Prepware CFI vs SAFE Toolkit
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.
SAFE Toolkit
This app offers essential news and resources for Certified Flight Instructors (CFIs), including endorsement details, experience requirements, and test codes. It also provides flight test applicants with insights from Designated Pilot Examiners and features a weekly blog and industry news notifications for all pilots.
- CFI endorsements, experience requirements, test codes
- Flight test insights from DPEs
- Weekly SAFE blog
- Industry news push notifications
- Pilot resources
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SAFE Toolkit provides "go-to" news and resources for CFIs: (endorsements, experience requirements, and test codes), but also "Checkride Ready™ for flight test applicants (the inside story from DPEs). Pilots enjoy the SAFE blog every week and push notifications of industry news. Download and stay up to date; "We are here to help! ALl we "sell" is safety!"
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SAFE Toolkit at Free against Prepware CFI's $9.99. SAFE Toolkit also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Prepware CFI's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#111 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence 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
SAFE Toolkit is free to download; Prepware CFI costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SAFE Toolkit holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Prepware CFI's written reviews are positive against 38% of SAFE Toolkit's.
Prepware CFI ships an update every 4 months, SAFE Toolkit every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prepware CFI | SAFE Toolkit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.4 (37 ratings) | 4.2 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.3% of reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #111 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | David St. George |
Customer experience
Prepware CFI
SAFE Toolkit
In-app purchases
Prepware CFI
No in-app purchases
SAFE Toolkit
No in-app purchases
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