Comparison

Private and Recreational Pilot vs E6BX E6B Flight Computer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Private and Recreational Pilot

Prepare for your FAA Private Pilot checkride with realistic oral exam questions and detailed explanations. Covers all essential knowledge areas, including aerodynamics, weather, regulations, and navigation. Features aircraft-specific questions and free lifetime updates.

Highlights
  • Realistic checkride questions
  • Unlimited study and practice
  • Free lifetime updates
  • Hundreds of charts and figures
  • Aircraft-specific information
  • Current and valid content
Features
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Are you a student pilot or would you like to become a Private or Professional Pilot? RideReady will help make you confident and ready for your FAA Practical Test / Checkride (that combination of flight test and oral quizzing when you will have to go through to receive your Private Pilot certificate) and allow you to impress the examiner with your knowledge of relevant knowledge areas as per the Practical Test Standards and current FAA practices and recommendations. For the FAA Private Pilot Airplane practical test, topics covered include aerodynamics, weather, instrumentation, regulations, aircraft systems, charts and navigation, avionics, emergencies, procedures, flight planning, FAA special emphasis areas, weight and balance, and much more. RideReady features more questions than oral exam prep booklets thus helping you be more prepared for a wide variety of realistic questions. Additionally, RideReady's content is also more illustrated and our explanations more detailed to really help you understand the material. Our RideReady app can offer you speed, power, availability, and flexibility that no book or DVD can. For example, you can tell RideReady which aircraft you fly (from a list of common training aircraft) and RideReady will ask you questions on its systems and operations - just like a real examiner will. Remember: while books are out of date from the moment they're printed, updates are FREE FOR LIFE, meaning that you can get the most up to date quickly and easily through the built-in update mechanism. Please note that after downloading this app, the app will need to check for updated data from our servers. RideReady is the smart pilot's secret to checkride success! Features: * Realistic Checkride Questions - Hundreds upon hundreds of realistic memory, analysis, and scenario type questions taken from practical test exit interviews, key FAA documents, and the combined experience of our editorial team of pilot examiners and flight instructors. * Unlimited Study and Practice - At your own pace, on your own schedule * Free Lifetime Updates. Get acquainted with the material weeks or months before your checkride, study hard in the days leading up to it, and then brush up years afterwards. * Hundreds of Charts and Figures - Illustrate key points and help you learn * Aircraft-specific information - Includes questions specific to common training aircraft types (just like your examiner will ask) plus the ability to customize values and add your own custom aircraft. Built-in aircraft in this title: Cessna 150, Cessna 152, Cessna 172N/RG/SP, Diamond Katana, Piper Warrior II. * Current and valid for right now - As soon as you purchase and install this app, use the built-in update feature to get the latest and greatest content that we offer in mere moments. We regularly update the content to keep up with changes in practical test standards, FAA emphasis areas, and aviation technology. * Thousands of Success Stories - Every year, thousands of pilots use RideReady to learn or brush up the material to make them confident and ready to pass their FAA checkrides. We invite you to be next! Make sure you are looking at the right app for you! * This is FAA Practical Test (checkride oral exam) preparation for AIRPLANE PILOTS. * This is NOT FAA written (knowledge) test preparation. If you want FAA written (knowledge) test preparation, check out our GroundSchool FAA line of products. Many pilots buy both RideReady and our GroundSchool-FAA apps as they work well together. * Again, this title is for AIRPLANE PILOTS ONLY. This is NOT preparation materials for helicopter, glider, gyroplane, hot air balloon, or other pilots. We have other RideReady titles for different aircraft types, but this one is for AIRPLANE PILOTS ONLY as it contains much information particular to airplanes. Thank you again for checking out RideReady!

About

E6BX E6B Flight Computer

This app provides pilots with essential aviation calculations and tools. It features a visual E6B calculator, interactive weather reports with METAR/TAF decoders, and a NavLog calculator for flight planning. It also includes a holding pattern calculator and unit converters.

