Prepware Commercial Pilot vs FAA IA Knowledge Test Prep
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.
FAA IA Knowledge Test Prep
Prepare for your FAA Inspection Authorization Knowledge Test with a comprehensive question bank. This app offers quiz, test, and study modes to track your progress and familiarize you with exam-style questions. It requires no internet connection for offline study.
- Extensive question bank for IA exam
- Quiz, Test, and Study modes
- Progress tracking with scores and dates
- Randomized questions and answers
- Offline functionality
- Optional sound and vibration feedback
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The Inspection Authorization Knowledge Test Prep app is a great resource to test yourself on the hundreds of possible IA specific questions that you may see on your FAA Knowledge Test. Our goal is to provide you with the largest, most current, pool of IA questions. Give yourself every possible advantage! Remember, the actual exam will also test you on skills you would have learned as an A&P mechanic so its also recommended to review our General, Airframe and Powerplant Knowledge Test Prep Apps. The questions from the IA exam is will refer you to excerpts of selected advisory circulars, airworthiness directives, Code of Federal Regulations, type certificate data sheets, aircraft specifications, FAA orders, and forms. Since these documents are provided for free in PDF format from the FAA, they are not included to keep the app’s file size as small as possible. The Computer Testing Supplement for Inspection Authorization is available at https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/supplements/media/FAA-CT-8080-8D.pdf. Features: • Simple to use interface. • Scores, the date and time taken for quizzes and tests are saved to keep track of your progress. • Questions and answer choices are random. • Optional sound effects for selected answers in Quiz Mode. • Shocks for iPhone. Answer incorrectly and feel your iPhone vibrate! (This can be turned on and off.) • No internet connection required. Modes: Quiz Mode - While taking a quiz, correct answers you choose are shown in green while incorrect ones are shown in red. Test Mode - Simulates the test you are going to take at a FAA Knowledge Test Center. In this mode, you are asked 50 questions that are pulled from the question bank. Study Mode - Here you can read all the questions with only the associated correct answers!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Prepware Commercial Pilot at 2.8 against FAA IA Knowledge Test Prep's 2.0. Prepware Commercial Pilot also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and review sentiment (36% vs 11%). FAA IA Knowledge Test Prep's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Prepware Commercial Pilot costs $9.99 and FAA IA Knowledge Test Prep $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Prepware Commercial Pilot holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prepware Commercial Pilot has 35 ratings behind it against 3, 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 11% of FAA IA Knowledge Test Prep's.
Prepware Commercial Pilot ships an update every 4 months, FAA IA Knowledge Test Prep every 14 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Prepware Commercial Pilot | FAA IA Knowledge Test Prep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 |
| Rating | 2.8 (35 ratings) — better | 2.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 36.2% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | Bravo Zulu Apps LLC |
Customer experience
Prepware Commercial Pilot
FAA IA Knowledge Test Prep
In-app purchases
Prepware Commercial Pilot
No in-app purchases
FAA IA Knowledge Test Prep
No in-app purchases
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