One-time purchase, no subscription. Practise holds, radial intercepts and DME arcs on the instruments you fly. Check your track on the map and learn from your mistakes.
The needles are moving. The examiner is watching. Your mind goes blank.
The cockpit is the most expensive place to discover the gap between knowing the theory and flying the procedure. VOR Tracker is a real-time IFR procedure trainer for holding patterns, radial interceptions and DME arcs — you fly them on the instruments you already use, wherever you are, whenever you want.
One-time purchase — for less than half an hour of dual instruction, and it never renews. No subscription, no ads.
FLY THE INSTRUMENTS YOU ACTUALLY USE
- Fixed-card CDI, RMI, HSI or EHSI — the EHSI adds wind, track and groundspeed
- VOR or NDB, with realistic dip error and atmospheric noise on the NDB
- Aircraft speeds from light trainer to jet
TRAIN THE WAY YOU FLY
- Freeze the action when things get too fast
- Skip ahead through the straight bits
- Drag the aircraft to reposition, or repeat any exercise from a new random start
- Stuck on holding entries? Let the map show you the sectors
- Build your own missions, with your own wind
RAISE THE STAKES WHEN YOU'RE READY
- Start calm, then add wind: steady, gusting, variable — or hidden, so you work it out yourself
SEE YOUR PROGRESS
- Rewind and fly it again; the previous tracks stay on the map so you can compare
MADE FOR
- Student pilots who would rather make their mistakes on the ground
- Pilots preparing for a check ride, an IPC or a simulator assessment
- Instructors who want to show an entry, a lead angle or a wind correction in real time
WHAT IT IS NOT
- Not a game
- Not a flight simulator: it trains navigation procedures at a constant speed and altitude
- Not a ground-school course: it assumes you know the theory and need the practice
"I was really struggling to visualise NDB joins and an hour on this and I have it cracked." — App Store review
"I highly recommend it to all of my students and to anyone learning IFR procedures." — Google Play review
Recommended for simulator-assessment preparation by training organisations including Horizon Swiss Flight Academy, SKY4u Aviation Service and Airline Entry Training.
VOR Tracker has trained IFR procedures since 2014, on iPhone, iPad and Android.
Questions or feedback: info@vor-tracker.com
Try the free browser demo: https://vor-tracker.com/app-demo/
This is a nice way to practice VOR navigation without all the setup of a flight sim. I really like the way the authors built the app and it is helping me get my head back in the game before applying to the airlines after a few years of not flying. I would ask for the ability to do user-defined patterns, and patterns away from the VOR on a radial/DME where I have to do a fix-to-fix as well as determine entry method. If you add those things it will really be almost perfect. I also notice that even when I've corrected to a perfect 1:00 inbound leg and am turning a standard rate turn to perfectly align with the inbound leg, the map shows my pattern as wide and long. Please adjust the holding pattern depiction to show the aircraft remaining within the protected airspace if I am flying within the AIM limits. Other than those desires this I really a helpful app!
Very helpful
Benzh
Thank you. This has been an excellent learning aide and refresher. I can’t imagine how much air work this has avoided.Update: I don’t think I have ever added an update to a review. This app is so helpful. I’m now doing my multi engine and will do an IPC. This great for getting back up to speed without setting foot in the airplane. My only wish is that the developers add more features. Like full approaches, including an ILS. Best software purchase I have ever made. Sincere thanks.
Developer Response
We are very glad to hear that, thank you! There is more planned, so stay tuned...
Most helpful training app.
JollyRoger1525
There are a lot of training apps out there and unfortunately I’ve purchased my fair share. In my opinion this is the one I come back to you most often. It’s easy to use, but it definitely challenges you so you can calibrate your brain to interpret the needles. The author has done an excellent job with this app. I would echo other comments that it would be great to see even more scenarios. Money well spent.
Excellent
matthewwong
This app is simply excellent! If you have a few free minutes you can study and improve your VOR skills. The app simplifies things for example you only worry about two dimensions and there’s only standard rate turns which allow you to focus on what actually matters without distraction. I used to use x plane to practice but this app lets you practice on your mobile device and in short time slots this increasing your knowledge.
- Bug fixes
- Performance improvements
Version 2.10.1
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Information
Seller
Karsten Heiland
Size
55.2 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
