Private Pilot Course vs Machado Audiobooks
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.
Machado Audiobooks
Access and download Rod Machado's audiobooks for offline listening. Enjoy educational content without needing an internet connection, perfect for commutes or areas with poor signal.
- Downloadable audiobook files
- Offline listening capability
- Access Rod Machado's content
- Supports iPhone and iPad
- No internet required for playback
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This App allows downloading of selected Rod Machado Audiobook files. Downloading of audiobook files to an iPhone provides the user with the opportunity to listen to these files in an environment where wifi isn’t available and/or phone signal strength isn’t sufficient to allow offline streaming.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Machado Audiobooks at Free against Private Pilot Course's $29.99. Machado Audiobooks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 60%). Private Pilot Course's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On ratings volume, ads, 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
Machado Audiobooks 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.
Machado Audiobooks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Private Pilot Course's written reviews are positive against 100% of Machado Audiobooks's.
Private Pilot Course ships an update every 38 months, Machado Audiobooks every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Private Pilot Course | Machado Audiobooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 749 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flight Training Apps, Inc. | Rod Machado |
Customer experience
Private Pilot Course
Machado Audiobooks
In-app purchases
Private Pilot Course
No in-app purchases
Machado Audiobooks
No in-app purchases
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