Prepware Private Pilot vs VOR + ILS Trainer
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.
VOR + ILS Trainer
This interactive aviation app helps student pilots, instructors, and professionals practice and master VOR and ILS navigation. It offers step-by-step training modules and realistic exercises designed by certified flight instructors to build confidence and accuracy in radio navigation.
- VOR and ILS simulators
- Step-by-step IFR training
- Realistic precision exercises
- Certified flight instructor design
- Radio navigation practice
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Become a better IFR pilot with FlyGo’s VOR + ILS Trainer! This interactive aviation app is built for student pilots, instructors, and professionals preparing for IFR flight. Learn and practice using VOR and ILS – essential navigation tools for any instrument-rated pilot. Features: - VOR and ILS simulators - Step-by-step IFR training modules - Realistic exercises to improve precision - Designed by certified flight instructors Whether you're preparing for your IR checkride, want to refresh your knowledge, or teach your students, this simulator helps build confidence and accuracy in radio navigation. Train smart. Fly safer. The FlyGo way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Prepware Private Pilot at 3.9 against VOR + ILS Trainer's 3.3. Prepware Private Pilot also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (138 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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
Prepware Private Pilot costs $9.99 and VOR + ILS Trainer $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Prepware Private Pilot holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prepware Private Pilot has 138 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 61% and 60% positive.
Prepware Private Pilot ships an update every 4 months, VOR + ILS Trainer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prepware Private Pilot | VOR + ILS Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (138 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.8% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 138 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #11 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | Flygo-Aviation Ltd |
Customer experience
Prepware Private Pilot
VOR + ILS Trainer
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
VOR + ILS Trainer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prepware Private Pilot
No in-app purchases
VOR + ILS Trainer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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