Practice holdings, radial intercepts, and DME arcs before your next simulator session. Calculate, fly, and review each procedure with live instruments.
Practice holdings, radial intercepts, and DME arcs on your phone before your next simulator session. Calculate the procedure, fly it with live instruments, and review your track in the debrief.
IFR Flight Simulator combines focused IFR procedure training with real-time flight simulation, worldwide navigation data, and a choice of glass cockpit or classic gauges.
What you can practice:
• Holding Trainer: Randomized holding situations. Determine the entry, calculate the wind correction angles, then fly the pattern.
• Intercept Trainer: Inbound and outbound radial intercepts as well as QDM/QDR intercepts.
• DME Arc Trainer: Fly DME arcs and calculate the angle of lead to turn onto the inbound course at the right moment.
• Approaches: Set up a final intercept, a position in the pattern (downwind, base, or final), or a full approach at any airport, including ILS.
• IFR mental math: Practice entries, wind correction angles, and lead points until the calculations become automatic.
Worldwide navigation database:
• Navigation data from a recent AIRAC cycle, with worldwide coverage: 13,000+ airports and 10,000+ VORs, NDBs, and other navaids.
• Train with real airports and navaids instead of generic exercise locations.
Real-time flight simulator:
• Modern glass cockpit (PFD and ND) or classic gauges.
• Autopilot with rotary controls for heading, altitude, and speed, or fly manually by tilting your device.
• Fast-forward mode to repeat procedures efficiently.
• Live Map: your position and flight path in real time.
• Live Needle Overlay: watch where the HSI and CDI needles actually point as they move with the aircraft symbol across the map.
• Optimal Holding Entry Path Overlay: compare your flown track with the wind-corrected entry and holding pattern.
• Flight Log with Debrief: every flight is recorded. Replay the track and the needle movement, or resume the flight later.
Built for instrument rating training, proficiency practice, and simulator assessments.
"I am currently training for my Instrument Rating, and my FI recommended this app to me. I didn't think such a high quality, useful training tool was possible as an app. Incredible for VOR bearings, practicing holds and command headings."
App Store review by Sa4mmy
Questions or feedback? Reach us at support@ifrsimulator.com.
Disclaimer:
This application is for training and educational purposes only.
It must not be used for real-world flight planning or in-flight decision-making.
While the developer strives to provide information and calculations that are as accurate and up-to-date as reasonably possible, they may still be incomplete or inaccurate, and other accepted methods exist for deriving procedures and correction angles.
Always verify data against official aeronautical publications and follow the guidance of a certified flight instructor.
The developer accepts no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or outcomes arising from use of this software.
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While i can’t fault the dev for wanting money for their work, its just not a lot of features that you get without premium. But possibly the best app of its type on mobile
Developer Response
Thanks for the kind words and honest feedback. We understand the concern about pricing: keeping the app current and continuing to develop it takes ongoing work, and paid access is what makes that possible. We're confident it's worth it for IFR training, and there's a free trial so you can explore the full app before committing. Questions or suggestions are always welcome at support@ifrsimulator.com.
Needs improvement and more features
pilotboyalec818
I’ll start out with the positives. It is very intuitive and the UI is great. I just wish there was more thought into anything but holding. Don’t get me wrong, that part is great, but why even market “approaches and departures” if fixes aren’t modeled? I tried to fly a simulated NOTWN5 departure out of VGT and I chose the “takeoff” option. It spawned me at 3,500 feet and 200 knots (1,300AGL) and so that made it pretty tough to simulate flying the procedure in a GA airplane.I’d highly suggest you tone down the speed minimum (maybe to 60?) so it can appeal to a wider audience… I’d guess that 90% of the people using this app are instrument students who fly airplanes that approach much slower than 80. I’d also really like to see a more intuitive departure algorithm, maybe it starts at 100AGL and 70 knots instead of 1,000AGL and 200? Or give the option to modify how it starts you. Not to mention adding fixes. Or even a VERY BASIC “breakout” view. I tried to shoot an ILS and you can basically just descend into the runway until it tells you that you’ve crashed. Maybe at minimums a pop up appears that let’s you choose wether to land or to go missed.
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your insights and suggestions. We understand your concerns regarding the current speed limitation. In holdings and intercepts you are already able to lower the speed down to 90kt which will be added to Free Flight as well in a future update.Unfortunately, a breakout view is not possible as the app does not feature 3D graphics. But your suggestion concerning a landing or goaround popup are understood. Also, a radio altimeter is planned which will display the height above the ground. Furthermore, a goaround can always be initiated yourself by increasing the V/S to a positive rate.Your feedback is essential for us to enhance the app. Stay tuned for updates as we work to address these issues and improve your experience. If you have more ideas or feedback, feel free to reach out.
I wish I had this as an IFR student
JB Flight
Just found out about this app and have it a shot. I already hold an IFR rating so I see no need to buy the plan, but man, just going through the free holding and track/intercept practice makes me wish I had this in my training. I definitely would’ve bought a plan and it would’ve made it so much easier (especially with unpublished holds which I sucked at lol).Now I just use it to maintain my own proficiency when I’m not flying. Thanks for making this incredible app!
Developer Response
Really appreciate you sharing that, and glad the holding and intercept practice are useful for staying current. Unpublished holds trip up a lot of pilots, so it's great to hear the step-by-step approach helps. If you ever have questions or suggestions, reach us at support@ifrsimulator.com.
Terrible
CaptWoods2903
Not only is this app terrible, but after using several apps for my flight training over the past few months, I recently realized that the developer blatantly copied (and did a poor job of it, by the way) the website of ATC One. As a developer, that’s extremely unprofessional. I’ve already reported this to the original app’s team.As a CFI, I would not recommend this app to anyone—especially considering the creator’s lack of integrity in copying others’ work. It seriously calls into question whether this app was built by real pilots at all, which makes it even less trustworthy.
Developer Response
The copying claim is incorrect. IFR Flight Simulator was developed independently and has been on Google Play since 2017 and on the App Store since 2022, which predates the app referenced here. The two apps also cover entirely different subjects: IFR flight procedures versus ATC radio communication. We encourage anyone interested to try the app and judge it on its own merits.
This update improves stability and fixes minor issues across the app.
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Version 1.27.2
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Seller
Tobias Maihoff
Size
118 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
