iSafety vs AR Helicopter Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iSafety
This interactive tool helps helicopter pilots, technicians, and students learn and reinforce knowledge of caution and warning panel indications and emergency procedures across various aircraft types. It offers two modes for self-study and quick reference, enhancing situational awareness and flight safety.
- Interactive caution and warning panel simulation
- Emergency procedure review
- Multiple aircraft type support
- Select Mode for targeted learning
- Training Mode for randomized practice
- Quick-reference and self-study companion
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EuroSafety’s Caution Panel App represents ESI’s latest advancement toward improving airframe knowledge, situational awareness, and overall flight safety within the helicopter community. This interactive training tool allows pilots, technicians, and students to review and reinforce their understanding of caution and warning panel indications across multiple aircraft types. The current release includes full caution panel coverage and corresponding emergency procedures for the AS350B3 2B, AS350B3 2B1 Single Hydraulic, AS350B3 2B1 Dual Hydraulic, AS350B3e Single hydraulics, AS350B3e Dual Hydraulics, EC130T2 and the EC130B4. Additional airframes will be introduced in upcoming updates as EuroSafety continues expanding its digital training ecosystem. The app offers two primary modes of operation: • Select Mode – Users can tap any caution or warning light to illuminate the light and then tap again to view the associated emergency procedure. • Training Mode – A random caution light illuminates, and then the user taps the light to view the associated emergency procedure. Developed as a quick-reference and self-study companion, the EuroSafety Caution Panel App provides an efficient way to keep procedures sharp and response times instinctive—whether in the classroom, in the hangar, or on the go.
AR Helicopter Training
This augmented reality application allows aspiring pilots to visualize and learn helicopter aerodynamics and maneuvers in an immersive way. It offers a portable pre-flight experience and a hover mini simulator, built by experienced helicopter pilots for beginners.
- Augmented reality visualization
- Helicopter aerodynamics lessons
- Maneuvers training
- Immersive perspective learning
- Portable pre-flight experience
- Hover mini simulator
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PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING THIS APP: This is an augmented reality app. Do NOT purchase this app if you cannot launch the experience in a well lit environment, or if you do NOT have an iPhone 14 or newer. Augmented reality requires a lot of power and anything under an iPhone 14 model will NOT perform well. Having said that, contact us directly if you have any issues. AR is a new technology and you might need some direction to launch this app properly to avoid any issues. AR Helicopter Training by Mauna Loa Helicopters & Augmented Island Studios, is the first spatial computing/augmented reality helicopter training software for beginner pilots. Our application allows students to visualize and learn helicopter flying aerodynamics and maneuvers lessons from an immersive perspective. In addition, our app offers a portable pre-flight experience and a hover mini sim. Our app was built by helicopter pilots, for helicopter pilots. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AR Helicopter Training at 4.5 against iSafety's 3.5. AR Helicopter Training also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). iSafety's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (68% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. AR Helicopter Training sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. iSafety asks for nothing beyond the download.
AR Helicopter Training holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of iSafety's written reviews are positive against 50% of AR Helicopter Training's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iSafety ships an update every 2 months, AR Helicopter Training every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iSafety | AR Helicopter Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (15 ratings) | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 1001 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EuroSafety | Augmented Island Studios |
Customer experience
iSafety
AR Helicopter Training
In-app purchases
iSafety
No in-app purchases
AR Helicopter Training
- Test Starter Pack$12.99
- Test Aviator Pack$15.99
- Ground AddOn$19.99
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- Buy Training$49.99
- Training and Ground AddOn$59.99
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