Private Pilot Test Prep vs SoloTrack Pilot Logbook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Private Pilot Test Prep
Prepare for your FAA Private Pilot Knowledge Test with over 900 questions and explanations. Unlock a complete ground school course with detailed tracking and premium test prep, including a free trial.
- Over 900 FAA questions and explanations
- Custom study sessions by topic
- Simulated FAA exams
- Review missed questions
- Cross-device data sync
- Instructor endorsement upon course completion
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The #1 Private Pilot test prep app is now free, and includes over 900 FAA questions and explanations to help prepare for the FAA Private Pilot Knowledge Test. Upgrade to the complete ground school course to unlock all lesson, detailed tracking and statistics, and premium test prep with hundreds of additional questions (free trial available). ▸ Custom study sessions based on topics, session size, and your overall mastery. Filters allow you to include or exclude questions that require the use of figures or an E6B. ▸ Create practice sessions from missed questions after a completed practice or exam session. ▸ Review missed questions after a practice or exam session. ▸ Take simulated FAA exams administered under the same rules and time constraints as the actual Private Pilot knowledge test. Unlike other test prep apps, our exams present the correct proportion of questions from each knowledge area per the ACS. ▸ Sync your data and course progress across on all of your iOS devices ▸ Access a library of study resources for the Private Pilot certificate ▸ Question bank covers all areas of the Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards to ensure thorough preparation for the knowledge test. ▸ Detailed explanations and references for all questions. ▸ Obtain an instructor endorsement after completing the course.
SoloTrack Pilot Logbook
This app helps student pilots log flights quickly and track essential currency and progress towards their private pilot license. It offers offline logging, optional cloud sync, and features like live flight timers and instructor signature capture.
- Quick flight logging with smart defaults
- Day, night, and instrument currency tracking
- Private pilot license milestone progress
- Instructor signature and endorsement capture
- Live flight session timer
- CSV/PDF export for records
- Offline functionality with optional iCloud sync
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SoloTrack helps student pilots organize flight records and review selected hour goals for a U.S. Part 61 airplane single-engine private pilot certificate. Log lessons, record actual night and instrument portions, and bring clearer records to your next instructor review. Built for PPL training, SoloTrack helps you keep accurate records without digging through a paper logbook or rebuilding progress totals by hand. Daily logging works fully on-device, with optional iCloud sync for flights and templates when you want your logbook available across iPhone and iPad. What you can do: - Log flights with smart defaults, recent-route memory, Hobbs/Tach fields, and quick-entry backfill tools - Track day, night, instrument, and flight-review currency at a glance - Review selected PPL hour goals, recorded training details, and items to confirm with your instructor. - Capture instructor signatures, preserve locked endorsements, and export your logbook - Start a live flight session timer, then turn it into a prefilled flight entry when you stop - Add widgets for currency, PPL progress, recent flights, and the flight-session timer - Use App Shortcuts to open logging, check currency, review milestones, or control the timer - Import past flights from CSV and export CSV/PDF records for review Local-first by design: - No SoloTrack account is required - Daily logging works offline - Flights and templates can optionally sync with iCloud through CloudKit - Onboarding state, notification memory, and timer handoff state stay local to the device - RevenueCat is used for App Store Pro access entitlement, purchase validation, restore purchases, and Apple Ads attribution analytics through Apple's AdServices token SoloTrack Pro: SoloTrack is free to download. Unlock SoloTrack Pro with a one-time purchase of $9.99 in the U.S. Apple shows your local price before purchase. The lifetime unlock has no recurring charge and includes unlimited flight logging, selected PPL hour goals, CSV/PDF exports, instructor signatures, widgets, App Shortcuts, and the live flight session timer. Already a subscriber? Your active subscription still unlocks SoloTrack Pro and can be restored. Existing subscriptions renew under their Apple subscription terms unless canceled. Manage billing or cancellation in Apple Account Subscriptions. Refund requests are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com. Privacy Policy: https://www.solo-track.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.solo-track.com/terms/ SoloTrack is focused on private pilot training, not airline ops or fleet management. It is a logbook and currency tracking aid. It does not certify completion, does not replace an instructor's judgment or signature, and does not connect to the FAA.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Private Pilot Test Prep at 1.5K against SoloTrack Pilot Logbook's 2. On price, rating, 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. Private Pilot Test Prep sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and SoloTrack Pilot Logbook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SoloTrack Pilot Logbook holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Private Pilot Test Prep has 1.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Private Pilot Test Prep ships an update fortnightly, SoloTrack Pilot Logbook every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Private Pilot Test Prep | SoloTrack Pilot Logbook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aeroapps Technology | Huggler Holdings LLC |
Customer experience
Private Pilot Test Prep
SoloTrack Pilot Logbook
Bugs and requests
Private Pilot Test Prep
Reported bugs
4 issues- Grading issues and incorrect marking of answers
- Frequent app updates required, causing issues for users with poor internet
- Inability to review missed questions after exiting the app
- Crashes and login issues reported
Requested features
8 requests- Add sound when choosing correct answers
- Provide separate guides for each chapter
- Offer 50-question practice tests by chapter
- Allow users to pause and resume simulated tests
- Provide a bank of all practice tests and simulated tests
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- Display passed section grades to track progress
- Add a lock zoom feature for charts
- Integrate a protractor tool
SoloTrack Pilot Logbook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Private Pilot Test Prep
- Private Pilot Course TrialFree
- Private Pilot Test Prep$49.99
- Upgrade to Ground School$99.99
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- Private Pilot Ground School$149.99
SoloTrack Pilot Logbook
- SoloTrack Pro PPL Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
- SoloTrack Pro PPL Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
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