askM is a personal reference tool that helps you study technical aviation documentation. Ask a plain-language question about your FCOM, FCTM, MMEL, QRH, AFM or any technical manual you provide, and get a direct, sourced answer — with the original page right beside it. Everything runs on your device.
HOW IT WORKS
askM imports the technical documents you provide — synced from your company's document server or imported as ZIP packages — parses every document unit, and builds a local search index on your device. When you ask a question, it retrieves the most relevant passages and writes a concise answer with numbered citations. The cited page of your manual opens next to the answer, with the passage marked, so you can check it at a glance.
KEY FEATURES
• Answers with citations that exactly match what the AI read
• The answer and its source page side by side (stacked in portrait)
• A question field the keyboard never hides, with a blue Send key and a New line key
• Question history kept on the device: search, reopen, delete
• Limit a question to one or several manuals
• Library: read any manual from its table of contents
• Full-text search across every section, with AND, OR, NOT, "exact phrase", word*, title: and NEAR
• Aircraft guard — never silently answers from another aircraft's manuals
• Optional Enhanced Search model (about 350 MB) for markedly better retrieval
• Supports FCOM, FCTM, MMEL, CDL, QRH, AFM, APD, WBM and similar technical manuals
• A dark, cockpit-style interface with the B612 typeface, Dynamic Type and large touch targets
• Day and night appearance, for the app and the manual pages
• Runs entirely on this device — no cloud, no account, no telemetry
REQUIREMENTS
The on-device language model is the resource-intensive part of askM. To run it well you need an iPad with Apple Silicon (M-series) — iPad Pro M1 or newer, or iPad Air M2 or newer — on iPadOS 26 or later, or an Apple Silicon Mac on macOS 26 or later. On Mac, an optional larger on-device model for higher-quality answers needs about 5 GB of free disk space.
On iPhone, askM offers the Library — search, contents and reader — without AI answers: the language model does not fit the iPhone's memory.
HOW YOUR DATA IS HANDLED
The language model runs on your device. Your documents, your questions and the answers never leave your iPad or Mac. There is no cloud service and no analytics or telemetry. askM goes online only to sync your manuals, to download optional models (once; they stay on your device) and, when you open Settings, to check the App Store for a newer version.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
askM does not include, host, or distribute any documentation. You provide the documents you want to study, and you are responsible for obtaining the rights to use them. By using askM, you confirm that you have permission to use these documents for personal study and reference, and that doing so complies with the terms set by their authors and publishers.
STUDY AID ONLY
askM is a personal study aid. It is not certified, approved, or intended for use in operational, maintenance, dispatch, or any safety-critical activity. Always defer to the authoritative published manuals and your operator's procedures.
askM is an independent application. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or authorized by any equipment manufacturer, documentation publisher, or operator.
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