Private Pilot Checkride vs Checkride Ready PPL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Private Pilot Checkride
Prepare for your private pilot practical exam with over 900 questions and answers based on FAA standards. This app helps identify knowledge gaps and build confidence for your checkride, covering all essential aviation topics.
- Over 900 exam-style questions and answers
- Aligned with FAA Airman Certification Standards (ACS)
- Answers with FAA references and ACS codes
- Flag questions for custom study sets
- Includes Applicant Practical Test Checklist
- Covers all essential private pilot topics
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Using a question-and-answer format, Private Pilot Checkride lists the questions most likely to be asked by examiners during the last step in the pilot certification process – the Practical Exam – and provides succinct, ready responses. Pilots will find this App an indispensable tool in both planning for what to expect during the airplane checkride and mastering the subject matter. Instructors rate them as excellent preparation for students, as well as preps for Flight Reviews, aircraft transitions, and as general refresher material. This Private Pilot Checkride app is based on the popular Private Oral Exam Guide book by Jason Blair and aligns with the FAA Airman Certification Standards (ACS). It is designed for student pilots training for the Private Pilot Certificate with an airplane rating. More than 900 questions and responses ensure all the subjects a Private Pilot candidate will be tested on during a checkride and review flight are covered. Topics include: pilot qualifications and limitations, aircraft airworthiness requirements, preflight procedures, postflight procedures, human factors, performance and limitations, airport operations, national airspace system, weather information, cross-country flight planning, night operations, emergency equipment and survival gear, and scenario-based training. Answers and explanations were researched using FAA documents (which are identified so pilots know where to go for further study) as well as interviewing FAA examiners and include the corresponding ACS code. Questions can be marked for further study from any subject to build your own collection of flashcards. An Applicant Practical Test Checklist and quick-reference to the Private Pilot maneuvers and tolerances (as defined in the Airman Certification Standards) are also included. Compatible with iOS phones and tablets, this app teaches applicants not only what to expect, but also how to exhibit subject mastery and confidence when under the examiner’s scrutiny. It identifies candidates’ strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in their aeronautical knowledge, which increases study efficiency. App features: • More than 800 questions are included with succinct, ready responses. • Questions from any subject can be flagged for further study into a separate group. • Includes all the questions and answers from the popular book, Private Pilot Oral Exam Guide by Jason Blair. • Answers supported with FAA references and ACS codes. • Brought to you by a trusted resource in aviation training and publishing, Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA).
Checkride Ready PPL
Prepare for your Private Pilot checkride with a focused study tool. Review essential knowledge, practice with flashcards and quizzes, and decode aviation weather reports. This app simplifies your study process for upcoming checkrides.
- FAA ACS study material
- Flashcards for quick recall
- Quizzes with immediate feedback
- METAR, TAF, PIREP, NOTAM decoding
- Organized study guidance
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Get ready for your Private Pilot checkride with a focused study tool built around the FAA Airman Certification Standards. Checkride Ready helps you review the knowledge you need without digging through pages of unnecessary information. ACS STUDY Review Private Pilot ACS Areas and Tasks with organized, easy-to-read study material, quick-reference tables, detailed explanations, and checkride-focused guidance. FLASHCARDS Build fast recall of important regulations, weather concepts, aircraft systems, airspace, performance, limitations, and more. QUIZZES Test your knowledge with Private Pilot questions covering topics you may encounter during checkride preparation. Get immediate feedback and explanations so you understand why an answer is correct. REPORTS & WEATHER Practice reading and decoding METARs, TAFs, PIREPs, and NOTAMs with examples ranging from simple to complex. Whether your checkride is months away or coming up soon, Checkride Ready gives you a simple place to study, review, and test your knowledge.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Checkride Ready PPL at 100% against Private Pilot Checkride's 52%. Checkride Ready PPL also leads on price (Free vs $9.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.3). Private Pilot Checkride's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 2) and chart position (#172 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Checkride Ready PPL is free to download; Private Pilot Checkride costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Checkride Ready PPL holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Private Pilot Checkride has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Private Pilot Checkride's written reviews are positive against 100% of Checkride Ready PPL's.
| Parameter | Private Pilot Checkride | Checkride Ready PPL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #172 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | JACK THOMAS PUSATERA |
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Private Pilot Checkride
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In-app purchases
Private Pilot Checkride
No in-app purchases
Checkride Ready PPL
No in-app purchases
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