Prepware General FAA Tests

Review by eFreeware

Prepware General FAA Tests is a study app from Aviation Supplies & Academics. It covers the General subject area of the FAA Knowledge Exam, and the core of it is question review: you work through questions with their answers and explanations, either by subject or in a practice test that mirrors the real thing. At $4.99 with no ads and no in-app purchases, it is a straightforward purchase rather than something that nags you for money later.

What makes it worth a look is the format. Ground school material is dense, and a phone-based drill tool lets you work through questions in the gaps of a training schedule rather than only at a desk with a textbook open. The explanations matter as much as the answers here: a question you get wrong is only useful if you understand why, and the developer includes explanations alongside each answer for that reason.

The app has been on Google Play since May 2011 and carries a 4.1 average from 608 ratings, with more than 50,000 installs.

Drilling questions by subject

The study mode is built around flashcards. You see a question, commit to an answer, and then get the correct response with an explanation. Working subject by subject is the sensible way to use this: pick the area you covered in ground school this week, run through its questions, and come back to the ones that tripped you up. Because the app organizes review by subject, you can target weak areas instead of grinding through the whole question bank in one undifferentiated block.

This is the mode I would expect most people to live in during a training course. It is repetitive by design, and that repetition is the point. A question you have seen three times and answered correctly three times is one you are unlikely to fumble on exam day.

Practice tests that mirror the real exam

The second mode is a practice test, which the developer describes as true to form. That means a run of questions presented the way the actual Knowledge Exam presents them, rather than in the casual flashcard flow. For anyone close to sitting the exam, this is the more valuable half of the app: it tests endurance and pacing as well as knowledge, and it gives you a sense of what a full test session feels like before the stakes are real.

I would treat the two modes as serving different stages. Flashcards while you are learning the material, practice tests once you think you know it. Alternating between them is likely to be more useful than committing to either one alone.

What you need before you start

There is nothing complicated to set up here. It is a paid download at $4.99, it carries no ads, and there are no in-app purchases to work around, so the app you buy is the app you get. The content is a question bank with answers and explanations, and the app's job is to present it for study and for practice testing.

The one thing worth being clear about is scope. This is the General test prep material, not a full ground school course and not a replacement for your instructor. It assumes you are already working through the underlying knowledge and want a way to drill and check it. If you are at that stage, the format fits neatly into odd moments: a quiet half hour before a lesson, a wait at the airport, an evening when you would rather review twenty questions than reread a chapter.

A focused pick for student pilots

The people who will get the most from this are student pilots preparing for the General Knowledge Exam who want question practice on a phone. The combination of subject-based flashcards, explanations and a true-to-form practice test covers the two things exam prep actually requires: learning the material and rehearsing the format. The developer's August 2026 content refresh also means the questions are being kept current rather than left to age.

The price is modest and there is no ongoing cost, which makes it an easy addition to whatever books or course you are already using. It is a supplement, though, and it works best alongside structured instruction rather than instead of it.

If you are working toward the General written exam and want a portable way to drill questions and sit practice runs, this is a sensible buy at $4.99. The 4.1 rating from 608 reviewers suggests most people who bought it found it useful for that job.

What's new in version 1.38.0

Questions, answers, and explanations have been updated to reflect the most current information available to prepare for your FAA Knowledge Test.