Prepware Aviation Maintenance vs ATSAPro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prepware Aviation Maintenance
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.
- FAA Knowledge Exam preparation
- Flashcard-style review
- Questions, answers, and explanations
- Study by subject
- Practice tests
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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.
ATSAPro
Practice aptitude tests designed to mimic parts of the FAA's Air Traffic Controller exam. Improve your skills with interactive games that simulate the test's components. This app serves as a practice tool to enhance your readiness for the official assessment.
- Practice individual test parts
- Improve aptitude skills
- Simulates exam components
- Interactive practice games
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The Air Traffic Skills Assessment (ATSA) Exam is the FAA's current version of the aptitude test required to become an Air Traffic Controller. The FAA uses the ATSA to prescreen potential Air Traffic Controllers. The test includes several parts that evaluate the candidates aptitude. ATSAPro is designed to help improve ATSA Exam scores by allowing candidates to practice the individual parts of the test.* *Disclaimer: ATSAPro is in no way affiliated with the FAA or the ATSA exam. It makes no guarantee of passing the ATSA exam nor does it guarantee employment of any kind. ATSAPro is to be used as an aid to improve aptitude with games that may be similar to parts of the actual ATSA exam. Use ATSAPro at your own risk.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Prepware Aviation Maintenance at free against ATSAPro's paid. Prepware Aviation Maintenance also leads on ratings volume (370 vs 8) and chart position (#3 vs #186). ATSAPro's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, 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
Prepware Aviation Maintenance costs $9.99 and ATSAPro $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ATSAPro holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prepware Aviation Maintenance has 370 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Prepware Aviation Maintenance's written reviews are positive against 50% of ATSAPro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Prepware Aviation Maintenance ships an update every 4 months, ATSAPro weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prepware Aviation Maintenance | ATSAPro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (370 ratings) | 4.3 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 370 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #3 — better | #186 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | Type1Aviation LLC |
Customer experience
Prepware Aviation Maintenance
ATSAPro
Bugs and requests
Prepware Aviation Maintenance
Reported bugs
4 issues- Incorrect Answers Marked as Correct
- Grading and Exiting Issues
- Inconsistent Question Formatting Across Platforms
- Lag and Freezing on Newer Devices
Requested features
5 requests- Randomize Answer Order
- Separate Missed Questions
- Ability to Create Custom Quizzes
- Improved Reporting and Analytics
- Accessibility Improvements for Colorblind Users
ATSAPro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prepware Aviation Maintenance
No in-app purchases
ATSAPro
No in-app purchases
Questions
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