Aviation Resources vs DeckLearn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aviation Resources
Access a comprehensive database of aviation knowledge test questions for various pilot licenses and ratings. Download FAA PDF resources and manage flight lessons with exportable task lists. This platform offers a user account for personalized profiles and progress tracking.
- Pilot license knowledge test questions
- FAA PDF resource downloads
- Test prep question bank
- Flight lesson creation
- Flight lesson task export
- User account and profile
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Pass your checkride with the ACS in your pocket. Aviation Resources puts the complete FAA library — every Airman Certification Standard, handbook, and advisory circular — in one free app, organized the way you actually train. STUDY THE ACS, TASK BY TASK Every area of operation and task from the Private Pilot, Instrument, Commercial, ATP, and Remote Pilot ACS, with the knowledge, risk management, and skill elements your examiner grades you against. BUILD REAL LESSONS Create lessons from ACS tasks with your CFI and export a printable sheet to take in the airplane. Know exactly what's been covered and what still needs work before your checkride. PRACTICE TESTS FROM DRONE TO ATP Question banks for the FAA written exams, so you can study where you left off — no separate test-prep purchase. YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY, ONE PLACE All the FAA handbooks and advisory circulars, searchable and organized by ACS task. Upload your own PDFs — POH, school syllabus, checklists — and keep everything together. Free to use. Built by a pilot, for pilots in training.
DeckLearn
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Turn any spreadsheet into a flashcard deck, then study until every card sticks. DeckLearn imports a plain CSV file — a column of questions, a column of answers — and turns it into a deck you can quiz yourself on. No accounts, no subscription, no internet connection. Just your cards and your progress, on your phone. IMPORT IN SECONDS Pick a CSV and DeckLearn does the rest. It detects header rows automatically, handles quoted fields and commas inside answers, and shows you a live preview before anything is created. Files with extra columns work too — you choose which two become the front and back of each card. STUDY THE WAY THAT WORKS Three modes, switchable any time: • Shuffle — a fresh random order every pass • In Order — exactly the order from your file • Weakest First — the cards you keep missing come first New cards always come before ones you've seen, and the same card never appears twice in a row. MASTERY, NOT GUESSWORK Every card moves through New, Incorrect, Correct, Mastered. A card is mastered once you get it right several times in a row — three by default, adjustable per deck. Miss it, and the streak resets. Cards you've mastered leave the rotation so you spend your time on what you don't know yet. SPOT CHECKS KEEP IT HONEST Mastered cards get quietly mixed back in now and then to make sure they really stuck. Tune how often, or switch it off entirely. TWO-WAY CARDS Studying a language? Turn on reversible cards and DeckLearn will quiz you in both directions — term to definition and back again. Each direction tracks its own streak, and a card counts as mastered only when both are solid. Focus on one direction at a time whenever you want. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Every deck shows a live mastery ring and a colour-coded breakdown of where your cards stand. A statistics dashboard totals it all up across every deck — cards mastered, answers given, overall accuracy, and the running Energy count of every correct answer you've ever made. BUILT-IN SAFETY NET Graded a card wrong by accident? One tap takes it back. Reset a single card, or an entire deck, whenever you want a clean start. PRIVATE BY DESIGN DeckLearn has no accounts, no ads, no analytics, and no network access of any kind. Your decks never leave your iPhone. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to opt out of. Requires iPhone running iOS 17 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Aviation Resources at fortnightly against DeckLearn's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Aviation Resources ships an update fortnightly, DeckLearn every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aviation Resources | DeckLearn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jon Vogel | Tucker Briggs |
In-app purchases
Aviation Resources
No in-app purchases
DeckLearn
No in-app purchases
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