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Private Pilot Test Prep is #23 in Education Paid in United States and charting in 2 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperSporty's Pilot Shop
CategoryEducation
Price14.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.3 (116)
Version5.2
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10k+ worldwide
Private Pilot Test Prep update history & changes
Last change · 33 events since 14 Jan 2011Full timeline ↓✏️New iPad screenshots✏️New screenshots📦Updated to version 5.2🚀Now shown next to Prepware Private Pilot, FAA Private Pilot Prep, Private Pilot Test Prep - FAA📦Updated to version 5.1📈Charting in a new country📈Entered the top 10🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 32 events in the last 12 months
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: new iPad screenshots· SA
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 7) · SA
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: description updated· AU
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 6) · AU
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: new iPad screenshots· US
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 7) · US
- 📦Private Pilot Test Prep updated to version 5.2Fixes for the Figures tab on iPhone Duo:
• Open like a book, the page count no longer slides under the page arrows, and the toolbar keeps the same layout from page to page.
• Partly open, the figure now fits its half of the screen instead of running past the edges, and full screen keeps its Back button.
Plus under-the-hood improvements.… more - 🚀Private Pilot Test Prep: now shown next to Prepware Private Pilot, FAA Private Pilot Prep, Private Pilot Test Prep - FAAthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: new iPad screenshots· US, SA
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: new screenshots7 screenshots (was 7) · US, SA
- 📦Private Pilot Test Prep updated to version 5.1Study Buddy 5.1 makes the most of iPhone Duo.
• Flashcards that fold: read the question on the outside, then open your phone to see the answer. Close it again to flip the card back.
• Open like a book, your cards are on the left and the current card on the right. Partly open, two-pane screens split evenly at the hinge.
• Controls in the side strip: Previous, Next, bookmarks, the question list and more sit in the strip beside the screen, leaving the display to your questions.
• Refined layouts for every way you hold iPhone Duo, closed or open.
• Also new: shuffled answers in every new session, better-balanced practice tests, and other improvements and fixes.… more - 📈Private Pilot Test Prep charting in a new countryGermany
- 📈Private Pilot Test Prep entered the top 10Top Paid · Education · SA
- 📈Private Pilot Test Prep charting in a new countrySaudi Arabia
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: app got bigger29 MB → 64 MB (+124%)
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: needs a newer iOSiOS 13.0 → iOS 17.0
- 📈Private Pilot Test Prep entered the top 100Top Paid · Education · BR
- 📈Private Pilot Test Prep charting in a new countryBrazil
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: description updated· US
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: new iPad screenshots· US
- ✏️Private Pilot Test Prep: new screenshots7 screenshots (was 6) · US
- 📦Private Pilot Test Prep updated to version 5.054 new and updated questions! This update adds 42 new questions and updates 12 more, for 1,125 questions in all.
Study Buddy has also been completely redesigned.
• Study by topic: choose whole knowledge areas or individual topics, shuffled every session. As soon as you answer, see whether you're right, with the explanation and references. Change your answer anytime.
• Practice Test: 60 questions in 2 hours, graded at the FAA's 70% passing score. The clock pauses when you leave the app.
• Flashcards: reveal the answer, then mark each card Know It or Still Learning.
• Results by topic: review every question or only the ones you missed, or turn your misses into a new session.
• History: resume any session where you left off, and see past scores by topic. Sessions from earlier versions carry over.
• Figures: the whole FAA testing supplement, legends first and then the figures, page by page. Swipe through it, open any page full screen, and use it offline.
• Bookmark questions, and jump to any question from the question list.
• iPhone Duo: study a flashcard with the phone open, then close it to see the answer on the outside.
• New iPad and iPhone Duo layouts, including landscape, plus Dark Mode and support for larger text sizes.… more - 📦Private Pilot Test Prep: first update in 480 days
- 📈Private Pilot Test Prep charting in a new countryVietnam
- 📈Private Pilot Test Prep entered the top 10 on iPad · Top Paid All AppsSA
- 📈Private Pilot Test Prep entered the top 100Top Paid · Education · CA
- 📈Private Pilot Test Prep new best rank in the overall chart: #127Top Paid · All Apps · US
- 📈Private Pilot Test Prep entered the top 100Top Paid · Education · AU
- 📈Private Pilot Test Prep charting in a new countryAustralia
- 📈Private Pilot Test Prep new best rank in the overall chart: #157Top Paid · All Apps · US
- 🆕Private Pilot Test Prep first spotted by AppInsider#21 in Top Paid · Education · United States
- 🆕Private Pilot Test Prep released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.3 ★
116 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#23
Education PaidMeasured
Private Pilot Test Prep at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-01. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A paid educational tool by Sporty's Pilot Shop that prepares aspiring private pilots for the FAA knowledge test through topic-based study questions, flashcards, and timed practice exams. The app holds a strong #2 position in South African Education Paid charts and ranks #22 in US Education Paid, indicating solid regional traction and moderate visibility in the competitive US market.
Similar apps: ASA Private Pilot Test Prep, Jeppesen CFI/CFII/MEI, Pocket Prep
Private Pilot Test Prep on the App Store
App details
App ID
414141811
Publisher
Sporty's Pilot Shop
On the store since
Jan 2011
15 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
65 MB
Also listed in
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App privacy Measured
Private Pilot Test Prep declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
Declared label
Data Not Collected
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Private Pilot Test Prep downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Private Pilot Test Prep'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.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | EducationPaid | #23 |
 Australia | EducationPaid | #128 |
Apps near Private Pilot Test Prep on the chart
Education Paid, around #23.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.3 ★
116 ratings
Measured
Ratings
116
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.3★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
48/100
faster than 47% of Education apps
Review 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 Private Pilot Test Prep
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users frequently praise the app for its high correlation with actual FAA exam questions and its effectiveness in helping them pass their written tests with strong scores. However, complaints focus on technical issues like crashes during test mode, lack of progress saving on certain devices, and occasional outdated or incorrect question content.
