Private Pilot Course vs Flight Apprentice
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.
Flight Apprentice
Prepare for your pilot career with comprehensive online ground school courses. Learn the art and science of flight through interactive tools and track your progress. Instructors can monitor student advancement in real time.
- Pilot career preparation
- Online ground school courses
- Progress tracking
- Instructor messaging
- Interactive study tools
- Free resources and sample content
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Your pilot career starts here. Flight Apprentice is online ground school built for the real world. Our goal is to graduate well-rounded pilots who understand the art and science of flight — and who never stop developing. Study for your Private, Instrument, Commercial, Multi-Engine, and more with courses designed by career pilots and instructors. Track your progress, message your instructor, and tap into interactive study tools. CFIs get free student tracking to monitor their students' progress in real time. Browse free resources and sample content in the app. Full course access requires course purchase or membership at flightapprentice.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Flight Apprentice at Free against Private Pilot Course's $29.99. Flight Apprentice also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 38 months). Private Pilot Course's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). On ratings volume, 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
Flight Apprentice is free to download; Private Pilot Course costs $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flight Apprentice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 8 respectively.
Private Pilot Course ships an update every 38 months, Flight Apprentice every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Private Pilot Course | Flight Apprentice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 749 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Flight Training Apps, Inc. | Flight Apprentice LLC |
Customer experience
Private Pilot Course
Flight Apprentice
In-app purchases
Private Pilot Course
No in-app purchases
Flight Apprentice
No in-app purchases
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