SAFE Toolkit vs Piper PA
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!"
Piper PA
Study aircraft systems and limitations with interactive diagrams and detailed descriptions. Practice normal and emergency operations, and explore a detailed cockpit illustration. This app serves as a reference for aviation training.
- Interactive system diagrams
- Normal and emergency operation practice
- Detailed cockpit illustration
- POH information organization
- System limitations noted
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The Piper PA-44 Training is an innovative new way to study aircraft systems and limitations. System description sections take the main information from the POH and organizes in easy to navigate chapters. Interactive diagrams for the major systems allow the user to tap on various switches, levers, circuit breakers, and buttons and watch how those inputs change the diagram. Users can practice normal and emergency operations, correlating practical knowledge with the POH descriptions. Descriptions and limitations are also noted for various parts of each system throughout the diagram. The interactive cockpit poster allows you to view the entire cockpit with a highly detailed illustration. If you tap on a part of the cockpit you will see an in-depth description of that part of the cockpit. DISCLAIMER: The Piper PA-44 Training App is to be used as a reference only and cannot be used for flight or to replace formal training.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SAFE Toolkit at Free against Piper PA's $9.99. SAFE Toolkit also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.1). Piper PA's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (78% vs 38%). On update cadence, 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
SAFE Toolkit is free to download; Piper PA costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Piper PA holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piper PA has 388 ratings behind it against 19, 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 78% of Piper PA's.
SAFE Toolkit ships an update every 7 months, Piper PA every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | SAFE Toolkit | Piper PA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (19 ratings) | 4.8 (388 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 388 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #117 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David St. George | Aircraft Training Aids, LLC |
Customer experience
SAFE Toolkit
Piper PA
Bugs and requests
SAFE Toolkit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Piper PA
Reported bugs
5 issues- Works very poorly on the iPhone
- Landing gear system is wrong
- Nose gear in wrong position
- Typos and spelling errors (e.g., 'cabin hear', 'string loaded')
- Information on up limit switches for gear system may be incorrect
Requested features
5 requests- Add G1000 functionality
- Include poster of G1000 and fuel injected models
- Add prop governor system
- Update app with more information and diagrams
- Fix typos and spelling errors
In-app purchases
SAFE Toolkit
No in-app purchases
Piper PA
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SAFE Toolkit free?
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