# Aircraft Acronyms — Decipher Acronyms for Pilots

> Decipher Acronyms for Pilots (iPhone/iPad app by Kevin Smith.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aircraft-acronyms/id6636531686 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kevin Smith](https://appshunter.io/developer/1761026087)
- Category: Reference, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Released: 2024-09-04
- Data updated: 2026-06-21
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aircraft-acronyms/id6636531686/reviews.md

## What is Aircraft Acronyms?

This app allows the user to decipher aviation abbreviations and acronyms used by engineers and pilots. Aircraft acronyms can streamline your pre-flight assessment of your aircrafts actual state.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aircraft Acronyms | $0.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.3.7 — 2026-06-09

Added the ability to create and manage custom acronyms directly in the app.
Custom acronyms can be scoped to All, Airbus, or Boeing.
Added export/share support for user-created acronyms.
Improved the missing-acronym workflow with clearer add or feedback options.
Added new Maintenance acronyms: CDDD, CEIS, and NSRM.

### 2.3.6 — 2026-05-28

This update expands the Maintenance acronym database with additional engineering and operational support terms, including TFC, LSP, CRAS, OSS, TAR, TS, and COE. It improves lookup coverage for technical services, repair approval, operational support, and coordinating engineer references.

### 2.3.5 — 2026-05-13

This update refreshes Aircraft Acronyms’ support and privacy links to point to the new public support pages, updates the in-app feedback contact address, and adds a new Maintenance-domain acronym entry: SLP, Supplementary Loop Belt. No account login, paid content, or special review credentials are required.

### 2.3.4 — 2026-02-12

App Review Summary (Version 2.2.4)

This update focuses on acronym lookup quality and navigation improvements for Airbus users, plus release transparency in Settings.

Added in-definition acronym linking
Users can now tap acronyms found inside a definition’s term text to jump directly to that acronym’s definition.

Added return navigation after linked lookups
After following an in-term link, users now see a Back to ... control to return to their previous definition/search context.

Expanded and cleaned ACMS data content
Updated Airbus ACMS call-up dataset (A330/A350 scope) with curated, human-readable term cleanups and acronym expansions (for example shorthand expansions and casing normalization).

Added Version History in Settings
New Settings > Version history page shows release summaries and change lists from a bundled changelog file.

No change to account model or payments
No login required, no account creation, and no new purchase flow changes in this release.

Permissions
No new permission requests were introduced in this update.

### 2.3.1 — 2025-12-17

New bookmark options: keep “persistent” bookmarks for aircraft you fly often, or turn persistence off in Settings if you prefer one-off lists.
Bookmarks view now clearly separates temporary vs persistent saves, with updated icons and a cleaner reminder card to clear older flight bookmarks.
Usability polish across search, voice, and clipboard detection remains intact.

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