Ranger Trainer vs Flight Test X20
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ranger Trainer
This app offers an instrument navigation trainer for the TH-57C Sea Ranger helicopter. It provides free features for radial interception and beacon tracking, with a full version offering advanced wind modeling, directional gyro failure practice, and multiple display options.
- Instrument navigation training
- Radial interception
- NDB tracking
- Rate turns
- Wind modeling
- Partial-panel practice
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Get your head in the clouds with this instrument trainer for the TH-57C Sea Ranger. Why sit behind a computer screen or fight for simulator time when you can have the next best thing with this app! Free features include navigation aid radial interception and non-directional beacon tracking information, and standard and half-standard rate turns at a set airspeed. Full version features include a variety of airspeeds, accurate wind modeling of up to 140 knots with ground track references, selectable navigation needles and sources, selectable NAVAID with/without DME, ability to fail directional gyro for partial-panel practice, and multiple display and orientation options. *** This application is not endorsed by the Department of Defense ***
Flight Test X20
Prepare for FAA knowledge tests with this comprehensive study platform. It offers top-off preparation for various pilot and aviation professional written exams, including instrument rating and ATP.
- FAA knowledge test preparation
- Pilot study course
- Dispatcher study course
- Instrument rating preparation
- Instructor written test prep
- ATP written test prep
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Flight Test X20 is Sheppard Air's latest student study course learning platform for FAA knowledge tests. It allows those students studying for pilot, dispatcher, instrument rating, instructor, flight engineer, ATP, and interviewee written tests to do their top-off preparation for the final knowledge test.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flight Test X20 at 60% against Ranger Trainer's 0%. Flight Test X20 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (95 vs 19). Ranger Trainer's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Ranger Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flight Test X20 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ranger Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight Test X20 has 95 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Ranger Trainer's written reviews are positive against 60% of Flight Test X20's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ranger Trainer ships an update monthly, Flight Test X20 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ranger Trainer | Flight Test X20 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19 ratings) — better | 3.9 (95 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 95 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Krivohlavy | Sheppard Air, Inc. |
Customer experience
Ranger Trainer
Flight Test X20
In-app purchases
Ranger Trainer
- Full Version$1.99
Flight Test X20
No in-app purchases
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