SAFE Toolkit vs IFD Trainer Xp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SAFE Toolkit
This app offers essential news and resources for Certified Flight Instructors (CFIs), including endorsement details, experience requirements, and test codes. It also provides flight test applicants with insights from Designated Pilot Examiners and features a weekly blog and industry news notifications for all pilots.
- CFI endorsements, experience requirements, test codes
- Flight test insights from DPEs
- Weekly SAFE blog
- Industry news push notifications
- Pilot resources
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SAFE Toolkit provides "go-to" news and resources for CFIs: (endorsements, experience requirements, and test codes), but also "Checkride Ready™ for flight test applicants (the inside story from DPEs). Pilots enjoy the SAFE blog every week and push notifications of industry news. Download and stay up to date; "We are here to help! ALl we "sell" is safety!"
IFD Trainer Xp
Learn to operate the Avidyne IFD system by connecting to Xplane 11. This app allows you to tune frequencies and fly approaches within your home simulator without needing any additional plugins. Familiarize yourself with the full capabilities of the IFD series.
- Connects to Xplane 11
- No Xplane plugin required
- Tune frequencies
- Fly approaches
- Familiarize with IFD series
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Master the Avidyne IFD in a whole new way, by connecting to your Xplane 11 home simulator! The app will automatically connect to an instance of XPlane that is running on the same network. No plugin for XPlane is required. Tune frequencies, fly approaches and familiarize yourself with all the IFD series has to offer!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: IFD Trainer Xp at none against SAFE Toolkit's shown. IFD Trainer Xp also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). SAFE Toolkit's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (18 vs 3). On price, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SAFE Toolkit holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SAFE Toolkit has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of SAFE Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 40% of IFD Trainer Xp's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SAFE Toolkit ships an update every 7 months, IFD Trainer Xp every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SAFE Toolkit | IFD Trainer Xp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (18 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David St. George | Avidyne |
Customer experience
SAFE Toolkit
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In-app purchases
SAFE Toolkit
No in-app purchases
IFD Trainer Xp
No in-app purchases
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