# Cloudy Tower: ATC Practice — Radio calls for student pilots

> Radio calls for student pilots (iPhone/iPad app by Matthew Jacome.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cloudy-tower-atc-practice/id6824091206 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Matthew Jacome](https://appshunter.io/developer/1451566374)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 25 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-02
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is Cloudy Tower?

Cloudy Tower teaches student pilots to talk on the radio by doing it. You hear a controller, you hold the button and make the call out loud, and you get a score for wording, order and completeness right away. It points out the part you missed, like a hold short, a runway or a squawk code.

FROM FIRST CALL TO CHECKRIDE, AROUND YOUR AIRPORT
Pick your home airport from the FAA database and the course builds itself around it: your runways, the fields nearby and the nearest towered airport. You go from radio basics and the home pattern to leaving and coming back, then airspace, frequencies and ATIS, then your first tower, cross-country flights, emergencies and checkride flights. There is an Instrument track too.

HEAR IT, SAY IT, GET GRADED
• Controllers speak over a realistic radio effect with four noise levels, from Clear to Real.
• Hold to talk. Apple's speech recognition turns your call into text, and your call is graded against the expected call and accepted variations.
• Safety-critical items (hold short, runway, altitude, heading, squawk, frequency) cap your score if you miss them.

COPY IT LIKE IN THE AIRPLANE
From the airspace stage on, the controller's words stay hidden. You copy the clearance onto a kneeboard with your finger, in boxes made for the call (taxi, takeoff and landing, vectors, CRAFT, ATIS), then read it back.

LEARN, THEN PROVE IT
Each lesson has a short briefing with the phraseology and the reason for it, citing the AIM, the Pilot/Controller Glossary, JO 7110.65 and AC 90-66C. Then quick checks, guided calls, practice, and a checkride on your own.

TRAIN EVERY DAY
Today shows your next lesson, your streak, the calls you got wrong (spaced review) and your home airport's live wind. Listen plays practice frequencies built from the course; tap any phrase to decode it. The Logbook tracks your level, accuracy by stage and recent calls.
• Call of the day: turn it on and one controller call arrives each evening at the time you choose. Tap it and read it back.

FREE AND PRO
Free: radio basics and the home pattern in full, plus 5 review calls a day from later stages.
Cloudy Tower Pro: every stage, the Instrument track, all checkrides and unlimited review.
Choose monthly or yearly. Yearly starts with a 1-week free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Your subscription renews automatically at the same price and length unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings.

Private by design: your progress stays on your iPhone, and you start practicing right away.

Cloudy Tower is a training aid for practice on the ground. Fly with your flight instructor, and in the airplane follow ATC and official FAA publications.

Terms: https://cloudytower.com/terms · Privacy: https://cloudytower.com/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cloudy Tower Pro (Monthly) | $9.99 | per month |
| Cloudy Tower Pro (Yearly) | $59.99 | per year |


## Is Cloudy Tower safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Cloudy Tower.

## Is Cloudy Tower legit?

Cloudy Tower: ATC Practice appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Cloudy Tower is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-11-08

Cloudy Tower 1.0.2 makes every call easier to follow.
Your words appear on screen as you talk.
The debrief shows the tower's answer right after your score, and a textbook call shines in amber.
Missing words stand out in bold, and every score reads out of 100.
Lesson names are easier to read, and a passed checkride lists each call with its score.
Clearance calls show the clearance station and its frequency.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-11-06

Cloudy Tower 1.0.1 makes every flight clearer and easier to use.
Today now shows which lessons come with Pro, and starts you on radio basics in one tap.
Text grows with your iPhone's text size, and every label is easier to read.
The talk button tells you what it needs, with a button that opens Settings.
Airport info shows the date of its FAA data.
Controller voices start faster, with a smooth handoff to the iPhone voice when the network is slow.
A held talk button lets go cleanly when a call or notification comes in.
"Use my location" moves on to search after a few seconds.
Your logbook carries forward safely through every update.
Tapping Call of the day always opens the call, or Pro when that lesson needs it.
Controller voices for your home airport connect through a new, more secure voice service.

### 1.0 — 2026-11-02

No release notes.

## More apps by Matthew Jacome

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All apps by Matthew Jacome: https://appshunter.io/developer/1451566374

## Related topics

[atc practice](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/atc-practice) · [atc radio practice trainer](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/atc-radio-practice-trainer)

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