Commercial Pilot Checkride vs AviPrep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Commercial Pilot Checkride
Prepare for your commercial pilot practical exam with nearly 800 questions and answers covering all essential topics. This app helps identify knowledge gaps and build confidence for the checkride.
- Nearly 800 questions and answers
- Covers all commercial pilot exam topics
- Flag questions for further study
- Based on popular aviation guide book
- Identifies knowledge strengths and weaknesses
- Includes FAA documents and examiner insights
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Using a question-and-answer format, Commercial Pilot Checkride lists the questions most likely to be asked by examiners during the last step in the commercial pilot certification process – the Practical Exam – and provides succinct, ready responses. Applicants will find this App an indispensable tool in both planning for what to expect during the airplane checkride, and mastering the subject matter. Instructors rate them as excellent preparation for students, as well as general refresher material. This Commercial Pilot Checkride app is based on the popular Commercial Pilot Oral Exam Guide book by Jason Blair. It is designed for applicants training for Commercial Pilot (airplane) Certificate. Nearly 800 questions and responses ensure all the subjects a commercial pilot candidate will be tested on during checkrides and review flights are covered. Topics include: pilot qualifications, airworthiness requirements, weather information, airplane systems, emergency procedures, performance and limitations, cross-country flight planning and procedures, human factors, commercial flight maneuvers, and scenario-based training. Answers and explanations were researched using FAA documents (which are identified so pilots know where to go for further study) as well as interviewing FAA examiners. Questions can be marked for further study from any subject to build your own collection of flashcards. An Applicant Practical Test Checklist, private carriage versus common carriage of persons or property Advisory Circular 120-12, and FAA Safe Air Charter Q&A are also included. Compatible with iOS phones and tablets, this app teaches applicants not only what to expect, but also how to exhibit subject mastery and confidence when under the examiner’s scrutiny. It identifies candidates’ strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in their aeronautical knowledge, which increases study efficiency. App features: • Nearly 800 questions are included with succinct, ready responses. • Questions from any subject can be flagged for further study into a separate group. • Includes all the questions and answers from the popular book, Commercial Pilot Oral Exam Guide by Jason Blair. • Brought to you by a trusted resource in aviation training and publishing, Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA).
AviPrep
This app simplifies flight scheduling for flight schools, clubs, and aircraft owners. It allows instructors to manage their schedules and students to book flights and track their training progress. Users can interact with the system via text message for quick bookings and updates.
- Schedule aircraft and instructors
- Student booking and progress tracking
- Text message scheduling and updates
- Fleet management for owners
- Instructor availability and lesson briefs
- Training dashboard and streaks
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The simplest way to schedule your airplanes, and the app your pilots use to fly them. AviPrep is one schedule for Part 61 flight schools, flying clubs, aircraft owners, instructors and students. Owners see every airplane and every hour on one screen. Instructors see their day. Students book open times and follow their training from first flight to checkride. And anyone on the schedule can run it by text message. TEXT IT. IT'S DONE. Text AviPrep the way you would text the front desk. "Block N12345 Saturday morning." "Who's flying Sunday?" "Put Dave in the 172 every Tuesday 4 to 6 through December." It checks the airplane and the instructor, writes back what it found, and changes nothing until you reply YES. Ask AviPrep works the same way inside the app. FOR SCHOOLS, CLUBS AND OWNERS One screen for your fleet: dual, solo, rental and maintenance in their own colors. Approve every pilot, set your rates, and keep them. Pilots book themselves, every flight is billed on the Hobbs time flown and paid out to you, and squawks and inspection countdowns live on the airplane. Invite your people with a link or a text code; they're on the schedule in a few replies, no download required. FOR INSTRUCTORS Your students, your schedule, your rate. Set recurring availability once and students book into it. Lesson briefs before each flight, AI recaps after, and a shared syllabus that tracks every lesson. Teach in aircraft from the owner network when you don't have your own, and get paid after every lesson. FOR STUDENTS Find a CFI near you by airport, price and focus, see their aircraft and availability, and book in a few taps. Follow one structured path to your checkride, see what each lesson costs before you book, and keep a training record that goes with you. ALSO IN THE APP • Messaging with your instructor or students, with the lesson agenda in the thread • A training dashboard: upcoming lessons, recent activity, next steps • Weekly training streaks to keep momentum between lessons • Push notifications for bookings, schedule changes, messages and reminders • Weather at your field on the day's schedule Your records are stored privately and securely. Your students, your instructors, your rates and your data stay yours. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://www.aviprep.net/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AviPrep at 100% against Commercial Pilot Checkride's 43%. AviPrep also leads on price (Free vs $9.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.1). Commercial Pilot Checkride's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). 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
AviPrep is free to download; Commercial Pilot Checkride costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AviPrep holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Commercial Pilot Checkride has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Commercial Pilot Checkride's written reviews are positive against 100% of AviPrep's.
Commercial Pilot Checkride ships an update every 28 months, AviPrep every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Commercial Pilot Checkride | AviPrep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.1 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASA | Aviscript |
Customer experience
Commercial Pilot Checkride
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In-app purchases
Commercial Pilot Checkride
No in-app purchases
AviPrep
No in-app purchases
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