fix and don't know what to do next.
If this sounds familiar, then you need not to worry. Confusion during holding entries happens to practically almost every new instrument student. Even instrument-rated pilots occasionally have the same problem — when they don't get enough practice.
Holding Trainer solves this problem and as a result, cuts the time you have to spend on expensive flight and ground lessons. With Holding Trainer, you can practice on your own time and convenience, so that choosing the best holding entry in the air becomes a breeze.
Features:
-Entry Trainer - Drills you on choosing the best holding entry. Practice until choosing holding entries becomes second nature and impress your flight instructor with your skills.
-Holding calculator. Solve and visualize any holding scenario by entering your current bearing to the fix and a outbound or inbound holding radial.
-Holding tutorial - learn how to choose the best holding entry quickly and easily.
Holding Trainer for iOS is a complete rewrite based on my popular Flash-based desktop Holding Trainer app available on pilotscafe.com.
***Don't get "stuck" next time you receive a holding pattern clearance!***
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For only a fraction of the cost of one ground lesson with your flight instructor, you can practice this important instrument skill at your own pace and save hundreds of Dollars on figuring out holding entries in the air.
This is a great tool for anyone training towards their instrument checkride, CFII, proficiency check, or simply trying to improve their holding patterns.
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Make IFR flight training easier!
Is the following scenario familiar? You receive a holding clearance from ATC, and only have a couple of minutes, sometimes only a few seconds, to choose the correct entry. By the time you've figured out what's going on, you've already passed the holding fix and don't know what to do next.
If this sounds familiar, then you need not to worry. Confusion during holding entries happens to practically almost every new instrument student. Even instrument-rated pilots occasionally have the same problem — when they don't get enough practice.
Holding Trainer solves this problem and as a result, cuts the time you have to spend on expensive flight and ground lessons. With Holding Trainer, you can practice on your own time and convenience, so that choosing the best holding entry in the air becomes a breeze.
Features:
-Entry Trainer - Drills you on choosing the best holding entry. Practice until choosing holding entries becomes second nature and impress your flight instructor with your skills.
-Holding calculator. Solve and visualize any holding scenario by entering your current bearing to the fix and a outbound or inbound holding radial.
-Holding tutorial - learn how to choose the best holding entry quickly and easily.
Holding Trainer for iOS is a complete rewrite based on my popular Flash-based desktop Holding Trainer app available on pilotscafe.com.
***Don't get "stuck" next time you receive a holding pattern clearance!***
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For only a fraction of the cost of one ground lesson with your flight instructor, you can practice this important instrument skill at your own pace and save hundreds of Dollars on figuring out holding entries in the air.
This is a great tool for anyone training towards their instrument checkride, CFII, proficiency check, or simply trying to improve their holding patterns.
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Latest updates
1.4.0
