Checkride Compass vs Airspace Ace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkride Compass
Prepare for your Private Pilot checkride with focused quizzes, flashcards, and real-world scenarios. This tool helps build confidence for oral exams, ACS standards, and written preparation.
- Practice quizzes
- ACS flashcards
- Checkride-style scenarios
- Focused study experience
- Build confidence
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Checkride Compass helps student pilots prepare for their Private Pilot checkride with focused quizzes, flashcards, and real-world scenarios based on FAA ACS standards. Features: • Practice quizzes • ACS flashcards • Checkride-style scenarios • Focused study experience Build confidence and stay on course for your oral, ACS, and written prep. Disclaimer: Checkride Compass is an independent educational study tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FAA.
Airspace Ace
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Master your understanding of the FAA National Air Space (NAS). Includes quizzes and games to accelerate your learning of the rules and regulations of the NAS. Overlay aviation sectional charts on built-in Apple maps and test your knowledge of the airspace identification, equipment requirements, and speed restrictions, from the surface upwards. Useful for practicing to take the FAA written tests in addition to preparation for a check ride. Challenge a friend (or enemy) to a head-to-head duel on airspace knowledge with the Duel Mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Checkride Compass at Free against Airspace Ace's $1.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Checkride Compass is free to download; Airspace Ace costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Checkride Compass ships an update every 2 days, Airspace Ace daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checkride Compass | Airspace Ace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 26.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jainik Parekh | JONOTHON CONE |
In-app purchases
Checkride Compass
No in-app purchases
Airspace Ace
No in-app purchases
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