NEW: Talk to the tower. Practice live radio calls with an AI controller, auto-track your flights, and ride the roadmap to your written test. Giddy up!
Pass your FAA written exam - and actually understand the material.
FlyCowboys is the smart way to prepare for your Private Pilot (PPL) or Instrument Rating (IFR) checkride. Adaptive practice, full explanations on every question, and mock oral check rides built around the real ACS standards.
WHY STUDENT PILOTS CHOOSE FLYCOWBOYS
• Private Pilot (PPL) and Instrument Rating (IFR)- both courses included
• 1,000+ FAA-style practice questions across every knowledge area
• Detailed explanations with charts, diagrams, and regulation references
• Mock check rides that simulate the oral exam conversation
• Adaptive spaced repetition - focus on your weakest areas
• Full progress analytics: streak, accuracy, and checkride readiness
• Study offline, anywhere
• Daily goals, lives, and achievement badges to keep you going
BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY STUDY
Most test prep is just rote memorization. FlyCowboys helps you understand the "why" - so you're ready for the written, the oral, and the cockpit. Every question has a full explanation with the relevant FAR or AIM reference, and the spaced repetition engine makes sure the material sticks.
TRUSTED BY STUDENT PILOTS
Join thousands of pilots using FlyCowboys to pass their FAA written exam on the first attempt. 92% of active students pass.
COURSES
• PPL - Private Pilot written exam (all 10 knowledge areas)
• IFR - Instrument Rating written exam (approaches, holds, IFR weather, and more)
PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION
Try FlyCowboys Premium free for 3 days - $29.99/month or $168/year. Subscription gives you unlimited questions, both courses, mock check rides, analytics, offline mode, and priority support. Cancel anytime.
Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled before the trial ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime from the in-app Settings screen.
SUPPORT
Questions? Email howdy@flycowboys.io or visit flycowboys.io.
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Love this app. Ramped up so quickly in preparation for the flight test. Practice air traffic control communication with the voice agent.
Developer Response
Howdy! Appreciate this 🤠
Blatantly wrong answers and just a shepherd air knock off
Mattgk05
The app showed a question “breaking out of the clouds to see a papi 3 white 1 red” I answered with increase descent rate the app said the correct answer was to decrease descent rate which would further raise you above the glide path. Beyond the incorrect answers the app gave me nothing new of value compared to shepherds air which is a much better value at 80~ a year with detailed explanations and figures compared to this app with wrong answers and poor explanations. Do not waste your money on this app or risk a checkride failure.
Developer Response
Matt, thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed review and for calling out a very important IFR scenario. You’re absolutely right that with a PAPI showing 3 white / 1 red, the correct correction is to increase your descent rate to get back on the glide path. We’ve reviewed that question, corrected the answer, and added a clearer explanation so no one else gets tripped up by it.Our goal with FlyCowboys is to build checkride-safe training tools, not shortcuts, so we take any report of a potentially wrong answer very seriously. Since your review, we’ve:(1) Audited related approach/visual guidance questions for accuracy(2) Expanded explanations to focus more on “why” behind each answer(3) Added an easier in‑app way to flag questions so we can fix issues fastShepherd Air is a solid product and many pilots use it. FlyCowboys is designed a little differently: we focus on scenario‑based IFR decision making and mobile-first training you can use in short sessions, not just rote memorization. For a lot of pilots that complements their other prep tools really well.If you’re open to it, we’d love to make this right for you personally-please reach out from inside the app or via our website so we can listen to your full experience and walk through any other questions you felt were off. Your feedback helps us make FlyCowboys safer and more useful for everyone.Thanks Cowboy 🤠
Don’t take the bait
DJ LongWalker
Misleading sales pitch… sadly, this is an AI game with very little educational value. The fill in the blanks questions require precise wording which is unpredictable and sometimes dead wrong. I should have taken time for the free trial and cancelled. Hope this saves someone else the hassle and wasted expense.
Developer Response
Howdy! Apologies - this was a bug. We've fixed it within hours of your report. It happens, and we hope you try us again soon 🙏
NO NO NO
Nick. Name. Taken.
Garbage. Started glitching with 3 minutes after download. AVOID
Developer Response
Howdy. Sorry about that - we aren't perfect :) But we fix bugs fast. Can you email us at howdy@flycowboys.io, and we will fix the bug + supply a free month for your service.
Improvements and tweaks to help you become a better pilot. Yeehaww!
Version 1.6.2
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Seller
Navero LLC
Size
57.5 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
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