PilotBound: Flight Training
Stay on track, control costs
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A step-by-step plan from your first decision to checkride day, built around your goal. Track every hour and dollar against it. Built by a CFI.
Most flight training tools were built for working pilots. They assume you
already know what FAR 61.109 is, and what training really costs. PilotBound
was built for the years before that, when you're still figuring out the path.
PilotBound gives you a personalized plan from "I want to fly" to "checkride
passed," then tracks your hours and your money against it the whole way.
YOUR PLAN, START TO CHECKRIDE
• A step-by-step roadmap built around your goal and where you start today
• Four stages: Decide, Prepare, Train, Checkride
• Pick your path, estimate the cost, and plan how you'll pay
• Discovery flight, choosing a school or instructor, medical, student
certificate, ground school, and gear, in the right order
• First solo, first cross-country, the written, and the checkride,
checked off as you go
• Plain CFI guidance on every step: what to do, what to skip, what to watch
KNOW YOUR REAL COST
• Cost projection from your aircraft, instructor rates, and region
• Live total of what you've spent, what's left, and where the money went
• Per-aircraft costing: a Cessna 152 and a Cirrus track separately
• One projection per certificate: Private, Instrument, Commercial, CFI, CFII, ATP
• Sharpens with every flight you log. Your number, not a national average
KNOW WHERE YOU STAND
• Every Part 61 or Part 141 requirement, completed and remaining
• Hours toward Private, Instrument, Commercial, CFI, or ATP
• Milestones detected automatically: first solo, first cross-country, first night
• Training momentum, visible at a glance
LOG EVERY FLIGHT
• Every FAA field: PIC, dual, solo, cross-country, night, instrument,
approaches, landings, holds
• Costs pre-filled from your aircraft and instructor rates on every flight
• Your training data stays private
Built for student pilots learning to fly. Whether you're deciding to start,
working through Instrument, or earning Commercial, your plan, your hours, and
your cost live in one place.
By downloading PilotBound, you agree to the Terms of Use:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.
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• A step-by-step plan from your first decision to checkride day, built around your goal and where you're starting
• Four stages, Decide, Prepare, Train, Checkride, with plain CFI guidance on every step
• Your cost estimate and FAA requirements now live right inside the plan
• Design polish and bug fixes throughout
The developer, FlightXplorer LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- FlightXplorer LLC
- Size
- 22.5 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. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Contains
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © Copyright