Prepware Instrument Pilot vs Frasca RTD
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.
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.
- 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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Frasca RTD at Free against Prepware Instrument Pilot's $9.99. Frasca RTD also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Prepware Instrument Pilot's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 18 months) and ratings volume (45 vs 9). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Frasca RTD is free to download; Prepware Instrument Pilot costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.6 for Prepware Instrument Pilot against 2.4 for Frasca RTD. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prepware Instrument Pilot has 45 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of Prepware Instrument Pilot's written reviews are positive against 33% of Frasca RTD's.
Prepware Instrument Pilot ships an update every 4 months, Frasca RTD every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prepware Instrument Pilot | Frasca RTD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.6 (45 ratings) — better | 2.4 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.8% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | Frasca International, Inc. |
Customer experience
Prepware Instrument Pilot
Frasca RTD
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
Frasca RTD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prepware Instrument Pilot
No in-app purchases
Frasca RTD
No in-app purchases
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