Private Pilot Course vs Aviation Study Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Private Pilot Course
Prepare for the ground portion of your FAA Private Pilot Practical Test with realistic checkride scenarios and expert insights. Includes essential FAA handbooks, a knowledge quiz, and flight calculators.
- Realistic checkride oral enactment
- Examiner and instructor insights
- FAA Airplane Flying Handbook
- Private Pilot PTS
- Knowledge quiz
- Flight calculators
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The Private Pilot Course - Ground Portion gives you an insight into what happens on the ground portion of your FAA Private Pilot Practical Test, commonly referred to as the Checkride Oral. We provide more than one hour of video, showing you a realistic enactment of a checkride oral conducted by an FAA designated pilot examiner and a student pilot. This app also includes insights from an examiner and instructor to give you a full understanding of what to expect on your private pilot practical test. Bonus features of this app are a copy of the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook, the Private Pilot PTS, the FAA Risk Management Handbook and the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM). Also included is a quiz to test your knowledge and calculators for Stall Speed, Load Factor, Maneuvering Speed and Top of Climb calculations. Please check out our companion app, the Private Pilot Course - Flight Portion, that gives you more than two and a half hours of exciting in-flight HD video and detailed animation including an in depth explanation of the takeoffs, landings and maneuvers needed to pass your FAA Private Pilot Practical Test. Both apps together make a perfect package that will make you pass your Checkride with ease. Due to HD video, this App is more than 750MB in size. Please make sure you have enough space on your device. Due to size restrictions, you have to be connected to a WiFi network to download this app.
Aviation Study Guide
This app provides comprehensive study materials for Army helicopter pilots, including PDFs and over 800 flashcards for specific aircraft. It features dedicated study modes for general knowledge and APART exams, with options to shuffle cards and review difficult questions.
- Study materials for AH-64D/E, UH-60A/L, UH-60M, UH-72A, CH-47F
- Over a dozen PDF publications
- 800+ flashcards per aircraft
- Dedicated APART study mode
- Flashcard shuffling and review options
- Offline PDF viewing
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The “Aviation Study Guide” App is your one-stop shop for the AH-64D/E, UH-60A/L, UH-60M, UH-72A, and CH-47F. This app includes over a dozen different Publications & Miscellaneous PDFs that you may view online or download and view offline. Looking for some flash cards? We have over 800 flash cards for each aircraft, covering almost 20 different subjects. Our flash cards cover a wide variety of questions that can assist for general knowledge or that upcoming APART. There’s a dedicated “APART” study button that compiles all questions for your review. Our flash card interface will also allow you to review any questions you may have been unsure of at the end. Tired of looking at the same flash cards in the beginning? Click the Options menu and you can shuffle the cards to have variation each time you study. This app will be updated regularly. If at any time there is a document that is not up to date, feel free to contact us and we will address the issue. Thank you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Aviation Study Guide at free against Private Pilot Course's paid. Aviation Study Guide also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 38 months) and chart position (#185 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Private Pilot Course costs $29.99 and Aviation Study Guide $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for Private Pilot Course against 3.6 for Aviation Study Guide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aviation Study Guide has 52 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Private Pilot Course's written reviews are positive against 62% of Aviation Study Guide's.
Private Pilot Course ships an update every 38 months, Aviation Study Guide every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Private Pilot Course | Aviation Study Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | $29.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 3.6 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 62.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #185 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 749 MB | 191 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flight Training Apps, Inc. | Aaron Betz |
Customer experience
Private Pilot Course
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In-app purchases
Private Pilot Course
No in-app purchases
Aviation Study Guide
No in-app purchases
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