SAFE Toolkit vs Machado Audiobooks
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!"
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 review sentiment: Machado Audiobooks at 100% against SAFE Toolkit's 38%. Machado Audiobooks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and ads (none vs shown). SAFE Toolkit's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Machado Audiobooks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SAFE Toolkit has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of SAFE Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 100% of Machado Audiobooks's.
SAFE Toolkit ships an update every 7 months, Machado Audiobooks every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SAFE Toolkit | Machado Audiobooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David St. George | Rod Machado |
Customer experience
SAFE Toolkit
Machado Audiobooks
In-app purchases
SAFE Toolkit
No in-app purchases
Machado Audiobooks
No in-app purchases
Questions
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