Highlights
  • Visual E6B Calculator
  • Interactive Weather Reports
  • METAR and TAF Decoders
  • NavLog Calculator
  • Holding Pattern Calculator
  • Aviation Unit Converter
Features
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E6BX is an essential app for pilots of all experience levels, offering a wide range of aviation tools designed to help you get comfortable with the reports and calculations required to fly safely. Included in this app are a visual E6B Calculator, interactive Weather Reports with METAR and TAF decoders, a NavLog Calculator, and many other tools to assist you with aviation calculations. E6B Calculator This is the world’s most popular E6B aviation calculator, already used online by hundreds of thousands of pilots. The calculations are visually illustrated to aid in understanding, showing wind speed and direction, wind correction angle, course, heading, ground speed, and true air speed. E6B is also known as CR, CRP-5 or in German, as the Dreieckrechner. E6B Simulator E6B Simulator offers a manual E6B with step by step instructions and highlights. This brings the same functionality on the website to the app. Weather Reports Search for any airport using the Weather Reports tool, and find the relevant METAR and TAF reports, taken live from aviationweather.gov. Need help understanding METAR or TAF? Tap on any segment to instantly see what it means, or tap the Decode button to reveal the entire report at once. Weather Reports can also display airport data for US airports, including runway directions and lengths, heliports, radio frequencies, and charts. NavLog Calculator Use the NavLog Calculator for either VFR or IFR flight planning. Enter numbers into the table to perform instant calculations. You can add as many lines as you need, and the table can be easily cleared with a single button. Holding Pattern Calculator The Holding Pattern Calculator uses a detailed and informative graphic to help you determine your entry into a holding pattern, and then to maintain that pattern with wind corrections. Simply enter a few basic values to see them instantly reflected in the graphic, then follow the detailed entry and hold instructions. Metar and Taf Decoder With E6BX Metar Decoder, almost everything in any given Metar or Taf is decodable, including elevation, wind direction and speed, wind components, pressure altitude, density altitude, air pressure, dew point, and all sorts of weather conditions. Snowtam & Motne Decoder Paste any Snowtam or Motne report into this tool to decode it. Almost everything in any given Snowtam or Motne is decodable, including type, depth, location, and extent of contamination. Aviation Unit Converter This tool includes all units commonly used in aviation. When you enter a value, it will instantly be converted to all other units of the same type. Convert units of time, distance, speed, pressure, temperature, volume, weight, and mass. Our GPS Coordinate Converter can convert between Decimal Degrees (DD), Degrees Decimal Minutes (DDM), and Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS). Aviation Unit Converters include: Time Converter Temperature Converter Fuel-Weight Converter Reciprocal-Heading Converter VOR Radial-Bearing Converter Distance Converter Speed Converter Pressure Converter Area Converter Weight Converter Volume Converter GPS Coordinate Converter Additional Tools: Visual Wind Components Calculator Pressure Altitude Calculator Density Altitude Calculator Cloud Base Altitude Calculator Aviation Unit Converter Mach Speed/Speed of Sound Calculator True Air Speed Calculator Indicated Air Speed Calculator Airport Data NavLog Calculator Airport Lists by Country/State Weight and Balance Calculator METAR Decoder TAF Decoder SNOWTAM Decoder MOTNE Decoder Holding Pattern Calculator

Screenshots

Private and Recreational Pilot3 screens
E6BX E6B Flight Computer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: E6BX E6B Flight Computer at $8.99 against Private and Recreational Pilot's $39.99. E6BX E6B Flight Computer also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (62% vs 47%). Private and Recreational Pilot's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Private and Recreational Pilot costs $39.99 and E6BX E6B Flight Computer $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Private and Recreational Pilot against 4.3 for E6BX E6B Flight Computer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Private and Recreational Pilot's written reviews are positive against 62% of E6BX E6B Flight Computer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Private and Recreational Pilot ships an update every 3 months, E6BX E6B Flight Computer monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Private and Recreational Pilot versus E6BX E6B Flight Computer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivate and Recreational PilotE6BX E6B Flight Computer
Price$39.99$8.99 — better
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)4.3 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews61.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#62 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size238 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDauntless SoftwareMehmet Cebe

Customer experience

Private and Recreational Pilot

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral15.8%
Negative36.8%

E6BX E6B Flight Computer

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%

In-app purchases

None

Private and Recreational Pilot

No in-app purchases

None

E6BX E6B Flight Computer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Private and Recreational Pilot free?
Private and Recreational Pilot costs $39.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is E6BX E6B Flight Computer free?
E6BX E6B Flight Computer costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Private and Recreational Pilot or E6BX E6B Flight Computer?
Private and Recreational Pilot and E6BX E6B Flight Computer are both rated 4.3 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do Private and Recreational Pilot or E6BX E6B Flight Computer have ads?
Neither Private and Recreational Pilot nor E6BX E6B Flight Computer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Private and Recreational Pilot or E6BX E6B Flight Computer?
Private and Recreational Pilot ships an update every 3 months, and E6BX E6B Flight Computer monthly. Most recently, Private and Recreational Pilot was updated on September 24, 2026 and E6BX E6B Flight Computer on October 15, 2026.

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