Prepware Private Pilot vs Southeast
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.
Southeast
Explore a beautiful college campus and its academic offerings. This app provides students with access to campus resources, academic information, and navigation tools.
- Campus Directory
- Grades and Schedules
- Shuttle Tracker
- Campus Maps
- Events Calendar
- Academic Resources
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We want to SHOW YOU Southeast - one of the most beautiful college campuses you will visit! Southeast offers a world-class academic experience at an affordable cost. The university’s 200 areas of study emphasize national accreditation, experiential learning and career preparation. Small classes are the norm and faculty and staff genuinely care about your success. The official Southeast app provides current and future students a wealth of campus resources, all available at the swipe of a finger. Features Include: Campus Directory, Grades, Schedules, Shuttle Tracker, Campus Maps, Events Calendar, and many more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Southeast at Free against Prepware Private Pilot's $9.99. Southeast also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Prepware Private Pilot's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 2.5) and review sentiment (63% vs 50%). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Southeast is free to download; Prepware Private Pilot costs $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 2.5. 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 50% of Southeast's.
Prepware Private Pilot ships an update every 4 months, Southeast every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prepware Private Pilot | Southeast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (137 ratings) — better | 2.5 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 137 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #16 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | Southeast Missouri State University |
Customer experience
Prepware Private Pilot
Southeast
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
Southeast
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prepware Private Pilot
No in-app purchases
Southeast
No in-app purchases
Questions
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