Holding Pattern Trainer App Reviews

This is a very good learning tool. The in flight application is unsurpassed. But when the app craps out and goes to a black screen after you write a good review, and you try to contact customer service the dont get back to you. I deleted the app and now have to pay again to reinstall. Nothing doing!

Excellent for understanding holding entries and visualizing them without drawing it out.

Great app for entering holding!

Excellent app. Does exactly what you want it to.

excellent must have

I cant live without it. An invaluable tool!

Fantastic study tool for IFR students.

I am a student working on my instrument license. I always have struggled with visualizing how to enter my holds. After using this application straight for one hour. I can now mentally picture the hold without having to draw out the hold and fix on a piece of paper. This is a wonderful tool!

In practice mode, when you visualize, it draws the guide lines separating direct, parallel, and teardrop incorrectly. Plan view displays correctly.

Simple but effective. Maybe a bit expensive (like everything in aviation).

I regularly give holding instruction using this app. I like it

Only thing that I could suggest adding is the Teardrop heading to fly once reaching the fix. This should adjust based on left or right turns in the hold. In any case will be suggesting this app to any of my flight students studying IFR.

Spend enough quality time practicing with this trainer, and even the directionally-challenged will get it!

I use it as actual training and as a game when Im bored

As a CFII instructor I downloaded this to help a student work out holds. The holds they give are just as wrong as could be. They say "hold SE on the 331 bearing" or something to that effect. Well 331 isnt SE, in fact its opposite of that. So I see the word bearing and think, "ahhh so well just take the reciprocal"...and with that thought they were all wrong. When they draw out their examples, in this case "SE on the 331" they draw the pattern on the NW side. So their clearances are just totally wrong, as are the drawings. As a student this app caused me confusion so I didnt use it. As a CFII I know better now, and watched my student make several drawings correctly, only to be told theyre wrong by the app that did them wrong in the first place. Useless app, DO NOT BUY IT! It will make things so much harder. And the reality is if you can think of two numbers between 360, you can give yourself endless clearances and draw them correctly and learn this for free. Wasted money here.