Comparison

Airspace Trainer vs MCDU Trainer

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

Head to head
About

Airspace Trainer

Features
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From AutoPilot: offline flight training drills made by a CFII. Drag the airplane. Watch the rule change. Airspace Trainer turns 14 CFR 91.155 from a table you memorize into a picture you understand. Move the airplane through Class B, C, D, E and G, above and below 10,000 feet, and watch the required visibility and cloud clearance update as you go. Drag it anywhere, or use the Left, Right, Climb and Descend buttons to move it one line at a time. BUILT AROUND ONE QUESTION Is this flight legal? Every scenario drops you at a specific place and altitude and asks you to call it. When the answer is no, it asks the harder one: which rule decides it? Knowing the answer is not the same as knowing why. EVERY VERDICT CITES THE REGULATION No hand-waving. Each answer comes back with the section number behind it, so you can trace it to the source and say it out loud on a checkride oral. THREE ALTITUDE BANDS, NOT THIRTEEN ROWS The 91.155 table is famously miserable to memorize. Airspace Trainer teaches the structure underneath it: what changes at 10,000 feet, what changes at 1,200 AGL, and which classes actually behave the same way. FIND OUT WHERE YOU ARE WEAK Progress tracking shows which airspace classes and which rules you keep missing, so study time goes where it counts instead of where it is comfortable. THE WHOLE TABLE, FOR LOOKING UP A clean 91.155 reference is always one tap away, for when you need the number rather than the drill. WHO IT IS FOR - Student pilots working toward a private or sport certificate - Anyone prepping the FAA knowledge test or a checkride oral - Rated pilots knocking the rust off before a flight review - Instructors who want a whiteboard that answers back No account. No ads. No data collected. Airspace Trainer is a study aid, not a substitute for the current regulations or your instructor's judgment. Always fly by the FAR/AIM and your operating limitations.

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MCDU Trainer

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Practice A320 MCDU and Boeing 737-800 NG CDU operations on iPhone and iPad, and explore how flight plans, controls and instrument indications work together. Choose an aircraft and follow a continuous practice flight from ground preparation through takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, approach and landing. Each aircraft keeps its own flight plan and practice state. Switch aircraft and return to your previous session. Run, pause, flight-phase positioning and saved scenarios help you revisit an operation and inspect its result. β€’ Focus on MCDU/CDU entry, editing and error recovery, including initialization, route and performance operations. β€’ Use the MCDU/CDU, ND, EFIS and FCU/MCP within the same flight and observe changes in guidance and indications. β€’ View the complete instrument workspace on iPad, or scroll and jump between instruments on iPhone. β€’ Practice with local training data, waypoints and scenarios without creating an account. The A320 and 737 have separate state and logic. The 737 training configuration targets the 737-800 NG with a conventional CDU, the FMC U12 family and SFP/26K reference scope. It does not represent the 737 MAX or guarantee the configuration of a particular airline or individual aircraft. Navigation data consists of fixed training snapshots. Coverage and data dates are identified in the app and source documentation; this is not a current operational navigation database. Performance, motion and system responses include nominal training models and simplifications. Communications are local training functions and do not connect to an airline, air traffic control or a live ACARS network. This independently developed practice tool is not an official Airbus, Boeing or Honeywell product or a certified flight training device. Do not use it for real flight navigation, performance calculations or operational decisions. Practice state is stored on the device; automatic cross-device synchronization is not provided.

Screenshots

Airspace Trainer4 screens
MCDU Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MCDU Trainer at weekly against Airspace Trainer's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Airspace Trainer ships an update every 2 months, MCDU Trainer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Airspace Trainer versus MCDU Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirspace TrainerMCDU Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJack Post云启θˆͺη§‘(ζˆιƒ½)η§‘ζŠ€ζœ‰ι™ε…¬εΈ

In-app purchases

None

Airspace Trainer

No in-app purchases

None

MCDU Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Airspace Trainer free?
Airspace Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MCDU Trainer free?
MCDU Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Airspace Trainer or MCDU Trainer have ads?
Neither Airspace Trainer nor MCDU Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Airspace Trainer or MCDU Trainer?
Airspace Trainer ships an update every 2 months, and MCDU Trainer weekly. Most recently, Airspace Trainer was updated on October 31, 2026 and MCDU Trainer on October 29, 2026.

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