Comparison

Frasca RTD vs Kneeboard Plus

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Frasca RTD

This app simplifies connecting to training devices, allowing users to get ready to fly in just two taps. It bypasses the need to manually access Wi-Fi settings for a quicker connection.

Highlights
  • Streamlined user connection
  • Quick RTD device access
  • Bypass Wi-Fi settings
  • Two-tap connection
  • Ready to fly faster
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App to streamline the user connection process of the Frasca RTD Training Devices. Bypass going into the Wifi Settings, and connect to the RTD and be ready to fly in just 2 presses!

About

Kneeboard Plus

Features
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Kneeboard is the training-record app for independent flight instructors and their students — now covering every rating from Private through Commercial and Multi-Engine, not just Private Pilot. After a lesson, just talk through how it went — Kneeboard's AI turns your spoken debrief into a structured record: skills practiced, proficiency, areas to improve, and homework, mapped to the FAA ACS for the rating you're actually training. Review and edit before it's ever saved. Your student sees their progress the moment you save it. BUILT FOR THE SOLO CFI, NOT A FLIGHT SCHOOL No scheduling software to learn, no institutional bloat — just the loop you already run every lesson, made effortless. NEW IN 2.0 • Instrument, Commercial, and Multi-Engine training, alongside Private Pilot — each with its own FAA-ACS-sourced skill catalog and ground-school topics. A student can train multiple ratings at once; you pick which rating a lesson or debrief is for. • Endorsement tracking — practical-test endorsements, plus recurring currency items like the IPC and flight review, with a "valid until" date. • Redesigned for iPad — a real sidebar-based layout (not a stretched iPhone screen), full-width tables, and working landscape orientation, alongside the existing iPhone experience. EVERYTHING FROM BEFORE, STILL HERE • Voice debrief → structured record. Speak naturally; Kneeboard extracts skills, proficiency, and homework. • A record that travels with the student, not the instructor — students keep their history across every CFI they train with. • Ground lesson & flight scheduling between you and your students, with a day-at-a-glance timeline. • Shared resources — hand students docs, videos, and articles right from the app. Kneeboard is not a flight-school operations platform. It's the simplest way to make every debrief count, across every rating you teach. Terms of Use: https://kneeboard-legal.pages.dev/#terms Privacy Policy: https://kneeboard-legal.pages.dev/#privacy

Screenshots

Frasca RTD3 screens
Kneeboard Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Frasca RTD at none against Kneeboard Plus's 1. Frasca RTD also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Kneeboard Plus's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 18 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kneeboard Plus sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Frasca RTD asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Frasca RTD ships an update every 18 months, Kneeboard Plus every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Frasca RTD versus Kneeboard Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrasca RTDKneeboard Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrasca International, Inc.digiXL Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Frasca RTD

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Kneeboard Plus

Subscriptions1
  • Kneeboard for CFIs$5.991 Month

Questions

Is Frasca RTD free?
Frasca RTD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kneeboard Plus free?
Kneeboard Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Frasca RTD or Kneeboard Plus have ads?
Neither Frasca RTD nor Kneeboard Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Frasca RTD or Kneeboard Plus?
Frasca RTD ships an update every 18 months, and Kneeboard Plus every 10 days. Most recently, Frasca RTD was updated on October 13, 2026 and Kneeboard Plus on October 3, 2026.

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