Flight Test X20 vs Spitfire Elite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Spitfire Elite
Access all your aviation videos and protocols in one convenient app. Stay updated with the latest news and updates through push notifications. Save your favorite content for quick access.
- Access all videos
- Push notifications
- Password-free access
- Save favorite posts
- Easy to use interface
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Inside the Spitfire Elite app, you can: Access all of your videos in one easy to use app Receive push notifications with the latest news and updates Access to all of your videos without having to remember your password Save your favorite posts so you can quickly find them later END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spitfire Elite at 100% against Flight Test X20's 60%. Spitfire Elite also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Flight Test X20's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spitfire Elite holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight Test X20 has 96 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Flight Test X20's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spitfire Elite's.
Flight Test X20 ships an update every 5 weeks, Spitfire Elite every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flight Test X20 | Spitfire Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (96 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sheppard Air, Inc. | Emily Sudduth |
Customer experience
Flight Test X20
Spitfire Elite
In-app purchases
Flight Test X20
No in-app purchases
Spitfire Elite
No in-app purchases
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