Private Pilot Test Prep vs VORSim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Private Pilot Test Prep
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Private Pilot Test Prep helps you pass the FAA Private Pilot Airplane (PAR) knowledge test β the written exam every student pilot takes before the checkride. Study with 2,000+ practice questions, 450+ flashcards, 42 built-in study guides, and a full timed mock exam, all working completely offline. IMPORTANT: The app is free to download with a short intro. Unlocking the full question bank, flashcards, study guides, mock exam, and progress tools requires a paid subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase (pricing below). WHAT YOU GET β’ 2,000+ practice questions covering every PAR knowledge area: regulations (FARs), airspace and airport operations, aviation weather and METAR/TAF decoding, aerodynamics, aircraft systems and instruments, performance, weight and balance, navigation and sectional charts, cross-country and E6B math, and aeromedical factors and decision-making. β’ Step-by-step explanations for every question, each citing the governing FAA reference (14 CFR, AIM, PHAK, AFH). β’ Includes the FAA's own public sample PAR questions, plus hundreds of worked calculation problems. β’ 450+ flashcards with Leitner spaced repetition for real active recall. β’ 42 study guides β a built-in ground school you can search and listen to. β’ Quick 10, build-your-own quizzes, timed quizzes, and single-topic drills. β’ Full mock exam: 60 questions, 2 hours 30 minutes, 70% passing standard, with a strict exam-simulation mode. β’ Mistake bank that automatically saves every question you miss so you can drill your weak areas. β’ Progress dashboard: per-topic mastery, syllabus completion, accuracy charts, spaced-repetition forecast, and study streaks. β’ Read-aloud, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and dark mode. β’ 100% offline. No account, no ads, no tracking. SUBSCRIPTION & PRICING β’ Monthly β $9.99 per month β’ Yearly β $49.99 per year (includes a 3-day free trial) β’ Lifetime β $99.99 one-time purchase (not a subscription) Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Auto-renewable subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://appios432.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy_01139292984.html Private Pilot Test Prep is an independent study aid and is not affiliated with, authorized, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Practice questions are original works based on public-domain FAA materials, plus the FAA's public sample questions. This app is a study aid and is not a substitute for instruction from a certificated flight instructor.
VORSim
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Radio navigation clicks when you fly it, not when you read about it. VOR Sim is a procedure trainer for iPhone and iPad. A light flight model sits behind a full six-pack panel, a moving map, a synthetic outside view and a GNS 430-style GPS, so the needles stay the thing you have to concentrate on. Nothing to configure, no aircraft to buy, no scenery to download: press START and intercept something. THE PANEL β’ Classic VOR head (NAV1) with a rotatable OBS ring, CDI and TO/FROM flag β’ HSI (NAV2) with course needle, deviation bar, heading bug and an ADF pointer β’ Twin-needle ADF: tune two NDBs and cross their bearings for a position fix β’ The ADF card is fixed, slaved to the compass (RMI) or set by hand β the three ways a real ADF head is read, one knob apart β’ Directional gyro that precesses about 10Β° in 15 minutes, and has to be reset β’ Airspeed with an RPM sub-dial, attitude, altimeter with hPa subscale, VSI and turn coordinator β’ Spread two fingers on the panel and the three nav heads take the whole screen, which on a phone is the only way to read half a dot; the V1 Β· V2 Β· ADF buttons under the panel decide which of them are up and how the width is shared β V2 steps HSI β second VOR head β off, ADF two needles β one β off β’ Every card and ring turns under the finger: the OBS ring on the VOR head and the HSI, and the ADF card, which takes itself off the compass when you do REAL NAVAIDS β’ About 17 000 airports and 10 000 VOR and NDB stations from OurAirports, all bundled, all offline. Positions, idents, frequencies and runway directions are real β’ Long press a VOR on the map to tune it on NAV1, then NAV2; long press an NDB and it goes to the first ADF needle, then the second β’ Long press an airport to fly direct to it MOVING MAP β’ Your aircraft, its breadcrumb track and every station, draggable β build an intercept in seconds and drag the aeroplane back to fly it again β’ The selected OBS course drawn through each VOR with TO/FROM arrows and radial numbers pinned to the screen edge β’ A chart scale bar you can long press and slide to zoom β’ Or take the ground away: a second press of MAP leaves the stations, radials, track and airspace on black, which is how a radial is easiest to read GNS 430 β’ Direct-To, a flight plan with automatic leg sequencing, OBS suspend, CDI source switching between GPS and VLOC, COM and NAV tuning β’ Any bundled ident can be typed in, with a match list from the database FLYING IT β’ Tilt the device like a yoke β tilt is elevator, rotate is ailerons β or use the on-screen stick, rudder and throttle. Hardware keyboards work too β’ Controls are damped the way an aeroplane is: an input arrives over about a second, and the turn builds up after it β’ Engine sound synthesised from the rpm, from a lumpy idle to full power β’ Wind with gusts, 1β4Γ time compression, a stopwatch for timing a hold β’ Power off, the nose has to come down; below about 45 kt the wing stalls, with aileron on it spins, and the ground ends the flight β’ A turn costs what it costs: 1.4 g at 45Β° of bank, and either the nose falls or the speed does OUT OF THE WINDOW β’ Look out over the cowling β the nose is the attitude reference in a real aeroplane, and where the horizon sits above it is your pitch β’ Or switch to the glass panel: the nose goes, and the horizon, a pitch ladder, a bank scale and boxed speed, height and climb are painted on the window, so the view can be flown on its own β’ The ground under you is the real countryside, from the map The training area centres on your position, or on EDAZ SchΓΆnhagen. Switch on "Reset moves you somewhere new" and every reset deals the exercise at a real aerodrome somewhere else in the world, with the real VORs around it. Made by a pilot, for pilots and for students working on the instrument rating. IMPORTANT β the airspace, and the exercise stations dealt by a reset, are invented for training. Nothing in this app may be used for real navigation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VORSim at none against Private Pilot Test Prep's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Private Pilot Test Prep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. VORSim asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Private Pilot Test Prep | VORSim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MD Shahariar Nazim Joy | Arnulf Friedemann Jurgen Keese |
In-app purchases
Private Pilot Test Prep
- Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$99.99
VORSim
No in-app purchases
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