Prepware Instrument Pilot vs Southeast
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.
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 Instrument Pilot's $9.99. Southeast also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 36%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Prepware Instrument Pilot's advantage is chart position (#79 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 10 months). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Southeast 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 2.5 for Southeast. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 25 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 36% of Prepware Instrument Pilot's written reviews are positive against 50% of Southeast's.
Prepware Instrument Pilot ships an update every 4 months, Southeast every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prepware Instrument Pilot | Southeast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.6 (43 ratings) — better | 2.5 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — 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 | #79 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | Southeast Missouri State University |
Customer experience
Prepware Instrument Pilot
Southeast
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
Southeast
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prepware Instrument Pilot
No in-app purchases
Southeast
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Prepware Instrument Pilot free?
Is Southeast free?
Which has better reviews, Prepware Instrument Pilot or Southeast?
Do Prepware Instrument Pilot or Southeast have ads?
Which is updated more often, Prepware Instrument Pilot or Southeast?
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