Interceptions vs CPaT Mobile 4
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interceptions
This app helps pilots practice essential instrument flight procedures, including VOR intercepts, holding entries, and angle of lead calculations. It provides visual aids and detailed explanations for each exercise, enhancing learning and retention for flight training.
- VOR intercept calculations
- Randomly generated holding entries
- Angle of lead calculations
- Wind correction angle visualization
- Detailed calculation descriptions
- Instrument visualization
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Practice your instrument flying skills with this handy and detailed IFR trainer for iPhone. With Interceptions for iPhone you can practice: - INTERCEPTS: the calculation of interception headings to and from VORs. The exercises are randomly generated and will never go beyond a 90° intercept. - HOLDING ENTRIES: Calculate randomly generated holding entries. The solution is displayed directly on the instrument, making it easy to visualize the actual holding. Includes calculation of first heading for the entry. Please check out the app "Holdings", which lets you practice every single aspect of holding patterns! - ANGLE OF LEAD: AoL calculations are also displayed right on the instrument, making it easy to visualize the situation from the aircraft's perspective. - WIND CORRECTION ANGLE: Visualized WCA calculations, completely with instructions. Detailed descriptions of all calculations are accessible from directly within the app.
CPaT Mobile 4
Access your aviation training materials offline. Download courses to study at your convenience and sync your progress back to the CPaT Learning Management System when you have an internet connection.
- Offline training material access
- Downloadable course content
- Training progress tracking
- Sync with CPaT LMS
- Interactive training modules
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CPaT mobile provides an offline training solution for the CPaT training library developed for web platforms.This app allows CPaT LMS users to view their training progress, launch into their online account, as well take their interactive training offline by downloading the training material. Once downloaded, the material is available without the need for an Internet connection and can be viewed at the users convenience. When an Internet connection can be made, the data accumulated from the downloaded content may be synchronized back to the CPaT Learning Management System.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Interceptions at 75% against CPaT Mobile 4's 0%. Interceptions also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). CPaT Mobile 4's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (2.2 vs 1.0). 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
CPaT Mobile 4 is free to download; Interceptions costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CPaT Mobile 4 holds the better App Store score, 2.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CPaT Mobile 4 has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Interceptions's written reviews are positive against 0% of CPaT Mobile 4's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Interceptions ships an update every 3 weeks, CPaT Mobile 4 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interceptions | CPaT Mobile 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 2.2 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oliver Puetz | CPAT GLOBAL, LLC |
Customer experience
Interceptions
CPaT Mobile 4
In-app purchases
Interceptions
No in-app purchases
CPaT Mobile 4
No in-app purchases
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