PPL Exams vs Padpilot E
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PPL Exams
Prepare for your aviation certification exams with this comprehensive study tool. It offers extensive question banks for both EASA and FAA pilot tests, covering all necessary subjects. Track your progress and get ready to achieve your pilot's license.
- Extensive EASA question bank (75+ per subject)
- Large FAA question bank (400+ questions)
- Covers all EASA subjects
- Real-time statistics tracking
- Community features for aviation enthusiasts
- Beautiful and reliable interface
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PPL exams app is the app that you need if you want to pass all your flying EASA exams or your FAA exam. We know that the pilot ground exams are not easy, but PPL Exams - EASA & FAA helps you with that! It's like having a personalised PPL tutor just for you. * It contains all the subjects and it has more than 75 questions per subject for EASA. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ * It has more than 400 questions for FAA. - It's beautifully done and reliable so you can focus on learning without getting distracted. - Download the app and you will be a pilot for real really soon. - Check in real time your statistics and realise when is the best moment to take the exam. - We are also building a community for people like you! Exciting debates, aviation news and a lot more. Subjects that are in the app: *** EASA *** 1- Air Law 2- Principles of Flight 3- Operational Procedures 4- Human Performance 5- Meteorology 6- Aircraft General Knowledge 7- Flight Performance and Planning 8- Navigation and Radio Aids 9- Communications *** FAA *** For FAA we have a quick exam with 30 questions and a real exam practice with 60 questions. PPL Exams - EASA & FAA is all you need for your flight training. We have helped more than 1000 students to become pilots. Step by step, exam by exam you will be closer to your dream, be the owner of the Private Pilot License (PPL).
Padpilot E
Access assigned or purchased educational books. This reader allows students to engage with digital learning materials provided by their aviation training organization or bought directly.
- Access assigned books
- Purchase books
- Digital learning materials
- Aviation training content
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Padpilot's E-Reader provides access either to those Padpilot books that have been assigned to you by your ATO, or purchased by you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PPL Exams at 4.7 against Padpilot E's 1.5. PPL Exams also leads on ratings volume (149 vs 2) and review sentiment (41% vs 21%). Padpilot E's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. PPL Exams sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Padpilot E asks for nothing beyond the download.
PPL Exams holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PPL Exams has 149 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of PPL Exams's written reviews are positive against 21% of Padpilot E's.
PPL Exams ships an update every 2 weeks, Padpilot E monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PPL Exams | Padpilot E |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (149 ratings) — better | 1.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews — better | 21.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 149 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joan Cardona | Padpilot Limited |
Customer experience
PPL Exams
Padpilot E
In-app purchases
PPL Exams
- Access all exams$9.991 Month
- All exams available3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Unlock Air Law$5.99
- Unlock Communications$5.99
- Unlock Human Performance$5.99
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- Unlock Operational Procedures$5.99
- Unlock Principles of Flight$5.99
- FAA exams$5.99
- Unlock all exams$6.99
- Unlock all exams$7.99
- Unlock all exams$11.99
- Lifetime$19.99
Padpilot E
No in-app purchases
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