FAR/AIM by ASA User Reviews
Customer Experience
~ Based on 113 written reviews from the US App Store.
What users say
Summarized from real user reviews of FAR/AIM by ASA. Based on 249 reviews and a 3.4/5 average, it highlights the 8 positives and 15 negatives reviewers mention most about this Reference app.
Positive things
- 📱Convenient offline access to FAR/AIM
- 💰One-time purchase with free lifetime updates
- 🔍Search functionality available
- ⭐Well-organized content structure
- 🎯Study by Certificate feature
- ✏️Highlight and bookmark capabilities
- 📊Easy navigation between sections
- ⚡Fast scrolling performance
Negative things
- 🔍Search function is poorly designed and unreliable
- 🔄No cross-device synchronization of highlights/bookmarks
- 🐛Highlights disappear or move randomly after updates
- 🌙No dark mode for text content (only menus)
- 📝Cannot add notes or annotations
- 🎨Limited highlighting options (yellow only)
- 📍App resets position when switching between apps
- ⚙️Slow performance after recent updates
- 📚Missing parts of FAR/AIM (Part 31, 47, 93, 95)
- 🔤No adjustable font size control
- 🖊️No Apple Pencil support for writing
- 📋Bookmarks lack descriptive titles
- 🔗No hyperlinks between related regulations
- 📖Inconsistent indentation of subparts
- ⏱️Outdated content in some sections
Is FAR/AIM by ASA Safe?
FAR/AIM by ASA has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for FAR/AIM by ASA is 68/100.
This assessment is based on 249 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.4/5.
Safety Analysis
~ Based on 249 App Store ratings for FAR/AIM by ASA.
Is FAR/AIM by ASA Legit?
FAR/AIM by ASA appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for FAR/AIM by ASA is 95/100.
Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.
Top reviews
Currently the app must be shut down and restarted to look at any regulations, as the display is blank.
Please add a way to add notes, sync annotations between devices, and please keep highlights consistent with updates
Nice to have the ability to bookmark but the search functionality of this app leaves a lot to be desired.
Missing 23.149 for Vmc determination in non transport category aircraft
Like the app and formatting. Would like to see more option for adding notes and highlighting
I just received an update. This app used to be fast and now it’s like the app is pulling from the internet instead of my hard drive. It is so slow it’s practically unusable. If this can’t be fixed, I’ll go back to paper.
I wish the app would save my position when I leave the app. The app is running in the background, but every time I leave the app it resets to the list view of regulations without saving my position on the specific regulation I was viewing. Pretty annoying, and my only gripe.
Sync between devices doesn’t work at all, and the study by certificate feature is basically useless. If you switch to another app and come back, you have to start over and find your place again. The most frustrating part and the reason I’m writing this review is that highlights made in study by certificate don’t even show up on the main screen. I honestly don’t understand how something this basic could be overlooked in development. Total waste of money.
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The app won’t sync between devices like the ASA Library books do. Please add a syncing feature so I can see what highlights I’ve made on my iPhone and iPad. The search could be improved as well. For example, searching “major repair” comes up with no results even though that phrase is in the FAR many times. I really do like that I can search for words though. This is so much more efficient than using an actual book. I also appreciate the periodic updates to the FAR.
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The search is terrible, dark mode only works on the menus, not the regulation text, and the app doesn’t remember my place when I switch between apps. Thanks
Valuable tool and a must buy! I know I can pinch zoom, but needs Dynamic Text support or an independent text size slider
This is one of the easiest far/aim apps I have found. Easy to navigate, book mark and highlight. One thing I wish it did was sync between my phone and IPad.
The gov loves their rules so best to have a copy, the best digital FAR/AIM I have found, it’s nice how things are easily separated and it’s very fast to scroll, the search can be a little wonky though
Offers limited bookmarking and highlighting. Highlights can only be yellow, they move randomly over time, mark-ups not possible, premade categories of FARs by rating are incorrect, and bookmarks go into a flat list that cannot be organized or grouped.
Do not wast your money on these apps, I have purchased 3 and all their search functions are useless, the rudimentary search features will only provide exact matches at best and 9/10 times will not give you a revenant result. I have found it cheaper and better to download the AIM in PDF form from faa.gov and download the FAR in PDF form from govinfo.gov (you have to download all 5 volumes of Title 14 separately). Then upload them to a PDF viewer app such as goodnotes or Adobe (I like gooodnotes). The PDF viewer provides a much better search function and even ai assisted searches. I also keep my checklists and POH in goodnotes, you can use the apple pencil to check off items as you go. Hope this helps others pass their check rides.
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I used to love this app and recommended it everyone that was debating between this and the book. But now, I lost my highlights, and some of my bookmarks don’t even work.
Some regs out of date, highlights move on their own.
All the regs are now duplicated and it makes it very difficult searching through them
I have a iPhone 13 and each regulator section is duplicated. You open Part 91 and there is all the sub parts written twice. Search function could be a lot better too.
New update caused my highlights to disappear in the aim. Plz bring back my highlights!!!!!!!!!!!😡😡😡😡
