Prepware Commercial 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 Commercial Pilot
Prepare for your FAA 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.
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 Commercial Pilot's $9.99. Flight IFR Nav Trainer also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (302 vs 35). Prepware Commercial Pilot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#80 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 Commercial Pilot costs $9.99 up front. Flight IFR Nav Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Prepware Commercial Pilot asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flight IFR Nav Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight IFR Nav Trainer has 302 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Prepware Commercial Pilot's written reviews are positive against 48% of Flight IFR Nav Trainer's.
Prepware Commercial Pilot ships an update every 4 months, Flight IFR Nav Trainer every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prepware Commercial Pilot | Flight IFR Nav Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.8 (35 ratings) | 4.6 (302 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.2% of reviews | 47.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 | 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 | #80 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | Free-Flight-Aviation Ltd. |
Customer experience
Prepware Commercial Pilot
Flight IFR Nav Trainer
Bugs and requests
Prepware Commercial Pilot
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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 Commercial Pilot
No in-app purchases
Flight IFR Nav Trainer
- Flight IFR Nav Trainer Unlock$10.99
Questions
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