Comparison

Surveying Practice vs Azimuth Prep

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

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About

Surveying Practice

This educational app offers chapter-wise quizzes, mock tests, and daily practice to help students master surveying principles for civil engineering. Track your progress with performance statistics and prepare effectively for exams through a distraction-free learning experience.

Highlights
  • Chapter-wise practice quizzes
  • Mock tests
  • Daily quizzes
  • Performance statistics
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Aligned with surveying syllabus
Features
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Surveying Practice is an educational application designed to help students understand and practice the fundamental principles of surveying used in civil engineering and land measurement. The app emphasizes practice-based learning through chapter-wise quizzes, mock tests, and daily quizzes aligned with standard surveying curricula. Users can practice questions from individual topics, attempt mock tests for overall assessment, and monitor their performance using statistics. The app supports self-study, classroom learning, and examination preparation. Topics Included 1. Introduction to Surveying Surveying concepts, objectives, principles, types of surveying, units and measurements, and applications. 2. Chain Surveying Chain surveying methods, instruments used, ranging, offsetting, obstacles in chaining, and errors. 3. Compass Surveying Compass surveying principles, types of compass, bearings, fore and back bearings, magnetic declination, and local attraction. 4. Plane Table Surveying Plane table instruments, radiation, intersection, traversing methods, and advantages and limitations. 5. Levelling Levelling concepts, level instruments, bench mark, reduced level, rise and fall method, and height of instrument method. 6. Theodolite Surveying Theodolite types, temporary adjustments, measurement of angles, traversing, and tacheometric surveying. 7. Curves in Surveying Horizontal and vertical curves, simple circular curves, elements of curves, setting out curves, and transition curves. 8. Contouring Contour concepts, contour interval, characteristics of contours, contouring methods, uses of contour maps, and gradient determination. 9. Modern Surveying Instruments Electronic distance measurement, total station, global positioning system, remote sensing, GIS, and laser scanning. 10. Engineering Surveys Engineering survey, route survey, hydrographic survey, city survey, construction survey, and control survey. 11. Errors and Adjustments Errors in surveying, systematic, random and gross errors, traverse adjustment, and least square method. 12. Field Work and Plotting Field book, booking methods, plotting, scale selection, preparation of maps, and survey reports. Key Features Chapter-wise practice quizzes Mock tests for comprehensive assessment Daily quiz for regular practice Performance statistics to track progress Content aligned with surveying syllabus Simple and distraction-free interface Surveying Practice is suitable for civil engineering students preparing for examinations and strengthening conceptual understanding through consistent practice.

About

Azimuth Prep

This app provides comprehensive study tools for land surveyors preparing for licensing exams. It offers over 1,000 practice questions with detailed explanations, multiple study modes, and spaced-repetition flashcards. An audio study mode allows for hands-free learning in the field.

Highlights
  • 1,000+ practice questions
  • Detailed explanations with references
  • Multiple study modes (Quick 10, Topic Study, Timed Exams)
  • Spaced-repetition flashcards (SM-2 algorithm)
  • Hands-free audio study mode
  • Progress tracking by knowledge area
  • Subscription covers all exams
Features
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Azimuth Prep is a study app for land surveying exams: the NCEES Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) and Principles and Practice of Surveying (PS) exams, a growing list of state licensing exams, survey technician levels 1 to 3, and a surveying trig challenge. Study with thousands of practice questions, practice exams and flashcards. Azimuth Prep is independent and does not represent any government entity. PRACTICE QUESTIONS - Every question has an explanation and a reference, such as a statute, rule, government manual or textbook. - Tap any diagram to zoom in full screen. - Flag or skip questions, and report errors in any question or flashcard. - Filter past questions by flagged, skipped, incorrect, correct or knowledge area. STUDY MODES - Question of the Day builds your study streak. - Quick 10 Quiz favors questions you have not seen recently. - Timed Quiz: 20 questions in 40 minutes. - Missed Questions: retry the ones you got wrong. - Weakest Subject: drill your lowest-scoring knowledge area. - Study by Topic: one knowledge area at a time. - Build Your Own Quiz: pick the length and topics, timed or untimed, with answers as you go or at the end. PRACTICE EXAMS - Timed and weighted by knowledge area, with a length and time limit set for each exam. - Review every answer at the end, with your score by knowledge area. FLASHCARDS AND AUDIO - Prebuilt decks, plus your own cards and decks. - Spaced repetition: rate each card Again, Hard, Good or Easy to schedule its next review. - Review All Due mixes due cards from every deck. - Play All reads cards aloud, even with your device locked or in Silent mode, with lock screen controls. - Speed from 0.5x to 2x and a pause of 1 to 8 seconds between sides. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - Scores by knowledge area over 7, 30 or 90 days versus the previous period, or all time. - Quiz score history, study streak, study calendar and exam date countdown. - Question of the Day and custom study reminders. STUDY ANYWHERE - Exams download to your device so you can study offline. - A free account syncs your progress, flashcards, reminders and exam date across iPhone, iPad and the web app at azimuthprep.com/app. FREE TO START - Try 30 free questions on each exam, no account needed. - Full flashcard decks come with a free account. - Premium unlocks unlimited questions and practice exams in every exam. Monthly, 3-month and annual subscriptions renew automatically until canceled. FOR STUDENTS - Students get one year of Premium free, every exam included, when they confirm a school email: .edu, academic domains such as .edu.au or .ac.uk, and select Canadian schools. Terms of Use: https://azimuthprep.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://azimuthprep.com/privacy

Screenshots

Surveying Practice4 screens
Azimuth Prep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Azimuth Prep at 5.0 against Surveying Practice's 4.0. Azimuth Prep also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). Surveying Practice's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Azimuth Prep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per month. Surveying Practice asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Azimuth Prep holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Azimuth Prep has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Surveying Practice versus Azimuth Prep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurveying PracticeAzimuth Prep
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB38 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperManish KumarAzimuth Education LLC

In-app purchases

None

Surveying Practice

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Azimuth Prep

Subscriptions3
  • Azimuth Prep Monthly$34.991 Month
  • Azimuth Prep 3-Month$84.993 Months
  • Azimuth Prep Annual$319.991 Year

Questions

Is Surveying Practice free?
Surveying Practice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Azimuth Prep free?
Azimuth Prep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Surveying Practice or Azimuth Prep?
Azimuth Prep is rated higher. Surveying Practice averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Azimuth Prep averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Surveying Practice or Azimuth Prep have ads?
Neither Surveying Practice nor Azimuth Prep shows ads.

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