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Prepware Private Pilot is #26 in Education Paid in United States and charting in 4 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Prepware Private Pilot update history & changes
Last change · 25 events since 13 Oct 2009Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 25 events
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot entered the top 100Top Paid · Education · CA
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot charting in a new countryCanada
- 🚀Prepware Private Pilot: now shown next to FAA Private Pilot Prep, Pilot Test - Private (PAR), Private Pilot Test Prep +3 morethe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot charting in a new countryVietnam
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot entered the top 10Top Paid · Education · KR
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot entered the top 10 on iPad · Top Paid All AppsVN
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot entered the top 10Top Paid · Education · IT
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot charting in a new countryItaly
- 📦Prepware Private Pilot updated to version 1.64Updated the user interface for improved display and compatibility with iOS 27 and iPadOS 27.
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot charting in a new countryPhilippines
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot new best rank in the overall chart: #41Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot entered the top 100Top Paid · Education · KR
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot new best rank in the overall chart: #46Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot new best rank in the overall chart: #82Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot new best rank in the overall chart: #96Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Education · DE · Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot charting in a new countryGermany
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot entered the top 10Top Paid · Education · SA
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot charting in a new countryTaiwan
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot entered the top 10Top Paid · Education · US
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot new best rank in the overall chart: #103Top Paid · All Apps · US
- 📈Prepware Private Pilot charting in a new countrySouth Korea
- 🆕Prepware Private Pilot first spotted by AppInsider#14 in Top Paid · Education · United States
- 📦Prepware Private Pilot version 1.63No release notes
- 🆕Prepware Private Pilot released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Prepware Private Pilot at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-31. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A paid educational tool by ASA designed for private pilot candidates to prepare for the FAA Knowledge Exam using flashcards and practice tests. The app holds strong positions in the South African (3rd) and German (16th) paid education charts, indicating significant regional traction despite a moderate global rating of 3.87.
Similar apps: Jeppesen Private Pilot, Sporty's Pilot Training, FAA Test Prep
Prepware Private Pilot on the App Store
App details
Prepware Private Pilot downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Prepware Private Pilot's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| EducationPaid | #26 | |
| EducationPaid | #79 | |
| EducationPaid | #49 | |
| EducationPaid | #149 |
Apps near Prepware Private Pilot on the chart
Education Paid, around #26.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Prepware Private Pilot
From the 52 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users frequently report that the question database is outdated and fails to reflect recent FAA exam changes, leading to poor test preparation. Additionally, a significant number of reviews highlight critical UI bugs, particularly unreadable white text on light backgrounds in dark mode and issues with saving progress.
Mixed (52% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and good value. The main complaints are about recent updates, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Useful: “$15 more but also very helpful”
- Price & subscription: “Much better than Sport’s app (which also costs more)”
- Design: “Everything organized, needs UI update”
- Updates: “New update degraded the app!!!”
Common complaints
- Updates: “FAA has updated their database for questions and honestly buying this app will make you waste time & money”
- Features & content: “Okay Questions but Weak Features”
- Crashes & bugs: “Don’t just but a button on there that doesn’t work”
- Price & subscription: “$10 is a lofty price for some lousy code”
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