ATC comms training for pilots. Master the radio and earn FAA Wings Credits. Free lessons + trial period. Download and explore how ARSim can enhance your flight training.
**No subscription required to find out what ARSim can do for you.**
Practice aviation radio communication with interactive ATC scenarios, AI-powered controllers, voice recognition, and instant feedback. Build confidence, improve phraseology, and prepare for real-world communication before stepping into the cockpit.....and earn FAA WINGS Credits along the way.
The PlaneEnglish Aviation Radio Simulator, or ARSim, helps pilots learn, practice, and improve aviation radio communication through realistic, interactive ATC scenarios. Whether you are a student pilot learning to talk on the radio for the first time, an instrument student preparing for IFR communications, or an experienced pilot refreshing your skills, ARSim gives you a practical way to build confidence outside the cockpit.
With AI-powered air traffic controllers, voice recognition, speech analysis, and immediate feedback, ARSim helps you practice aviation phraseology, radio procedures, and real-world communication flows across VFR and IFR flight operations.
ARSim includes structured training units designed to build your skills step by step:
TRAINER helps you practice full ATC communication scenarios with guided lessons, randomized situations, and feedback on your radio calls.
AIRPORT helps you learn airport signs, markings, lighting, and surface operations.
PATTERN helps you understand and practice communications in the traffic pattern or circuit.
HOLD helps you learn and practice instrument holding procedures.
BASICS, GLOSSARY, and RESOURCES provide foundational knowledge, references, and supporting material to help you understand the language and structure of aviation communication.
Across the app, you can access hundreds of airports, work through more than 200 lessons, and practice thousands of randomized ATC interactions covering many phases of VFR and IFR flight. Selected training units also allow eligible users to earn FAA WINGS credits...you won't find another communication tool that will do this for you!
ARSim training content is guided by FAA and ICAO phraseology, standards, and radiotelephony procedures, helping pilots become more familiar with the communication practices used throughout aviation.
For student pilots, ARSim provides an accessible way to build radio confidence before and between lessons. For experienced or non-current pilots, it offers a convenient way to refresh communication skills before returning to training, preparing for a flight review, or getting ready for a checkride. For flight schools and training organizations, ARSim can support more consistent communications practice across students and instructors.
Download ARSim to explore the free content available in BASICS, AIRPORT, PATTERN, GLOSSARY, and RESOURCES, and use the free trial period to experience the full functionality of the app. You can also customize your experience in Settings, including phraseology standards, display options, and primary flight display preferences.
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This app is pretty great. The idea of getting to practice your radio calls instead of reading them out of a book is a really neat concept and an effective approach to training. I don’t like that you have to keep paying in order to have access. It’s a temporary subscription where you have a limited amount of time for access. Other software you pay and it’s yours. If you ever get rusty over time it’s no problem. You can come back and access it anytime you want. But with this app you gotta stay current on your subscription. The only other criticism I might have is that maybe some of the vocabulary in the Basics section could use more information. Like for certain words, it might be nice to have a definition, description or some examples to better understand what that thing is. Like a student pilot just getting started might have no idea what a METAR is or what Rime ice is or what the definition of wind shear is. This app will sometimes have you practicing the pronunciation of words/phrases but don’t bother giving any information to help you learn what it means. Other than that, it’s a pretty good training tool.
Developer Response
Thank you for the feedback and rating. An immediate option for the vocabulary is to check out the Glossary module, which provides definitions, quiz, and pronunciation practice for aviation vocabulary. It’s more extensive and in-depth. Thanks!
GOOD but not GREAT
123 is easy as abc
Look this app is a great tool I wish I had while learning private/instrument coms. The problem is, some things you do not read back to atc in flight are required to read back here which could give the impression to new pilots that you have to read back every piece of detail to atc.An example of this is “hold short 28L landing traffic” you generally don’t say “landing traffic” back to ATC. Another example is when contacting departure, generally you don’t say “contact PHX departure” you would say “ over to departure, good day” Overall this app is great for new pilots which is why I rated it 4/5 stars, but you should not just rely on the app for your atc communications. Once you become more familiar with talking on the radio with atc, you will begin to use your own phraseology to shorten what you have to say without compromising the message. But in general good app!
Must Have for Student Pilots
98761735
This app is so so so helpful with practicing your radio calls. I used to get so nervous about messing up or saying something silly to tower or on CTAF. It provides great practice for keeping all the numbers and instructions straight in your head without the fear of embarrassment/ judgment from ATC or other pilots! It’s great for when your bored laying in bed, preparing for a check-ride, or you can elevate your chair flying with this extra level of immersion. Either way, you won’t regret it. It is a little pricey for what it is.. but then again what isn’t in aviation? It’s a monthly payment but I think it’s worth every penny, since you’re able to practice radio calls anywhere, anytime and not while you’re paying over $175/hr for your flight training! Plus you can just use it until you get comfortable and proficient! Definitely recommend it to anyone at any level of flight training!
Okay okay… let me clarify
CreationTattoo
So, to be fair, at first I thought this app wasn’t working properly. I have been a licensed pilot for 5 years now and almost have my CFI. I couldn’t get it to work, even when I gave proper calls, etc.. it was saying I wasn’t saying / making correct calls.. then I realized it’s because I’m bloody British and it couldn’t understand my accent or some of the phraseology that we use that Americans don’t. I currently live and fly in the US, but this App hates my accent. Lol. It can’t understand me unless I speak really slow and American… well, as good as an attempt of American accent as I can do. Lol. I initially gave it 1 star because I thought the app was flawed and not proper for learning, but I can now see how it’s honestly highly functional and ideal for anyone who wants to sharpen up with coms. I will be referring it the students at my airport. Cheers! Ian
-Improved iPad interactions and user interface
-Support for upcoming new interactive features for flight schools and custom training content
-Fixes that now allow loading of ARSim while offline (you can now always load and use ARSim while offline)
-Fixes to airport loading (make sure to download entire airport database to multiply the variability in any training scenario)
-Improvement to speech analysis and scoring, including support for higher quality ATC voices
Version 1.5.14
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Information
Seller
PlaneEnglish LLC
Size
399.1 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
