Prepware Instrument Pilot vs Flight IFR Nav Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prepware Instrument Pilot
Prepare for your FAA Knowledge Exam with flashcard-style reviews and practice tests. Study by subject or take a full practice exam to gauge your readiness.
- Flashcard-style review
- Questions, answers, and explanations
- Study by subject
- Practice test simulation
- 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.
Flight IFR Nav Trainer
Practice Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) navigation with this simulator. Learn and hone your skills using various aircraft instruments and customizable flight parameters. Ideal for student pilots and instructors.
- Unlimited IFR procedures
- Customizable navigation aids
- Adjustable aircraft position and speed
- Configurable runway settings
- VOR, HSI, RMI instrument simulation
- Heading and speed control
- Course selector
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A simple and easy way to learn and practice IFR flying. We offer this simulator for pilots to get experience about IFR flight navigation. It provides unlimited IFR procedures by letting users to set up any variation of: Navigation aids Aircraft position, speed and movement Runway position and direction Wind direction and speed The following Instruments can be used during flight: VOR HSI Directional gyro DME Airspeed indicator RMI, ADF and more Basic functions: -heading control / (directional gyro) -speed control -course selector -DME -radial help -hide mode -random location change IFR trainer PRO version (in-app purchase) -more aircraft instruments -course selector, OBS, CDI -wind simulation -runway mode -trace mode Nav trainer - instrument navigation for pilots. We recommend it for students to learn and instructors to teach IFR flying.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Flight IFR Nav Trainer at Free against Prepware Instrument Pilot's $9.99. Flight IFR Nav Trainer also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (302 vs 45). Prepware Instrument Pilot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#179 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
Flight IFR Nav Trainer is free to download; Prepware Instrument Pilot costs $9.99 up front. Flight IFR Nav Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Prepware Instrument Pilot asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flight IFR Nav Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight IFR Nav Trainer has 302 ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Prepware Instrument Pilot's written reviews are positive against 48% of Flight IFR Nav Trainer's.
Prepware Instrument Pilot ships an update every 4 months, Flight IFR Nav Trainer every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prepware Instrument Pilot | Flight IFR Nav Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.6 (45 ratings) | 4.6 (302 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.8% of reviews | 47.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 | 302 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #179 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | Free-Flight-Aviation Ltd. |
Customer experience
Prepware Instrument Pilot
Flight IFR Nav Trainer
User reviews
Prepware Instrument Pilot
From 45 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good value for money
- 👍 Offline functionality
- 👍 Helpful for passing written exams
- 👍 Simple interface
- 👍 Explanations provided
Room to improve
- 👎 Outdated question bank
- 👎 Inaccurate questions/answers
- 👎 Missing core features
- 👎 Poor optimization for iPad
- 👎 Formatting issues
Flight IFR Nav Trainer
From 302 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Bridges IFR lesson gap
- 👍 Quick IFR mindset refresher
- 👍 Realistic workload and pressure
- 👍 Effective for VOR training
- 👍 Good for chair flying practice
Room to improve
- 💰 Not free, deceptive pricing
- 🐛 Random positioning bug
- 🐛 Aircraft positioning limited
- 🐛 Timing algorithm incorrect
- 🐛 Left turn activation bug
Bugs and requests
Prepware Instrument Pilot
Reported bugs
39 issues- Text frequently cut off
- App cannot dynamically scale text
- Some questions missing figures
- Figures have nothing to do with the question
- Correct answers no longer shown in green
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- Dark mode broken
- App crashes
- Save feature does not work
- Answers lost when returning to app
- Progress lost when switching categories
- App closes by itself
- Loses test progress when minimized
- Figures not displayed for questions
- Incomplete questions
- Questions and answers do not match
- Questions not completely displayed
- Can't get back to question from figure display
- Back button disappears
- Can't take entire test without shutting down or redownloading
- Software reverts to quiz mode when returning to study mode
- Explanation link missing in study mode
- Can't go back when opening a figure
- Answers longer than three lines are cut off
- Figures are sometimes incomplete
- Figures are sometimes at too low a resolution
- No way to store previous test scores
- No progress shown
- Study modes stops showing correct answer
- Practice test questions do not allow access to appropriate figure
- Truncated answers
- Truncated questions
- Figures are sometimes incomplete
- Font is hard to read and small
- Bold indication of right or wrong is missing
- No running tally of missed questions
- App restarts in test mode even when last in study mode
- Bugs causing crashes that instantly exit the application
- Scans did not come over well, particularly weather graphics
- Hard to see some images
Requested features
18 requests- Ability to focus on previously incorrect answers
- Major update for functionality and display bugs
- Ensure all software is up to date with FAA question banks
- Add timer and number of questions selection
- Ability to eliminate questions already known
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- Autosave and clear progress button
- Ability to search through questions
- Save test results
- Ability to uncheck material of questions not needed
- Ability to select questions relating to chapters
- Provide reasons for wrong answers
- Make background red or green for visibility
- Allow marking questions for review
- Record wrong answers for review
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Ability to skip questions that do not apply to equipment
- Add CX-2 to iPhone
Flight IFR Nav Trainer
Reported bugs
5 issues- Random positioning tool only places aircraft in SW quadrant
- Left turn activation continues after release
- ADF1 vs ADF2 RMI bug
- Incorrect timing algorithm
- Application crashes or becomes unusable after left turn bug
Requested features
3 requests- Add RNAV procedures
- Add DME arcs
- Integrated HSI/CDI/RMI
In-app purchases
Prepware Instrument Pilot
No in-app purchases
Flight IFR Nav Trainer
- Flight IFR Nav Trainer Unlock$10.99
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