Cockpit App Systems vs CPaT Mobile 4
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cockpit App Systems
This app provides a comprehensive study tool for pilots, focusing on aircraft cockpit systems and procedures. It offers interactive learning for lights and switches, along with customizable flow procedures that can be shared and accessed via the cloud. Users can test their knowledge and access detailed information on hundreds of buttons and switches.
- Interactive lights and switches study
- Editable and shareable flow procedures
- Cloud synchronization for flows
- Information on 300+ buttons and switches
- User-created flow sharing
- Switch-related questions for some aircraft
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A320 B737NG E170 CRJ200 available for purchase within one app! Try before you buy! Designed for both the iPad, and iPhone, by professional pilots, instructors and check airman. The app is a "lights and switches" study tool supplemented with editable flows. Flows: - Study, review, test, and record flows. - Upload your flows to our cloud. Share them across your devices. - Find flows by other users. Note: Flows are user created only! Newly released airplane types might only have placeholder flows. Light & Switches: - Information about 300+ buttons and switches only a tap away. Other Features: - Some airplane types have questions about switches. Note: Newly released types might not.
CPaT Mobile 4
Access your aviation training materials offline. Download courses to study at your convenience and sync your progress back to the CPaT Learning Management System when you have an internet connection.
- Offline training material access
- Downloadable course content
- Training progress tracking
- Sync with CPaT LMS
- Interactive training modules
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CPaT mobile provides an offline training solution for the CPaT training library developed for web platforms.This app allows CPaT LMS users to view their training progress, launch into their online account, as well take their interactive training offline by downloading the training material. Once downloaded, the material is available without the need for an Internet connection and can be viewed at the users convenience. When an Internet connection can be made, the data accumulated from the downloaded content may be synchronized back to the CPaT Learning Management System.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cockpit App Systems at 63% against CPaT Mobile 4's 0%. Cockpit App Systems also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (495 vs 17). CPaT Mobile 4's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Cockpit App Systems sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. CPaT Mobile 4 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cockpit App Systems holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cockpit App Systems has 495 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Cockpit App Systems's written reviews are positive against 0% of CPaT Mobile 4's.
Cockpit App Systems ships an update every 2 months, CPaT Mobile 4 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cockpit App Systems | CPaT Mobile 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (495 ratings) — better | 2.3 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 495 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | K2K Soft, LLC | CPAT GLOBAL, LLC |
Customer experience
Cockpit App Systems
CPaT Mobile 4
Bugs and requests
Cockpit App Systems
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes after updates and won't open
- Settings and study menus display blank items
- Full version purchase doesn't unlock features
- Trial activation requires in-app purchase despite free claim
- App stops working after approximately one month of purchase
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- Inconsistent functionality across iOS versions
- Paid content not accessible after payment
Requested features
14 requests- French language version or automatic translation feature
- B737 aircraft variant support
- Updated fuel panel for A321
- Additional overhead panel items (data link, maintenance panel)
- Multiple selectable systems in System Display
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- Resizable rectangles for flow testing instead of fixed circles
- Disable automatic zoom on switch interactions
- Edit function for button/item location selection
- Character counter for flow creation
- More detailed switch information and descriptions
- Correct IR modes (FAULT, ALIGN instead of OFF, FAULT)
- Airline-specific flow accuracy (DAL flows mentioned)
- ECAM pages readable alongside other content
- Better text formatting and indentation for note clarity
CPaT Mobile 4
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cockpit App Systems
- Full Access (Free)Free
- TrialFree
- Promotional Free AccessFree
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- Access to Descriptions$19.99
- A320 One Time Promotion$19.99
- Access to Flashcards$24.99
- Access to Flows$24.99
- CRJ200 Full Access$49.99
- CRJ200 Promo$49.99
- B737NG Full Access$49.99
- B737NG Promo$49.99
- Full Access$49.99
- E170 Full Access$49.99
- E170 Promo$49.99
- App-wide FUll Access$200.00
CPaT Mobile 4
No in-app purchases
Questions
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