Mostly positive (82% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “I’d recommend to anybody!”
- Features & content: “Overall awesome study tool”
- Ease of use: “Doesn’t get any easier than this”
- Price & subscription: “I rarely ever purchase apps, but this one was worth all the money!”
About Private Pilot Test Prep
Sporty's Study Buddy prepares you for the FAA Private Pilot knowledge test (the "written") with three ways to study: Study Questions, Flashcards and Practice Tests. Questions are organized by knowledge area, with explanations of the right and wrong answers developed by Sporty's team of Master CFIs, based on their experience preparing students for the Private Pilot certificate.
• STUDY QUESTIONS BY TOPIC •
Choose whole knowledge areas or individual topics to build your own study session. As soon as you answer, you'll see the correct answer, why it's right, and where to read more. Change your answer anytime, bookmark questions as you go, and jump to any question from the question list. Every study session is shuffled.
• REVIEW WITH FLASHCARDS •
Flashcards show just the question, so you answer from memory before revealing the correct answer and its explanation. Mark each card Know It or Still Learning, then start a new session from the cards you're still learning. On iPhone Duo, study a card with the phone open and close it to check the answer.
• TAKE PRACTICE TESTS •
Each Practice Test draws 60 questions at random from the full question bank, gives you 2 hours, and is graded at the FAA's 70% passing score. Afterward, see your score by topic, review every question or only the ones you missed, and turn your misses into a new study session.
• PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF •
Sessions save as you go. The History tab lets you resume any session in progress and review past results, including your scores by topic.
• EVERY FIGURE, OFFLINE •
The Figures tab includes the complete FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Supplement, with every figure and legend listed by name and page. Swipe through the pages or open any one full screen. Questions show their figures right alongside, and you can study without a connection.
Designed for iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad, with Dark Mode and support for larger text sizes.
The FAA does not publish its knowledge test questions, so the questions on your test won't necessarily appear in this app. Study Buddy is meant to complement your training, not to replace flight and ground instruction.
• STUDY QUESTIONS BY TOPIC •
Choose whole knowledge areas or individual topics to build your own study session. As soon as you answer, you'll see the correct answer, why it's right, and where to read more. Change your answer anytime, bookmark questions as you go, and jump to any question from the question list. Every study session is shuffled.
• REVIEW WITH FLASHCARDS •
Flashcards show just the question, so you answer from memory before revealing the correct answer and its explanation. Mark each card Know It or Still Learning, then start a new session from the cards you're still learning. On iPhone Duo, study a card with the phone open and close it to check the answer.
• TAKE PRACTICE TESTS •
Each Practice Test draws 60 questions at random from the full question bank, gives you 2 hours, and is graded at the FAA's 70% passing score. Afterward, see your score by topic, review every question or only the ones you missed, and turn your misses into a new study session.
• PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF •
Sessions save as you go. The History tab lets you resume any session in progress and review past results, including your scores by topic.
• EVERY FIGURE, OFFLINE •
The Figures tab includes the complete FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Supplement, with every figure and legend listed by name and page. Swipe through the pages or open any one full screen. Questions show their figures right alongside, and you can study without a connection.
Designed for iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad, with Dark Mode and support for larger text sizes.
The FAA does not publish its knowledge test questions, so the questions on your test won't necessarily appear in this app. Study Buddy is meant to complement your training, not to replace flight and ground instruction.
Latest updates
5.2
Fixes for the Figures tab on iPhone Duo:
• Open like a book, the page count no longer slides under the page arrows, and the toolbar keeps the same layout from page to page.
• Partly open, the figure now fits its half of the screen instead of running past the edges, and full screen keeps its Back button.
Plus under-the-hood improvements.
5.1
Study Buddy 5.1 makes the most of iPhone Duo.
• Flashcards that fold: read the question on the outside, then open your phone to see the answer. Close it again to flip the card back.
• Open like a book, your cards are on the left and the current card on the right. Partly open, two-pane screens split evenly at the hinge.
• Controls in the side strip: Previous, Next, bookmarks, the question list and more sit in the strip beside the screen, leaving the display to your questions.
• Refined layouts for every way you hold iPhone Duo, closed or open.
• Also new: shuffled answers in every new session, better-balanced practice tests, and other improvements and fixes.
5.0
54 new and updated questions! This update adds 42 new questions and updates 12 more, for 1,125 questions in all.
Study Buddy has also been completely redesigned.
• Study by topic: choose whole knowledge areas or individual topics, shuffled every session. As soon as you answer, see whether you're right, with the explanation and references. Change your answer anytime.
• Practice Test: 60 questions in 2 hours, graded at the FAA's 70% passing score. The clock pauses when you leave the app.
• Flashcards: reveal the answer, then mark each card Know It or Still Learning.
• Results by topic: review every question or only the ones you missed, or turn your misses into a new session.
• History: resume any session where you left off, and see past scores by topic. Sessions from earlier versions carry over.
• Figures: the whole FAA testing supplement, legends first and then the figures, page by page. Swipe through it, open any page full screen, and use it offline.
• Bookmark questions, and jump to any question from the question list.
• iPhone Duo: study a flashcard with the phone open, then close it to see the answer on the outside.
• New iPad and iPhone Duo layouts, including landscape, plus Dark Mode and support for larger text sizes.
Store changes
What Private Pilot Test Prep changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots 
New screenshots
8 screenshots (was 7)
Description updated
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