Prepware CFI vs Flight Instructor Airplane
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prepware CFI
Prepare for the 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
- Comprehensive preparation tool
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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 Instructor Airplane
Prepare for your FAA Written Exam with this comprehensive knowledge test prep app. It features a simple interface, progress tracking, and randomized questions to simulate the real exam experience. Study all questions and answers, or test your knowledge in quiz and simulated test modes.
- Up-to-date FAA test bank
- Progress tracking with scores and dates
- Randomized questions like the real exam
- Zoomable figures
- Quiz and simulated test modes
- Offline access
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The Flight Instructor Airplane Knowledge Test Prep App is the fastest way to ace your FAA Written Exam! Our main goal is to keep you updated with the latest test bank! Questions are added, changed and deleted throughout the year. When they are, we'll update them as soon as possible. Features: • Simple to use interface recommended by Flight Instructors. • Scores, the date and time taken for quizzes and tests are saved to keep track of your progress. • Questions and answer choices are random just like the real exam! • Zoomable figures are activated and deactivated by a button tap. • Optional sound effects for selected answers in Quiz Mode. • Shocks! 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 100 questions that are pulled from the entire 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: Flight Instructor Airplane at 3.0 against Prepware CFI's 2.4. Flight Instructor Airplane also leads on price ($4.99 vs $9.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Prepware CFI's advantage is review sentiment (32% vs 0%) and ratings volume (37 vs 1). On update cadence, 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 CFI costs $9.99 and Flight Instructor Airplane $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flight Instructor Airplane holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prepware CFI has 37 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Prepware CFI's written reviews are positive against 0% of Flight Instructor Airplane's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prepware CFI | Flight Instructor Airplane |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 2.4 (37 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #139 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | Bravo Zulu Apps LLC |
Customer experience
Prepware CFI
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In-app purchases
Prepware CFI
No in-app purchases
Flight Instructor Airplane
No in-app purchases
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