Instrument Test Prep vs Flight Apprentice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Instrument Test Prep
Prepare for your FAA Instrument Rating Knowledge Test with a comprehensive question bank and detailed explanations. Customize study sessions, take simulated exams, and track your progress. An optional upgrade unlocks full ground school lessons and advanced features.
- Over 900 FAA questions with explanations
- Customizable study sessions
- Simulated FAA exams
- Review missed questions
- Track progress across devices
- Study resources library
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Over 900 FAA questions and explanations to help prepare for the FAA Instrument Rating Knowledge Test. Upgrade to the complete ground school course to unlock lessons, additional questions, statistics, and more (free trial available). ▸ Create 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. Some advanced filtering options require Premium Test Prep or Ground School upgrade. ▸ View most often missed FAA questions across all FlightReady users (requires Premium Test Prep or Ground School upgrade). ▸ Quickly identify and create study sessions focusing on your weakest topic (requires Premium Test Prep or Ground School upgrade). ▸ 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 Instrument Rating exam. 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 (requires Premium Test Prep or Ground School upgrade). ▸ Access a library of study resources for the Instrument Rating - Airplane ▸ Question bank covers all areas of the FAA Instrument Rating Airman Certification Standards to ensure thorough preparation for the knowledge test. ▸ Detailed explanations and references for all questions, including the text of the regulation where applicable.
Flight Apprentice
Prepare for your pilot career with comprehensive online ground school courses. Learn the art and science of flight through interactive tools and track your progress. Instructors can monitor student advancement in real time.
- Pilot career preparation
- Online ground school courses
- Progress tracking
- Instructor messaging
- Interactive study tools
- Free resources and sample content
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Your pilot career starts here. Flight Apprentice is online ground school built for the real world. Our goal is to graduate well-rounded pilots who understand the art and science of flight — and who never stop developing. Study for your Private, Instrument, Commercial, Multi-Engine, and more with courses designed by career pilots and instructors. Track your progress, message your instructor, and tap into interactive study tools. CFIs get free student tracking to monitor their students' progress in real time. Browse free resources and sample content in the app. Full course access requires course purchase or membership at flightapprentice.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flight Apprentice at none against Instrument Test Prep's 4. Flight Apprentice also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.1). Instrument Test Prep's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, monetization model 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. Instrument Test Prep sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Flight Apprentice asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Instrument Test Prep against 5.0 for Flight Apprentice. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Instrument Test Prep has 155 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Instrument Test Prep ships an update fortnightly, Flight Apprentice every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Instrument Test Prep | Flight Apprentice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (155 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 155 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Aeroapps Technology | Flight Apprentice LLC |
Customer experience
Instrument Test Prep
Flight Apprentice
In-app purchases
Instrument Test Prep
- Instrument Ground School TrialFree
- Instrument Rating Test Prep$49.99
- Upgrade to Ground School$129.99
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- Instrument Ground School$179.99
Flight Apprentice
No in-app purchases
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