Prepware Private Pilot vs Pilot Training App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prepware Private Pilot
Prepare for your FAA Private Pilot Knowledge Exam with this comprehensive study and test tool. It offers flashcard-style review of questions, answers, and explanations, allowing you to study by subject or take realistic practice tests.
- Flashcard-style review
- Questions, answers, and explanations
- Study by subject
- Practice tests
- FAA Knowledge Exam preparation
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Comprehensive preparation, study and test tool for the FAA Knowledge Exam. Flashcard style review of questions, answers and explanations included for you to study by subject or with a true-to-form practice test.
Pilot Training App
Learn essential aviation knowledge with digital flashcards designed to help you pass pilot exams and reviews. This straightforward app focuses on core content without distractions, mirroring physical flashcards for effective study.
- Digital flashcards for pilot training
- Focuses on essential knowledge
- Helps pass FAA written exams
- Supports flight reviews and oral exams
- Available in VFR and IFR formats
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Textbooks are boring. Our flashcards cut out all the fluff and give you exactly what you need to know to pass your test and become a safe, confident pilot. This isn't a fancy app. There are no ads or other crazy features, and you can't win the game. What you can do is learn what you need to learn to be a great pilot. The app is an exact copy of our physical flashcards, but in digital form. Each set of flashcards is a separate in-app purchase. Our flashcards will help you - Pass your FAA written exam - Have a successful flight review - Pass an oral exam Currently available in VFR and IFR. Coming soon are Commercial, ATP, and Fundamentals of Instruction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Prepware Private Pilot at 63% against Pilot Training App's 12%. Prepware Private Pilot also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Pilot Training App's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Pilot Training App is free to download; Prepware Private Pilot costs $9.99 up front. Pilot Training App sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Prepware Private Pilot asks for nothing beyond the download.
Prepware Private Pilot holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prepware Private Pilot has 137 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Prepware Private Pilot's written reviews are positive against 12% of Pilot Training App's.
Prepware Private Pilot ships an update every 4 months, Pilot Training App weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prepware Private Pilot | Pilot Training App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (137 ratings) — better | 1.4 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 12.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 137 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #10 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | Home School of Aviation LLC |
Customer experience
Prepware Private Pilot
Pilot Training App
Bugs and requests
Prepware Private Pilot
Reported bugs
24 issues- Powered flight questions appearing for glider pilots
- Small screen makes chart plotting difficult
- Missing essential questions for the written exam
- Some answers are incorrect
- Macbook app not working properly
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- Dark mode has contrast issues, making text unreadable
- Status bar bug with black text on black background
- Right answers not highlighted after getting a question wrong
- Study portion allows pushing through without selecting the right option, leading to false 100% scores
- Questions cut off at the end
- Save and exit function does not save progress
- App resets to homepage after a short period or if not actively used
- Quiz shuffles questions, preventing picking up where left off
- Errors in questions referencing sectional charts
- Sections on charts not available when referenced
- New update degraded the app interface
- White lettering on light background makes questions unreadable
- Dark mode compatibility issues with white text on gray background
- Questions in rotorcraft sections refer to fixed-wing regulations
- Irrelevant gyrocopter and fixed-wing questions in rotorcraft section
- Dark theme not displaying correct/incorrect answers properly
- App not compatible with iPhone X screen
- No way to systematically study, questions are random
- Questions that reference a chart or diagram are cumbersome to view
Requested features
14 requests- Ability to save/create a bank of difficult questions
- Scramble answer choices for realism
- Improve UI for newer devices (iPhone X/Xs/Xr, iPad Pro)
- Add Apple Watch support
- Vary the length of test modules
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- Allow studying more than one section at a time
- Add better reference information in explanations (page/section numbers)
- Allow resizing of figures on iPhone
- Show explanation immediately after wrong answer
- Fix grading to allow for incorrect answers without immediate correction
- Make questions more compatible with dark mode
- Fix contrast issues in dark mode
- Add a feature to stop showing questions already known
- Allow review of only missed items
Pilot Training App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prepware Private Pilot
No in-app purchases
Pilot Training App
- VFR Flashcards$4.99
- IFR Flashcards$4.99
- Commercial Flashcards$4.99
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- CFI Flashcards$4.99
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